Example sentences of "by anything [adj] than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In public he was urbane , and no one could have guessed that their presence here together was dictated by anything other than professional considerations .
2 Arguments and ‘ evidence ’ are delivered in an oblique way , forming a house of cards toppled by anything other than superficial examination .
3 ‘ I was not attached by anything other than sheer terror . ’
4 It strikes a very foreign note to call the God of this tradition by anything other than male names .
5 Sometimes , of course , bags are searched , but the removal of company property from the premises of licensed dealers is rarely punished by anything more than instant dismissal , acceptable enough at the time to the culprits , as it coincides with their own plans .
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