Example sentences of "[prep] anything more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither was there evidence of anything more than superficial surface treatment . |
| 2 | Though Edie became Vita 's final lover , and was with her when she died , she is unlikely to have treated homosexuality with anything more than tacit acceptance . |
| 3 | Ultimately , none of the readily available solutions — dandyism , literary experimentation , cinematic experimentation , fascism , communism — provided Nizan with anything more than brief respite from an increasingly acute perception of the contradiction lodged at the heart of his existence . |
| 4 | For the same motive Ackroyd is reluctant to broach the unfathomed topic of Dickens and sex ( once memorably described by John Carey as ‘ not a promising subject ’ ) : when Dickens went trawling through the prostitutional regions of Paris with Wilkie Collins , Ackroyd says that ‘ it is unlikely that Dickens himself ever took part in anything more than close observation ’ . |
| 5 | I think it is worth emphasising that the agreement does not commit the Trust to anything more than regular monitoring of the Little Mill . |
| 6 | Sometimes , of course , bags are searched , but the removal of company property from the premises of licensed dealers is rarely punished by anything more than instant dismissal , acceptable enough at the time to the culprits , as it coincides with their own plans . |