Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] than [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the case of a multi-national partnership of which fewer than 75% of the principals are solicitors , any overseas offices of the Practice shall be deemed to form a Separate Practice from its offices in England and Wales . ’ |
| 2 | Impassioned sequences in which the " poetry " consisted of nothing more than strings of synonyms were merely the extreme example of a tendency that was apparent throughout the work . |
| 3 | There are far too many places advertising ‘ conference facilities ’ that offer nothing more than rooms of different sizes . |
| 4 | Others ( including the " type " bioherms in Indiana ) were nothing more than heaps of crinoid debris . |
| 5 | Heat is nothing more than energy of atoms in motion , so if you can slow down atoms , you are in effect cooling them . |
| 6 | If the materially minded evolutionists were right and mind patterns whether in humans or animals are genetically transmitted as nothing more than expressions of biochemistry , then why do dogs still retain the same instincts as the wolf ? |
| 7 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
| 8 | It took him more than 30 years before he told anyone other than friends of his terrifying experience . |
| 9 | Instrumentation is a branch of engineering , and engineering is nothing other than application of the laws , theories , hypotheses and principles of theoretical physics . |
| 10 | Neither seems remotely interested in the characters they invent as anything more than reflections of authorial narcissism . |
| 11 | These departments will needless to say be answerable direct to the main body of partners but , for administrative convenience an additional tier will usually be introduced in the form of a managing partner or a partners ' management committee as a more efficient method of control and a useful filter to ensure that the partners as a whole are spared the necessity of dealing with anything other than matters of real importance . |
| 12 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 13 | But where the qualification is the doing of something of value to the seller , and where the qualification only suffices for one sale and must be reacquired before another sale , I find it hard to regard the repeated acquisitions of the qualification as anything other than parts of the consideration for the sales . |