Example sentences of "no more than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kennedy was intent upon leading the Western World with an open-handedness that made Britain no more than just one of the Western European states . |
| 2 | All that was changing when Diane Keaton appeared in Annie Hall , looking no more than passably pleasant and sporting the sort of garb you could find in any Oxfam shop . |
| 3 | Furthermore , in those cases where these events are allowed to have a probability of I , that is no more than logically consistent with their being necessitated . |
| 4 | Amiss tried to sound no more than mildly interested . |
| 5 | My essay will trace the pattern of references to other literary sources of which the author herself was sometimes no more than subliminally aware . |
| 6 | At best the programme was rated no more than moderately effective , being considered completely ineffective in respect of home-school links . |
| 7 | If only some can be verified , the non-observation statement will be no more than weakly verifiable . |
| 8 | Further study is necessarily being completed ; but the evidence of linkage between the simultaneous appearance of climatic phenomena in Kansas , Chad , Bihar and in the south — eastern Pacific Ocean suggests what all geographers have known for many years — that the globe works as one complete system , one vast interactive machine , and that the divisions man has forced upon it are no more than crudely artificial devices for our own intellectual convenience . |
| 9 | The final question which arises is whether , in the exercise of our discretion , we should let mandamus go bearing in mind that the events with which we are concerned occurred as long ago as 1989 and then occupied no more than perhaps three quarters of an hour . |
| 10 | These initiatives are really no more than very small , first steps towards finding out whether CD-ROM has anything worthwhile to offer schools . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 12 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 13 | It should be pointed out that even if the figures cited earlier are achieved , they are not overwhelming , since they constitute no more than about two years ' growth . |
| 14 | The Labour group will keep within the government capping limits , obviously we will , and therefore the council tax increase is getting no more than about four percent , so you ca n't claim all this growth is gon na , well it certainly ca n't count all this growth is going to er , with this ma , massive increase in Council Tax . |
| 15 | He knew that he ought to be trying to sleep — he 'd managed no more than about five or six hours in the last fifty — but he was edgy and alert with the cold-water clarity of near-exhaustion . |
| 16 | Its central nervous system consists of a few ganglia , no more than about 20,000 neurons in all . |
| 17 | A couple of black kids no more than about nine years old appeared from nowhere , hands in pockets , just sauntering by . |
| 18 | From the outside terrace he looked down on to his own tiled patio , no more than about twelve feet beneath . |
| 19 | There are no more than about 300 complaints to the Lay Observer each year and it is rare for the Lay Observer to criticize The Law Society 's handling of a complaint . |
| 20 | No hypnotic suggestion can be heard when the subject is at the Delta level — which , perhaps surprisingly , occupies no more than about half an hour each night . |
| 21 | Although the authorities proceeded cautiously ( issuing the call to the colours at different times in different places and eventually promulgating appeals in no more than about half the provinces of the European part of the empire ) , trouble still ensued . |
| 22 | However , there were some whose role appeared to involve , apart from class teaching and standing in when the head was absent , no more than relatively low-level jobs like reporting on leaking gutters or running a tuck shop . |