Example sentences of "[vb pp] [indef pn] [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back to the period between the two world wars and even to that of 1939–45 , any newcomer to the scene would have foreseen nothing other than a future of amicable and mutually beneficial co-operation . |
| 2 | Handsome young rascal with hands that had never lifted anything heavier than a pen by the look of them . |
| 3 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 4 | Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick . |
| 5 | Land Rover has produced something more than a face-lifted Range Rover . |
| 6 | Damn him if she would explain that the young man to whom he 'd referred had merely been a fellow Briton attending a conference on international computing , that they 'd exchanged nothing more than a few polite comments natural to fellow compatriots abroad , and that his arm had been lying across the back of the bench seats and not round her shoulders . |
| 7 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 8 | Poor boy , he had found nothing better than a dirty corner next to a lavatory ! |
| 9 | This was in the last days of Mrs Thatcher 's leadership and my daughter had never known anything other than a female PM . |
| 10 | But to argue that such developments marked anything more than a beginning would be to over-estimate the significance of what was done . |
| 11 | Ruth did n't want to get drawn into all that again and besides , his tone had n't indicated anything more than a passing interest . |
| 12 | Private pilots who have never flown anything bigger than a C172 or a Warrior could without trouble convince themselves they were sitting on the flight deck of an airliner . |
| 13 | Since membership required nothing more than a signature , it is difficult to assess the real weight of the movement . |
| 14 | Romer J. relied on William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Slater v. Burnley Corporation , 59 L.T. 636 , in reaching his decision , and he also referred [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , to the ‘ principle of duress colore officii ’ in a manner which showed that the necessary duress required something more than a simple demand by an official . |
| 15 | Now that , following Fryer v LTE ( see para 1.50 ) , a payment into court can be disclosed on an interim payment application , a defendant who has paid anything more than a small proportion of the value of the plaintiff 's claim into court will find it difficult to resist the application on this ground , especially as the court will usually order the interim payment to be paid out of the money in court . |