Example sentences of "[prep] anything [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he had no need of anything more than a lock of hair he showed me . ’ |
| 2 | Additionally , the development of the huge ‘ pot ’ helm , which enclosed all of the head rather than just the skull , made its wearer virtually invulnerable against anything less than a blow delivered with the full weight of a sword or axe . |
| 3 | But with anything less than a gale the house filled with smoke and the door had to be opened . |
| 4 | I referred to it and you oddly enough in a handwritten letter to my father the other night after referring to Lord XXXXX one of whose contemporaries and friends is coming to stay here a couple of nights next week , and who has been a pillar in the fabric of my life , a man for whom consistency , continuity and courtesy are all — and who is often concerned at the unhappiness which is my ? ? ? ? ? ? ? it is in anything other than a bit of paper , which most of my old friends who wish me well , doubt ) … |
| 5 | The list of places with worthwhile examples is far too extensive for inclusion in anything other than a specialist guide to private collections , but a considerable amount of information can be obtained from local tourist authorities and both general and individual heritage guides . |
| 6 | To me , they are highly underrated — they are a band who write tuneful songs and have a very good line-up , despite what Ian Cheek thinks of ‘ Scott Reynolds ' hapless inability to sing in anything other than a monotone shout ’ . |
| 7 | To me , they are highly underrated — they are a band who write tuneful songs and have a very good line-up , despite what Ian Cheek thinks of ‘ Scott Reynolds ' hapless inability to sing in anything other than a monotone shout ’ . |
| 8 | Grandmasters were a little surprised by Yusupov 's decision to surrender his bishop for a knight on move 22 , but the resulting position never looked like ending in anything other than a draw . |
| 9 | He had never flown in anything other than a Tiger Moth so her requested that his name be put forward for a short Washington sortie . |
| 10 | This location is almost impossible to reach in anything less than a Jeep . |
| 11 | If the Community is built on anything other than a recognition that people and nations often disagree and argue , then it will blow apart in time , or , worse , have to maintained by ever more centralised power . |
| 12 | But if you put all of these together , do they amount to anything more than a restorationist position ? |
| 13 | The road , such as it was , had come to an end and the last twelve miles to our destination were strictly four-wheel drive through yard-deep mud , and over streams alarmingly bridged with thick bamboo trunks simply laid next to each other , so that they separated between our wheels if we took them at anything less than a rush . |
| 14 | Seen in his context , which was inter-war Cambridge , Leavis was never much of an innovator , and it is hard to see his critical notoriety , which reached its apogee in the 1950s and early 1960s , as anything other than a triumph of style . |
| 15 | I can not imagine that , as Sir Russell was granted that post , he is regarded as anything other than a man with eminently good sense . |
| 16 | The normal ( electronic ) shutter speed of a camcorder is unc of a second ; this is too slow to record rapid movement as anything other than a blur . |
| 17 | Recently published Dataquest figures indicate a potential market size of $300 million by 1990 but with less that a year of history to go on this can hardly be taken as anything more than a guideline . |
| 18 | Plenty of fissures , but nowhere to hide for anything bigger than a lizard . |
| 19 | The room was lit by a number of small reading lamps , none powered by anything stronger than a sixty-watt bulb . |