Example sentences of "any more [conj] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The incomprehensible incantations would cast no spell over him , any more than the tattoo of the spider had glued him forever to his gang . |
2 | The presence of a few colonies of candida does not constitute infection , however , any more than the presence of many other organisms in small numbers in the vagina means that they are there in a pathogenic capacity . |
3 | You can say as much as you like in a letter and it will not cost you any more than the price of a stamp . |
4 | I shall nevertheless vote against the motion and I shall vote for the amendment although as much as I wished it had happened or , or erm a different proposal to Mr because I do n't think it helps your argument when you call your opponents instead of arguing face and er unlike Mr I actually do believe its in subsidiarity and I think we should accept Leicester and Leicester only and what the Leicester hunt will do should be decided here in Leicester , not in Westminster , er any more than the composition of our offices should be , should be decided in Brussels and I believe in subsidiarity . |
5 | So why should she be protected , any more than the rest of them ? |
6 | I do n't suppose policemen like being taught their jobs any more than the rest of us do . |
7 | We agree that success of medical genetics can not be measured by the number of terminated pregnancies , any more than the success of surgery can be measured by the number of lower limbs amputated in patients with vascular stenosis . |
8 | Furthermore , it does not show that these are class interests , any more than the enumeration of cases shows that the government systematically protects the interests of what Poulantzas calls the hegemonic function of capital . |
9 | Is social development any more than the provision of village halls and recreation facilities ? |
10 | It would n't have any point that could be called a beginning or end , any more than the surface of the earth has a beginning or end . |
11 | The sowing of the seed of the gospel does not happen just with a look , any more than the sowing of barley occurs by the farmer going out and smiling at his field . |
12 | What the crisis certainly does not seem to have done , any more than the war between Iraq and Iran did , is to solve the more general problems of security in the Gulf , regional arms control and how to resolve conflict within OPEC . |
13 | There were no grounds for redrawing borders ; ‘ The Germans of Switzerland and Alsace do not desire to be reunited to Germany any more than the French in Belgium and Switzerland wish to become attached politically to France ’ . |
14 | Before we had ( Hugo ) Porta who was ideal — but he is n't there any more and the whole of Argentine rugby is suffering a crisis . |
15 | Genesis is exhilarating and exuberant orthodox big-band music of a kind rarely played with such punch any more and the sharpness of the CD enhances the brash , headlong momentum of it — Tracey 's orchestras always sound as if they are going to work with the elan of Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom . |