Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] [det] than a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If at first he had thought it would be sufficient simply to eliminate various shortcomings in Soviet life , Gorbachev explained , he was now in no doubt that nothing less than a radical reconstruction of the whole of society was necessary .
2 He postulates that IBM could create different classes of shares whose dividends would reflect performance of relatively healthy businesses such as the AS/400 and RS/6000 , and possibly AdStar storage products , but many observers now believe that nothing less than a full break-up of the company would enable the better bits to prosper and restore shareholder value .
3 Her battered , motley-panelled 2CV had looked out of place in Ascot Square , where I think that anything less than a two-year old Golf GTi , Peugeot 209 or Renault 5 was considered to be only just above banger status , even as a third car , let alone a second .
4 ‘ We 're two up in the Texaco and nothing less than a 5-0 whitewash will satisfy me .
5 A less glamorous version of its origin sees the first Manx cat as nothing more than a Manx sailor 's pet — a curiosity brought home after travels to the Orient .
6 For one single sleeve , Reid adapted the design of the American Express credit card , to depict the ‘ real relationships within the music industry ; the record company as nothing more than a huge pimp — and the band as prostitutes ’ .
7 However the Tube is not designed as anything more than a temporary tent so it should n't be expected to give normal tent performance .
8 Though here we do not intend this as anything more than a thought-provoking remark we shall see , in connection with the interview method particularly , how much of the technical apparatus of methods requires conceptions about the nature of social encounters .
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