Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remove " the tough talk , all the swagger and the patriotic posturing " , he said , " and protectionism amounts to nothing more than a smokescreen for a country that 's running scared " . |
| 2 | Equally , however , there may be some circumstances where ‘ strong ’ government amounts to nothing more than the power to force upon the country crass , stupid and mistaken policies lacking even the virtue of endorsement by a majority of , presumably , misguided electors . |
| 3 | These petty morals , partly overlapping , form a cascade of precepts none of which amounts to anything more than a trite platitude . |
| 4 | The music of Chopin , the poetry of Mickiewicz — both produced in exile — and the paintings of Jan Matejko are all powerful emotional and political responses to the reality of life in a country whose people were denied their own forms of government , and whose culture was relegated to nothing more than a set of quaint country ways . |
| 5 | We know Compaq wrote the specification when it was still a ploy — Systems Network Integration says they even have a prototype up and running — but whether this can ever amount to anything more than a high-end PC depends on sorting out fact from propaganda . |
| 6 | But this begs the question : does ‘ pride and dignity ’ amount to anything more than the aspiration to participate in society on its own terms ? |
| 7 | His forecast for 1985 in the NME led to nothing more than a throwaway : ‘ Disability chic will reign rampantly in 1985 . |
| 8 | The special nature of the facts of the case mean that it has a very narrow reading and for this reason might amount to nothing more than an amalgam of common law duties not to be dishonest . |
| 9 | But if you put all of these together , do they amount to anything more than a restorationist position ? |
| 10 | It has been said many times that the word ‘ conviction ’ is ambiguous and it has sometimes been construed in a statutory context as referring to nothing more than a finding of guilt . |
| 11 | It may be that with a patient who is terminally ill or aged , the doctor 's obligation does not extend to anything more than the relief of pain and making the patient comfortable . |