Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using nothing more than precision machining methods , and without any change to dimensions or specifications , small machine tool maker Leland and Faulconer increased engine output by 23 per cent . |
| 2 | So they get thrown when faced with a canvas which represents nothing other than form or shape or colour and they get thrown because they have n't the vocabulary , it seems to them , to respond to it , and they feel the need to respond verbally . |
| 3 | There are terrorists who want nothing more than publicity . |
| 4 | The only reason now , looking at the way knitwear is going or any products going , the only way now that we can get the latest is if we design er oh er design new ideas that are want something fresh or fashion takes over . |
| 5 | So the Devolution Bills proposed something less than federalism . |
| 6 | It is a curious blend of delicacy and crudity and has something rough and barbarian about it . |
| 7 | And if they go on like this I shall need something bigger and lighter . |
| 8 | We may need something stronger than tea after what I 'm going to tell you . ’ |
| 9 | The kitchen has two cookers , a big plastic dustbin , two sets of tables and chairs and a tall fridge , which rarely has anything other than milk in it . |
| 10 | Yet the gaudy boxes hold nothing more than wheat , rice , maize and oats . |
| 11 | She had repeatedly told herself her response to his touch was nothing more than a temporary aberration on her part , that familiarity must inevitably breed contempt , that sooner or later she would feel nothing more than irritation . |
| 12 | The interview had done nothing other than increase his dislike of the musician . |
| 13 | It stirred something deep and primitive in her and she closed her eyes in bliss as the last garment dropped to the floor . |
| 14 | I seem to detect something more than uneasiness . |
| 15 | For the concerned middle classes , who could barely bring themselves to look at it , it was a horrible , violent , raucous vehicle out to destroy anything progressive or Right-On . |
| 16 | And few aboard , whether captain or crew , seemed anything less than awestruck during the entire nine hours that a transit usually takes . |
| 17 | ‘ How could I do anything other than love you more as we grow older ? ’ |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Can we do anything other than wait to find out ? ’ |
| 21 | Exhibiting nothing more than competence , he became keeper of the great wardrobe on 27 June 1369 , at the time when Edward III , and hence his court and government , were lapsing into passivity . |
| 22 | But after that Pete had sworn that he 'd touch nothing stronger than tapwater for the rest of the evening , and so far he 'd been sticking to it . |
| 23 | ‘ All right then , but you mind he does — and I hope he 's got something more than milk to drink up there . |
| 24 | Charles Temple , Richmond Palmer , Donald Cameron , Philip Mitchell — none of these were men who showed anything less than enthusiasm for the task of imperial government , and all of them were men of dominant personality and exceptional strength of will . |
| 25 | Today I mean they , I mean when you take , years and years ago when there used to be man handling everything same as timber , I mean we had about three hundred dockers then . |
| 26 | The soloists too each bring something unique and individual to their roles . |
| 27 | Despite the fact that both mother and teacher said that he was always like this , it happened on average three times a day only after he was asked to do something other than play by himself . |
| 28 | This self-selection process ensures that the Community Relations Branch attracts people with enthusiasm and the necessary personal qualities which make them enjoy work with youngsters , and not one member of the Community Relations Branch we encountered in Easton and elsewhere expressed anything other than pleasure and enjoyment from working with youngsters . |
| 29 | Fabia chuckled , unable to do anything other than laugh lightly . |
| 30 | Have you ever wanted to do anything other than play music ? |