Example sentences of "[prep] anything [det] [subord] [art] [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 | Under his direction , the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee maintained its traditional line that O'Neill was not responding to the legitimate demands of a disadvantaged section of the population , but giving in to the demands of rebels who would never be satisfied with anything less than the destruction of Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | This location is almost impossible to reach in anything less than a Jeep . |
| 6 | The report , from a correspondent in Bangkok , stated that this was the first occasion since the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia in September 1989 [ see pp. 36881-82 ] that Vietnamese forces had been used in anything more than an emergency capacity . |
| 7 | But if you put all of these together , do they amount to anything more than a restorationist position ? |
| 8 | It may be that with a patient who is terminally ill or aged , the doctor 's obligation does not extend to anything more than the relief of pain and making the patient comfortable . |
| 9 | But this begs the question : does ‘ pride and dignity ’ amount to anything more than the aspiration to participate in society on its own terms ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |