Example sentences of "not much [det] than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The word favoured by headline-writers was ‘ tarnished ’ , although any lustre North had had in the media was not much more than the borrowed glow of stars whom he superficially resembled . |
| 2 | To enter this competition — just study the three simple questions below and then call our 24 hour hotline — it will cost you not much more than the cost of a first class stamp . |
| 3 | If the two governments agreed to leave the border where it is , and if Slav Macedonia perhaps changed that vague phrase in the preamble of its constitution , then Britons and Bretons — sorry , Makedones and Makedonci — could probably live side by side with not much more than the usual inter-human friction . |
| 4 | With earnings of £188 per week ( Nov. 1984 figures ) , the family would have a disposable income ( after tax , national insurance and mortgage and typical rate payments , but including child benefit ) of £89 per week : this is not much more than the Supplementary Benefit Long-term Scale Rate for that family of £76 per week at that time . |
| 5 | He had come to doubt the value of all new beginnings and to put his trust in not much more than the art of hanging together . |
| 6 | The sheep are not much more than the primroses . |
| 7 | That is not much less than the county 's entire annual tax revenues before the landfill opened . |