Example sentences of "any [adj] than a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect . |
| 2 | A distrust of social revolutions was not absent from their considerations , any more than a distrust of traditional religion whose sacred texts committed it to discontinuous change ( ‘ creation ’ ) and interference with the regularity of nature ( ‘ miracles ’ ) . |
| 3 | There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate nowhere else to go . |
| 4 | There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate black nation-state . |
| 5 | This adds further interest in the picture , but you should be careful not to have any more than a corner of sky in the final print . |
| 6 | Wisely , perhaps , she avoids any more than a hint of her own view of female membership of MCC . |