Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [art] [det] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , when I first saw it , seemed to be no more than a pleasant crater , but later explorations by experts have classed it as one of the most severe in the district . |
| 2 | The Divisional Court upheld the scheme adopted by the GLC but the ground on which they did so seemed to be no more than that ‘ since the LTE could exercise its function to balance its revenue account by a grant from the GLC , a policy that reduced fares by means of such a grant was not unlawful ’ . |
| 3 | The first English gold coin was struck only in 1255 and it was not until 1344 that the country was able to begin to sustain what proved to be no more than half a millennium of minting a gold denomination in its regular coinage . |
| 4 | During the election campaign the party had asserted that the advanced welfare state was safe in its hands , but this promise quickly appeared to be a less than certain guarantee of the continuation of welfare programmes which in some cases had been in effect since the 1930s . |
| 5 | Most of the buildings seen from the airport appeared to be no more than mud huts , although there were some larger buildings of brick and rough stone . |
| 6 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 7 | It appeared to be no more than a gesture of politeness , but Polly knew he was poised to block her slightest move towards the door . |