Example sentences of "anything other [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But anything other than aquiescence with the regent could only tie them into political and ideological knots of Gordian proportions . |
| 2 | Such a comment implies that there is something quaint , even faintly eccentric , about anyone who chooses to speak anything other than English . |
| 3 | ‘ How could I do anything other than love you more as we grow older ? ’ |
| 4 | If you should faint , when you recover consciousness , do not attempt to do anything other than call your doctor or a neighbour and lay down on the bed . |
| 5 | It would be churlish to do anything other than welcome unreservedly the Secretary of State 's announcement , and I willingly do so . |
| 6 | Fabia chuckled , unable to do anything other than laugh lightly . |
| 7 | She made no effort to curl up or wash herself or do anything other than gaze quietly ahead . |
| 8 | After emerging from one three-way wreck so recently , I reminded myself , it would be crazy to look for anything other than simplicity . |
| 9 | He had never seen his parents as anything other than Mum and Dad . |
| 10 | In general , empiricism is based on direct experience only and ignores statements based on anything other than experience . |
| 11 | The reason why red in red hair is unique is that the colour it refers to would not be labelled red if anything other than hair were being described . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is sad to hear the ex-leader of the Greater London council , who appointed people purely on political merit , suggest that senior civil servants are chosen on anything other than ability ? |
| 13 | ‘ What ? ’ she gasped , so shocked at what he was saying that for a moment she could n't do anything other than stare at him with her mouth open . |
| 14 | To base a property tax on anything other than capital values would be perverse — even if alternatives like imputed rents and floor-space footage were inherently sensible , which they are not — and ways to compile and update the necessary data have already been examined in detail . |
| 15 | At school , it simply was n't done to show you cared about anything other than cricket . |
| 16 | Much of the equipment used at today 's slalom is of no or very limited use for anything other than slalom . |
| 17 | For those Celtic supporters who have had to tread a thin line between desperation and devastation this season , there was no inclination to do anything other than wallow in it being their team who had put an end to Rangers long , unbeaten run . |
| 18 | It did not occur to her , going upstairs in happy anticipation , that Aunt Emily would do anything other than smile upon the plan . |
| 19 | Thus for example , if I want pupils to understand subtraction , the more I rehearse the different details of the algorithm publicly , the less likely the pupil is to do anything other than pick up the outer show . |
| 20 | Now , the relation introducing such an adjective is assignment ; but there is no reason at all for taking the relation of the predicate qualifier to be anything other than qualification . |
| 21 | erm anything other than price if you like |
| 22 | Have you ever wanted to do anything other than play music ? |
| 23 | He would not have liked to guess her age , had never seen her in anything other than half-light , and knew nothing about her beyond the fact that she came from a village to the north which she had told him , stood in the shadow of the pyramid of Saqqara . |
| 24 | All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway . |
| 25 | Without relying on pre-1975 cases , Lord Diplock interpreted section 2(3) ( 4 ) as excluding the obtaining , by oral deposition or the disclosure of documents , of anything other than evidence which would be admissible at the trial of the action . |
| 26 | A born again green within the ranks of the Tory party , he was not looked upon with anything other than derision . |
| 27 | The shares , which were up 1 to 27p in London yesterday , are still speculative at this stage and it is likely to be 1993 before they are supported by anything other than hope value . |
| 28 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 29 | The weekend should have been the danger period , not a Tuesday , a nothing day of the week when nobody did anything other than look back wistfully on the pleasures behind them and look forward to the unformed pleasures ahead . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |