Let’s look at an expert example of limiting comparison:
Now, these people are no more special than any of us.
‘no more‘ = not more
In Collins dictionary as an ADVERB at B1+
use no to make the negative form of a comparative.
In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 74 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as:
‘no’ / ‘not any’ to limit the scale of comparison. (comparative clauses)
*But really this grammar is equally useful with comparative adverb phrases.
A search in iWeb corpus for:
no _JJR
1 NO BETTER 75445
*We have another page of examples for this.
There’s no better example than China.
2 NO LATER 51561
3 NO FURTHER 51451
4 NO LONGER 31300
5 NO GREATER 15045
6 NO HIGHER 7820
1 SHOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN THE 23
Fort Worth Star-Telegram2 THERE IS NO HIGHER CALLING THAN 21
3 THERE IS NO HIGHER AUTHORITY THAN 20
7 NO WORSE 7330
8 NO LARGER 6181
9 NO BIGGER 5392
10 NO EARLIER 4299
11 NO CLOSER 3615
12 NO LOWER 2851
13 NO FARTHER 2615
14 NO OLDER 1936
15 NO EASIER 1829
16 NO FASTER 1661
17 NO SMALLER 1379
18 NO WIDER 1181
19 NO STRANGER 1165
20 NO DEEPER 976
21 NO FINER 949
22 NO STRONGER 834
23 NO TALLER 782
24 NO HARDER 702
25 NO SHORTER 539
not any _JJR
1 NOT ANY BETTER 962
2 NOT ANY WORSE 214
3 NOT ANY EASIER 161
4 NOT ANY HIGHER 116
5 NOT ANY HARDER 93
6 NOT ANY CLOSER 91
7 NOT ANY BIGGER 72
8 NOT ANY FASTER 70
9 NOT ANY CHEAPER 56
10 NOT ANY LARGER 42
11 NOT ANY FURTHER 42
12 NOT ANY LOWER 40
13 NOT ANY SAFER 40
14 NOT ANY SMARTER 32 (B1 vocab)
15 NOT ANY STRONGER 31
16 NOT ANY GREATER 29
17 NOT ANY HAPPIER 28
18 NOT ANY SIMPLER 26
19 NOT ANY HEALTHIER 24
20 NOT ANY SMALLER 22
21 NOT ANY THICKER 22 (B1 vocab)
Gizmodo Australia22 NOT ANY HEAVIER 19
23 NOT ANY WIDER 17
24 NOT ANY TALLER 16
25 NOT ANY LOUDER 15
no more _JJ
1 NO MORE LIKELY 1448
2 NO MORE WAITING 1042
3 NO MORE DIFFICULT 996
4 NO MORE EFFECTIVE 935
5 NO MORE IMPORTANT 925
6 NO MORE WORRYING 896
7 NO MORE EXPENSIVE 711
8 NO MORE DANGEROUS 498
9 NO MORE SEARCHING 335
10 NO MORE FREE 330
11 NO MORE COMPLICATED 307
12 NO MORE TRYING 284
13 NO MORE POWERFUL 257
14 NO MORE AVAILABLE 227
15 NO MORE RIGHT 216
16 NO MORE EVIDENT 215
17 NO MORE WASTED 212
18 NO MORE SUCCESSFUL 195
19 NO MORE ACCURATE 190
20 NO MORE STRUGGLING 183 (not really an adjective)
21 NO MORE LOST 177
22 NO MORE MESSY 173
23 NO MORE REAL 163
24 NO MORE NEW 158
25 NO MORE VALID 153
The highest vocabulary is B2:
effective, evident, struggling, valid