Example sentences of "anything [det] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither seems remotely interested in the characters they invent as anything more than reflections of authorial narcissism . |
| 2 | Plenty of praise should be given when the dog responds , although there is no point in scolding it if it fails to do anything more than run or sniff around the garden . |
| 3 | The logic is that academic freedom requires academic autonomy if it is to mean anything more than rhetoric . |
| 4 | I 'm so damned tired after the drive down here that I doubt I 'll have the energy for anything more than sleep . ’ |
| 5 | You know you 're never going to be anything more than Julius 's secretary . ’ |
| 6 | But there are four reasons why these years should not be used as anything more than points on a continuum . |
| 7 | Was there anything more than desire in his quest of her ? |
| 8 | He kept petitioning Amenophis to restrict the granting of golden battle honours — not that the battles were anything more than skirmishes then . ’ |
| 9 | Note that suppliers are not obliged to offer anything more than cash compensation . |
| 10 | They are unacceptable in drinking water in anything more than trace concentrations , and there is increasing evidence of organochlorine contamination in water-supply boreholes . |
| 11 | ‘ I would never dream of marrying for anything less than love . ’ |
| 12 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 13 | With so much land to be disposed of , it was hard to make them put up with anything less than freehold tenure , and so it was almost impossible for the proprietors to make very much out of their estates . |
| 14 | The central issue raised by the appeal is whether a plea of autrefois convict can be sustained by anything less than evidence that the offence with which the defendant stands charged has already been the subject of a complete adjudication against him by a court of competent jurisdiction comprising both the decision establishing his guilt ( whether it be the decision of the court or of the jury or the entry of his own plea ) and the final disposal of the case by the court by passing sentence or making some other order such as an order of absolute discharge . |
| 15 | THE police tend to get an unfavourable press , though in my experience they have never been anything less than kind , helpful and efficient when I 've needed them most . |
| 16 | Charles Temple , Richmond Palmer , Donald Cameron , Philip Mitchell — none of these were men who showed anything less than enthusiasm for the task of imperial government , and all of them were men of dominant personality and exceptional strength of will . |
| 17 | It was out of character for her to show a customer anything less than friendliness , but she was at a loss with this one , completely thrown off balance , and it showed in her abrupt tone . |
| 18 | And few aboard , whether captain or crew , seemed anything less than awestruck during the entire nine hours that a transit usually takes . |
| 19 | Sort of austere and pissed off with anything less than perfection in the world . |
| 20 | They have high expectations when they come here and sometimes feel anything less than perfection is a failure . |
| 21 | The orchestra 's apparent refusal to play at anything less than mezzo-piano robs the music of atmosphere in such magical moments as the lead into the second subject of ( ii ) , and the violins are not quite the matchless section they once were , yet the sheer bravado and infectious confidence of the whole venture carries an unmistakable stamp of authority . |
| 22 | The tasks identified for coordinators by the Authority could not be carried out with anything less than enactor status . |
| 23 | The package runs in the Windows environment so you will need a PC with Windows 3.1 installed , and for the graphics an SVGA monitor and adapter to give the best possible output on screen , anything less than SVGA does n't do the pictures full justice . |