Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] than a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ About 50 per cent of our sales are made to women and they tend to buy their men more adventurous underwear than the men buy themselves , ’ says Nicky Lovell , ‘ but British men are becoming more interested in something other than a pair of white underpants . ’ |
| 2 | The king was furious at being tricked again , and by nothing more than a pair of animals , at that . |
| 3 | He hoped that the driver would remember nothing more than a pair of headlights . |
| 4 | I sat in on a board meeting the week before last and the Manager 's alleged report was nothing more than a series of orders closely followed by a succession of demands . |
| 5 | To her , language seemed to be nothing more than a means of discovering the price of butter or exchanging views about the weather . |
| 6 | The professorship in question was seen by the politicians as nothing more than a means of keeping the Laird of Cringletie happy ; it was , as Gorthie put it , ‘ a very good way to answer the Laird 's own expectations till once a good occasion offer ’ . |
| 7 | It was said of Comte that ‘ the woman he chose as his wife was nothing more than a means for the immediate gratification of his crude sexuality ’ . |
| 8 | Suppose he discovered that my new slimline look was nothing more than a £19.99 Playtex Secrets girdle purchased in October ? |
| 9 | Are they more than a series of taboos ? |
| 10 | This kind of mistreatment highlights how descriptive words and terms can be confusing if they are taken to mean anything more than a means of distinguishing form — and not size , for instance . |