Example sentences of "[be] anything [adj] than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mate was never to know that this could be anything more than wishful thinking . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure that rock'n'roll should be anything more than joyous noise — maybe ultimately one that means nothing , but then so what … ? ’ |
| 3 | After only five days in the complex and , to almost all of us , unfamiliar environment of Lewis and Harris , our views can not be anything more than initial impressions . |
| 4 | The groups themselves need very careful organising if the work is to be anything more than structured play . |
| 5 | Very few of the stations on what was built of the Cape to Cairo railway were anything more than small wayside halts . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , there is no evidence to suggest that this is anything other than wishful thinking . |
| 7 | He challenges the notion that local government is anything more than local administration , whose claim to be government is merely another reflection of the high self-regard in which officials hold themselves rather than any expression of locally based decision-making . |
| 8 | ‘ That you are anything more than good friends ? |
| 9 | Michael Kalisher QC told the jury : ‘ If you or I or even Nigel Mansell drove along that road at that speed no-one would suggest that it was anything other than reckless driving . ’ |
| 10 | Fortunately , those days are over , but it would be deceitful to suggest that constructing a pool was anything other than hard work , for even with modern materials a considerable amount of energy has to be expended . |
| 11 | After Terry had gone upstairs we heard the dreadful shriek of tape being torn and so , when Mahmoud came down and asked which was Terry 's pee-bottle , we really could n't believe that this was anything more than another move . |