Example sentences of "[noun sg] as little more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This on the surface may not seem to be hostile to religion , but it causes severe re-interpretation encouraging many people to regard religion as little more than a culturally derived dressing-up game . |
| 2 | Far from treating the demonstration as a serious political event , the media portrayed the demonstration as little more than a ‘ performance ’ , speculating about the possible fashion wear of the participants . |
| 3 | The Kuwait embassy in Jordan described the withdrawal as little more than a manoeuvre to disguise the theft of Kuwaiti military equipment . |
| 4 | At the other extreme , many short-term members in the 1930s saw the BUF as little more than a social organization in which political activity was very much a secondary phenomenon . |
| 5 | And the absence of systematic programmes to teach basic literacy added to the impression that the prison was regarded in reality as little more than a ‘ warehouse ’ for inmates , not a vehicle for their improvement . |
| 6 | The identification of lust with ‘ brown girls ’ probably had no racial connotations in that innocently discriminatory age ; but the scenes towards the end where the Witch tries to capture John with her wiles do leave the disconcerting impression that Lewis thought of Christianity as little more than a good ‘ cure ’ for lust . |
| 7 | Hitherto she had experienced the unruly masculine spirit inside her soul as little more than a matter for jocular asides or occasional remorse to see it bound like Pedro into mischief ; but notice had now been served . |