Example sentences of "be anything [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think it had occurred to anybody in court at this time that Waddell 's conviction would be anything but a foregone conclusion . |
| 2 | But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so . |
| 3 | Life with Lisabeth in the flat , which I had expected to be anything but a rich pageant , turned out to be not half bad . |
| 4 | ‘ It could be anything from a new sail shape or keel design to gossip about a skipper 's sexual preferences . ’ |
| 5 | It is quite obvious that each type of violence varies considerably in its degree : physical force can be anything from a mere push to a brutal beating which leaves the victim close to death , and a sexual assault may be anything from a brief touching to a gross form of sexual violation . |
| 6 | They may be made from aluminium , fibreglass or plastic , and can be anything from a simple pair of flexible aluminium or plastic bars to a complicated collection of alloy pieces riveted together and linked to the harness . |
| 7 | It is quite obvious that each type of violence varies considerably in its degree : physical force can be anything from a mere push to a brutal beating which leaves the victim close to death , and a sexual assault may be anything from a brief touching to a gross form of sexual violation . |
| 8 | How far is a specific position or attitude taken towards that theme ( which may be anything from a conventional topic , such as lost love , to an apparently unresolvable philosophical question , such as the meaning of life ) ? |
| 9 | Kinematograph Weekly was equally enthusiastic : ‘ With familiar and popular songs , brilliant dancing , colourful period decor and , of course , Barbra Streisand , there is little chance of this being anything but a big success . ’ |
| 10 | But no one here has treated me as though I were anything but a permanent staff member , so do n't have any worries on that score . ’ |
| 11 | What is not at all clear is whether one highly visible target — incineration — is anything like a major ingredient in the pollution cocktail , even at Pontypool . |
| 12 | So , if there 's anything of a medical nature you 'd like to put to Kathleen , tomorrow 's your big chance . |
| 13 | Why had she married a dirty type like Boyd , to spawn a boy like Hank , who had never been anything but a damned nuisance to her ? |
| 14 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |
| 15 | If there was anything like a Foreign Legion story , or something like Hitchcock 's Lifeboat , when the characters had to ration out the water , you 'd slowly turn up the heat . |