Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] more than a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TEAM of young archaeologists were disappointed when a dig in Darlington revealed nothing more than a Victorian cellar . |
| 2 | His response was predicated on the idea that he was dealing with an IRA insurrection when he was actually faced with a group of unarmed demonstrators who posed nothing more than a difficult public order problem . |
| 3 | Nowadays the mid-1950s rock craze seems to provoke nothing more than a nostalgic chuckle , and when the original Teds are remembered at all within the contemporary preoccupation with hooliganism it is as something quaint and remarkably innocent . |
| 4 | At first he wants nothing more than a quick lay with a pretty maid , then wants her to be his mistress , then is able to admit to himself that he loves her , but the idea of marriage across the social barrier is impossible for him . |
| 5 | British primary legislation , on the other hand , seldom contains anything more than a long title by way of a preamble , and does not refer to any preparatory works . |
| 6 | Flying in the face of today 's ubiquitous electronickery , the turbocharger uses nothing more than a simple spring-loaded wastegate to regulate boost , which is never allowed to build too high in deference to the engine 's life expectancy . |
| 7 | In general , the idea of forming anything more than a temporary joint household with one or other spouse 's parents is not seen to be a serious option . |
| 8 | Such futile efforts can only bring something close to contempt and suspicion among the millions of human beings who crave nothing more than a simple faith based on a credible ‘ god ’ . |
| 9 | One of the criticisms sometimes levelled at the whole group drama approach is that it always seems to involve lots of meetings and discussions , and that this disadvantages those children whose grasp of language is uncertain ; that this " type " of drama can rapidly become nothing more than a heated discussion involving only the teacher and the more articulate members of the class . |
| 10 | Land Rover has produced something more than a face-lifted Range Rover . |
| 11 | It warns users interested in open systems to be wary of NT because of Microsoft 's reluctance to implement standards or create something more than a limited proprietary system . |
| 12 | There was nothing in Luke 's voice to suggest anything more than a mild curiosity , but Fran could feel the tension radiating from his powerful body as he leant forward in the seat . |
| 13 | Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast . |
| 14 | Even if the ethos does permit them to check out how they are doing , it remains unlikely that it will encourage anything more than a superficial sharing of doubts about what they are doing : about the disparity between their hopes for teaching and the effects , or lack of them , that they and their colleagues seem to be achieving . |
| 15 | Not that the tribesmen would attempt anything more than a quick raid by night , not until the legions were withdrawn . |
| 16 | While the administration of the Marshall Plan through OEEC was giving Western Europe a first lesson in economic cooperation , it was clear to the dedicated disciples of a united Europe that neither OEEC nor the Council of Europe could have anything more than a limited application . |
| 17 | By contrast , we see Tradescant lying on his newly sheeted bed , washed and with beard neatly trimmed , wearing a superfine linen shroud of the highest quality , the top-knot having now become nothing more than a small tassel attached to the linen itself . |
| 18 | It would have been an apparently simple operation involving nothing more than a straight filming of the set . |
| 19 | However , formulae such as " adjectives precede their nouns " do not take us beyond a very shallow level of linguistic description ; nor is it an improvement to find phrases such as " an attributive adjective " unless the description proceeds in some way to give an account of how a term like attributive may mean something more than a simple statement about formal grouping . |
| 20 | Ruth did n't want to get drawn into all that again and besides , his tone had n't indicated anything more than a passing interest . |
| 21 | Children love nothing more than a good story . |
| 22 | Many of you may be feeling the inset of charity fatigue as the London Marathon 1992 becomes nothing more than a passing memory . |
| 23 | She had sleepless nights and was sick every morning of that week — and she was sick , too , when she had nothing more than a simple monthly medal on her hands . |
| 24 | Some register entries are so rudimentary that they are unable to support anything more than a basic inventory . |
| 25 | The car occupants did not move at first , a rising condensation choked the dying ventilation , the inside of the windscreen visibly clouded to reveal nothing more than a general silhouette of the two figures in the front seat deliberating their actions . |
| 26 | Heres , for example ( in , " the greedy clutches of your heir " ) , denotes something perhaps rather less cosy and familial than the English word " heir " ; in many contexts it suggests nothing more than a legal designate with a contractual , post-obituary option on some hapless benefactor 's goods and chattels.5 Pietas is a notoriously difficult word to render , " piety " being the last recourse of the weary translator ; it involves " integrity " , " probity " , " purity " , " fidelity " , " devotion " , " decency " — a complex of related moral attributes which Romans sought and recognised in the upright man . |
| 27 | Romer J. relied on William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Slater v. Burnley Corporation , 59 L.T. 636 , in reaching his decision , and he also referred [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , to the ‘ principle of duress colore officii ’ in a manner which showed that the necessary duress required something more than a simple demand by an official . |
| 28 | Now that , following Fryer v LTE ( see para 1.50 ) , a payment into court can be disclosed on an interim payment application , a defendant who has paid anything more than a small proportion of the value of the plaintiff 's claim into court will find it difficult to resist the application on this ground , especially as the court will usually order the interim payment to be paid out of the money in court . |
| 29 | This is unlikely to produce anything more than a slight increase in vaginal discharge which has no particular distinguishing features . |
| 30 | Despite assurances from advisers over the confidentiality of information presented in the self-appraisal , it seems that most staff were unwilling to produce anything more than a public type of document , providing little more than factual information . |