Example sentences of "[be] anything more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | After only five days in the complex and , to almost all of us , unfamiliar environment of Lewis and Harris , our views can not be anything more than initial impressions . |
| 2 | This book is refreshing in its simplicity , in that it does n't pretend to be anything more than what it is — a love story . |
| 3 | These need not be anything more than the rough headings under which the detailed questions will fall . |
| 4 | These can never be anything more than very rough and ready guidelines . |
| 5 | I 'm not sure that rock'n'roll should be anything more than joyous noise — maybe ultimately one that means nothing , but then so what … ? ’ |
| 6 | If you guys really want to be anything more than a footnote in the annals of British history get this — ‘ Egalitarianism is for Losers ’ . |
| 7 | He had not told her initially because he was by no means sure that she would be anything more than just another fling and , in his quest for an easy life , did not want to complicate things by admitting the relationship . |
| 8 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |
| 9 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 10 | To put it another way , bargaining provides the cement essential if the American polity is to be anything more than a conglomeration of unintegrated fragments . |
| 11 | None of this criticism is aimed directly at Kylie , who does , in all fairness , endeavour to instill some life into a bunch of staid , production-line work outs that could never be anything more than pointless . |
| 12 | His mate was never to know that this could be anything more than wishful thinking . |
| 13 | You know you 're never going to be anything more than Julius 's secretary . ’ |
| 14 | Could it be anything more than a compulsion to take the eternal conflict between the sexes to the ultimate battleground ? |
| 15 | The groups themselves need very careful organising if the work is to be anything more than structured play . |