Example sentences of "[be] anything [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could this right of election be anything other than a fiction if the breach of the term in all circumstances deprives the innocent party of substantially the whole benefit which it was intended that he should receive ? |
| 2 | It 's as good a theory as any to explain it , because lord knows I never intended this to be anything other than a business arrangement . ’ |
| 3 | Could it be anything more than a compulsion to take the eternal conflict between the sexes to the ultimate battleground ? |
| 4 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |
| 5 | If you guys really want to be anything more than a footnote in the annals of British history get this — ‘ Egalitarianism is for Losers ’ . |
| 6 | To put it another way , bargaining provides the cement essential if the American polity is to be anything more than a conglomeration of unintegrated fragments . |