Example sentences of "no more than [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , it would seem to be no more than a logically disreputable form of reasoning to which I have to resort until the scientific study of behaviour puts more rigorous methods at my disposal . |
| 2 | Indeed , Parkin goes on to suggest that the functionalist theory of stratification itself is an expression of the same value-system : no more than a rather sophisticated mechanism for providing a justification of unequal rewards . |
| 3 | With no more than a rather cryptic smile he went out , leaving her to the turmoil of thoughts that were no longer as crystal-clear as she had tried to make him believe . |
| 4 | More are appearing all the time , and nineteen eighty two will be no more than a particularly rich year for them . |
| 5 | That slight stiffness I mentioned earlier takes a little getting used to , but no more than a slightly eager clutch , say , in a new car . |
| 6 | But what had been no more than a slowly moving stream less than a couple of metres wide now flowed fast and dark with mud across the full thirty metres of the riverbed . |
| 7 | She had intended this to be no more than a comradely rebuke . |
| 8 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 9 | Since even the best attested fact of the history of the past can possess no more than a very high degree of probability and since , by definition , Christian and indeed all religious faith must from the believer 's point of view be absolutely certain and secure , can faith ever be said to depend upon an historical fact , no matter how well established ? |
| 10 | LIFE IS THE SEARCH for the dish that tantalizes , draws oohs and aahs of appreciation from your dinner guests , and takes no more than a quick yo heave ho to knock together . |
| 11 | Perhaps what is at work here is a fear of the other as same not unlike the fascinated fear of the primitive in the notion of ‘ going native ’ : a metamorphosis into the radically other which is no more than an all too easily imagined regression into one 's own ‘ primitive ’ past . |
| 12 | In reality , a business — like everything else — is worth no more than the best offer you can obtain at the time of a sale . |
| 13 | The impact of tourism stops pretty soon outside the medieval walls of the town , and the dwellings are like those of any impoverished fishing village in Cornwall , Sicily or Provence : low , simple buildings containing no more than the most primitive necessities , but opening on to the turquoise bay , with the Venetian walls on the western side and red cliffs to the east . |
| 14 | Unfortunately the Multipaint program offers no more than the most basic of features . |
| 15 | The schoolboy tight-head fancied himself as a hard man and was intent on working Elliot who , in fact , was so immensely strong that the lad can have been no more than the most minor of irritants . |
| 16 | The adverb " conclusively " qualifying the word " certify " may be no more than the more commonly encountered provision that the expert 's decision will be final . |