Example sentences of "never be more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 'll never be more than a pawn in their game . |
| 2 | Napoleon III had no intention of allowing this to happen and so he determined that the Court should never be more than a set-piece , a backdrop in front of which the principal figures of the regime could be seen to advantage . |
| 3 | Some cardiologists complained that the heart could never be more than a temporary remedy and that the money spent on the research could be better used for drug therapies and other techniques . |
| 4 | These should never be more than suggested , and then only when essential for the plot . |
| 5 | Can it be that without the accompanying ‘ form ’ of the lessons of the past , of which memory is a vital part , ‘ freedom ’ can never be more than a fragile short-lived luxury ? |
| 6 | You may have known someone else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance . |
| 7 | For one thing , theories about the beginning of the present phase of the Universe can never be more than theoretic ; and for another thing , there is no reason to think that the Universe , as such , can be said to have ‘ origins ’ . |
| 8 | There will never be more than a stray shower ; the waves will never be more than three feet high , with a scattering of white horses when the breeze runs into double figures . |
| 9 | One might go on to say that if there are two or more consistent interpretations of the lowest level code , then it makes no sense to say that the computer is in fact , say , paying tax refunds rather than doing something else because that can never be more than a matter of pragmatic interpretation by some human users of the thing . |
| 10 | Grading is a method of achieving a shorthand synthesis of every possible quality that one might wish to be included in a profile , consolidated into a symbol which examiners understand pragmatically with reference to a platonic point of reference existing in the minds of a group of examiners who have worked together , while a profile , however detailed , can never be more than an attempt to put down all those qualities . |
| 11 | ‘ But as you are , I can never be more than a friend to you . ’ |
| 12 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 13 | Any assessment on the beneficiaries to income tax can never be more than on the £65 grossed up . |