Example sentences of "no more [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To argue now for its prioritization means no more than demanding as much attention be given to it as there is to street crimes . |
| 2 | Bevin and Marshall agreed on 4 December 1947 that the two governments had done no more than receive broadly similar recommendations from their advisers . |
| 3 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 4 | Anne Butler could do no more but return home . |
| 5 | Imagining the terror of those left behind in the middle , their precious cover dwindling every moment , Mungo could bear no more and looked away . |
| 6 | She could say no more and wept bitterly . |