Example sentences of "[vb base] nothing more [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Their basic motive is no mystery , ‘ they want nothing more than we all want — money , power , consideration — in a word success ; but they are in a hurry and are not particular as to their means ’ ( Ross 1907 : 46 ) . |
2 | They like their subject , and want nothing more than to be left alone to teach it to groups of pupils who want to learn it . |
3 | There are terrorists who want nothing more than publicity . |
4 | It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . |
5 | I want nothing more than to walk along on the darkened plain , the moon as strong as winter sunlight in London , speaking Maa with this man . |
6 | Normally , if you want nothing more than a passage anchorage , Dale , down near the entrance , will serve very well , but we felt Neyland merited a first visit , and thanks to going there we had this early morning enchantment of seeing ships , great and small , going about their work . |
7 | Yet the gaudy boxes hold nothing more than wheat , rice , maize and oats . |
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 | The international airline business is a fiercely combative arena , where competitors enjoy nothing more than slitting each other 's throats ; Virgin 's tribulations showed the difficulties in allowing it to be governed by free market principles . |
10 | ‘ In these dim November days I resemble nothing more than that poor Creature of RHA 's Fantasy , immured in her terrible In-Pace , quieted perforce and longing for her Quietus . |
11 | Even dissertations that manage to reach the library shelves usually face nothing more than the gnawing criticism of mice . ’ |
12 | Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast . |
13 | They like nothing more than wallowing in a cool mud bath in the mornings when the sun is not too high and then resting in the shade of an acacia tree during the scorching heat which follows . |
14 | In the darkness he said : ‘ I know nothing more than I have told you , but I blame myself for what happened . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ( The Booker , thought Jeffrey , had recently become nothing more than a branch of Overseas Development . ) |
17 | There are far too many places advertising ‘ conference facilities ’ that offer nothing more than rooms of different sizes . |
18 | Start with a single piece of dried food as a first course and offer nothing more until it is consumed . |
19 | Even so , at the end , Irish were a enjoying a romp to hearten supporters who love nothing more than spirit and graft . |
20 | Children love nothing more than a good story . |
21 | Scorpios love nothing more than a chance to break a social taboo . |
22 | All of us desire nothing more than that you should take hold of your life again … more freely exercise your will . |
23 | It is important in using this method to exclude all transfer payments as these represent nothing more than a redistribution of income from taxpayers to the transfer recipients ; including them , therefore , would involve double-counting . |
24 | ‘ You have nothing more than a dislike of Mr Connon and a very nasty twist in your mind which is going to get you into very serious trouble indeed . |
25 | I need nothing more than her word . |