Example sentences of "more [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A demand by such an authority under an ultra vires regulation is no more or no less unlawful than a demand under a valid regulation which does not apply to the situation in which the demand is made . |
| 2 | He used to come into our place and erm , and er , I always knew when he was g every night , hale , rain , snow whatever , he was there , you see and he used to have his pint of bitter , no more or no less and er , you see and all his friends , there were six of them . |
| 3 | And er you know rally round each other and I think it 's no more than that really no more or no less you know it 's er . |
| 4 | If you are working , then how about looking for a job that pays more or a job that pays the same but reduces your travelling costs ? |
| 5 | Politically orthodox Bulgaria may have more or an interest in good trading relations with the West than was once the case ; but would she alter anything by way of political character , or even policy , to this end ? |
| 6 | If , for example , they are tested with full-strength or even half-strength milk , they show no preference for the more or the less sweetened examples . |
| 7 | But in only 42 of these is the Tory majority less than 4,000 ( there are 11 more where the main challenger is a Liberal Democrat ) . |
| 8 | The certificate on form R190(SD) must be completed but this can be done at any time and amounts to little more than a claim procedure . |
| 9 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 10 | The island 's public affairs and significant politics can occasionally be seen , out of the corner of an eye , to be no less invaded by contingency and incomprehensibility and futility than the life and times of Jimmy Ahmed , to have the status of rumour , to be little more than a remote and indecipherable response to a random outbreak of violence . |
| 11 | There is more than a hint of the search for the philosopher 's stone . |
| 12 | A piece to be presented should have something more than a surface narrative quality in the characterisation . |
| 13 | It was then more than a misjudgement : it revealed the extent to which the religious intellectuals ' theory of church and state was outdated and incoherent . |
| 14 | Desire of Bride to be more than a bride , to be a mother too . |
| 15 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 16 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 17 | Now something more than a quelling look appeared on Lord Woodleigh 's fine-bred features . |
| 18 | ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance . |
| 19 | But it is still no more than a performance . |
| 20 | I do n't feel I can face more than a snack in this heat … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You 're still applying for the wrong jobs , ’ she said , with more than a hint of exasperation . |
| 22 | She said not more than a month . |
| 23 | It 's not much more than a broom cupboard , I know , but what do you think of it ? ’ |
| 24 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 25 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
| 26 | Always bear in mind that when they flower outdoors at their natural time the temperature is unlikely to reach 60°F ( 15°C ) for more than a day or two . |
| 27 | A cordon is no more than a single stem which fruits all the way along . |
| 28 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 29 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 30 | If your symptoms persist for more than a few days , then contact your doctor for advice . |