Example sentences of "no [det] than [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it do no more than keep a subsistence economy running ? |
| 2 | It was an old story , and Nicholas did no more than pull a molasses-type face . |
| 3 | The road to Rimini by-passed the town and in a few moments they were out in the wilds again , labouring up a steep , tortuous medieval track on which modern civilization had done no more than slap a layer of asphalt and a road number . |
| 4 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
| 5 | But I will do no more than offer a few remarks about their rights and wrongs , focusing instead on the most productive ways in which teachers can develop and promote their own positions . |
| 6 | In the short time available to her on 16th October Hilary could do no more than give a very sketchy account of her visit but enough to whet our appetites for more . |