Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [subord] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course this would be easier for you — a middle-aged man is more likely to find someone attractive than a middle-aged woman — but if I am prepared to accept this disadvantage , why should you grumble ? |
| 2 | Until the 1930s a ruling was in force which forbade anyone other than a French citizen from starting a newspaper . |
| 3 | It had become difficult for him to imagine anything other than a successful outcome to his diplomatic and military operations . |
| 4 | In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . |
| 5 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 6 | Even though he was teething , he was not particularly resistant , so there was no reason to use anything other than a plain cavesson noseband . |
| 7 | But realistically it is hard to predict anything other than a 100 per cent success rate for the All Blacks in Ireland . |
| 8 | The field in which the claims of individual commercialism come into most immediate conflict with reputable notions of social values is that of health … no society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means … |
| 9 | They called him Rubberneck because a good third of his height was neck . |
| 10 | An important reason for this is that it is an entirely partial approach as explained in the section discussing qualifications to the theoretical results , and also because such a case by case approach is never capable of examining anything other than a small minority of all mergers . |
| 11 | This was in the last days of Mrs Thatcher 's leadership and my daughter had never known anything other than a female PM . |
| 12 | How significant that his response to the overwhelming evidence that the people of this nation want to have some form of democratic control over their own destiny is to propose anything other than a democratic solution . |
| 13 | Even after bidding a fond farewell to Ben and Carole Meadows , there still had n't been the opportunity to have anything other than a few brief casual words with Ross as he 'd driven them all back to New York . |
| 14 | Not that they expected anything other than a hard time when they visited Barnsley . |
| 15 | NOBODY EXPECTED The Farm to make anything other than a bad album . |