Example sentences of "no [det] [conj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been capped by the well publicised current appearance of no less than Rain Man ( Warner ) for sale ( £14.99 ) as well as for rent , when hitherto the two spheres have tacitly been regarded as mutually exclusive . |
| 2 | They were proceeding at no more than walking pace past the numerous hut-like structures around the perimeter of the Barracks , and Denis kept his gaze resolutely in front of him . |
| 3 | When the Minister announced the scheme I described the measures as ’ no more than damage limitation measures . |
| 4 | Professor John Boardman , for instance , Lincoln Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at Oxford University , recently shocked an audience of classicists by claiming that : ‘ The exploits of Theseus , the ancient Greek hero who tamed the Minotaur and repulsed the Amazon invasion of Attica , were probably no more than state propaganda invented to rouse nationalistic pride ’ and were ‘ manufactured to glorify the role of Athens in the Ionian revolt of 499 BC ’ ( Times Higher Educational Supplement 7.8.81 ) . |
| 5 | It may be argued that these proposals amount to no more than state capitalism . |
| 6 | Well , the cape would do no more than implicate Putt in the rape of the gipsy girl and it seems she 's married and gone . |
| 7 | Some trial and error should eliminate the laziest papers , whose critics do no more than pillage catalogue introductions , or even press releases . |
| 8 | The Spirit 's steering is sharp and super-sensitive , requiring no more than finger-tip control , in stark contrast to the Vauxhall that always feels meaty and firm , yet with a touch of on-centre slack . |
| 9 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 10 | Conditions at sea were well known to be squalid and comfortless , wages beggarly , food too often no more than salt beef and weevilly biscuit , while officers were often no more than petty tyrants . |
| 11 | Mr Khasbulatov meanwhile reiterated that the Supreme Soviet — the smaller standing parliament chosen from the ranks of Congress — would do no more than pass legislation and monitor observance of the constitution and the law . |