Example sentences of "as [det] [det] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While holding no important posts within the party and often dismissed as little more than a colourless clerk of little talent by Mao 's colleagues , he distinguished himself as a devoted and tireless servant both of Mao and his new wife Jiang Qing — qualities that would later prove far more important than any formal title . |
| 2 | It was badly scarred by the ill-fated attempt to acquire Leyland Vehicles and Land Rover , and only in recent times has it begun to reverse its image in Britain as little more than a screwdriver assembler of cars . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Today the Chelt is regarded as little more than a nuisance , its former importance long forgotten . |
| 5 | In that light , and with reggae still regarded as little more than a novelty by the mainstream music business , Shabba 's ambition can only be applauded . |
| 6 | Violence at home , terrible as it was , could be seen as little more than a reflection of what was then happening on foreign shores . |
| 7 | It is purely a prohibition on use — not on possession — and in view of the reservations made by states parties it can be viewed as little more than a ‘ no first use ’ pact . |
| 8 | In its time , Gosstandard was regarded by most western vendors as little more than a pseudo tax on western suppliers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ingres Corp will support 4Gb binary large objects ( BLOBS ) as an extension to the kernel of Version 6.5 of its relational database management system , due to go into beta test next year : the move seems aimed at forestalling customers thinking of moving to object databases , or to other RDBMS that already support BLOBs , such as Informix , Interbase and Oracle Version 7 — BLOBS however , are seen as little more than a token gesture towards true object databases . |
| 12 | Reaction was firmly enthroned , and when during the parliamentary debate on the Security from Violence Bill one MP voiced the belief that ‘ the want of employment was the parent of crime ’ , this seems to have been regarded as little more than a sentimental eccentricity . |
| 13 | This is helpful in pointing to long-term shifts in sexual norms in the last century ( though its dating is misleading ) , but it combines both an evolutionist teleology ( with the present appearing as little more than a culmination of ineluctable historical trends ) and a use of the metaphor of repression which in the end is emotive rather than analytical and obscures more than it reveals . |
| 14 | At its shortest the coat is seen by some designers as little more than a regular outsize jacket . |
| 15 | It is rather that until it is recognized as a convergence , and as a problem of convergence , the usual reaction , even when sympathetic ( and this , among an older and established generation , is comparatively rare ) is to see it as little more than a loose grouping of specialist studies either of communications , in their modern specialized form as ‘ the media ’ , or of the rather differently specialized field of ‘ the arts ’ . |
| 16 | Levitt smiled polite agreement , no more ; he was privately jealous of Lovitch whom he looked upon as little more than a huckster — though it was a well-stocked music shop that Lovitch owned . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Eleven months later , the indictment of two Libyans for the mass murder of 270 people at Lockerbie struck most Americans as little more than a formality , giving practical effect to what they — ; and most of the media — already thought they knew . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This one was bodged together from old planks and doors from wrecked houses , intended as little more than a defence in court for the demolition company when some child got through and broke his neck amongst the rubble . |
| 21 | He already looked upon her as little more than a juvenile delinquent ; now for sure she 'd get the full force of his anger . |
| 22 | Her voice came out as little more than a croak , sounding hollow , afraid . |
| 23 | He really did think of her as little more than a tramp . |
| 24 | The Kuwait embassy in Jordan described the withdrawal as little more than a manoeuvre to disguise the theft of Kuwaiti military equipment . |
| 25 | Indeed , ingenious CD-ROM publishers nowadays often regard it as little more than a development constraint to be accepted , designed out and disregarded . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The central character , the archetypal Englishman Jack Good , comes across as little more than a pantomime figure . |
| 28 | For those bombastic outbursts , Gerard shrewdly blamed ‘ the effect of his infernal military education , commencing when he was a child ’ and here indeed , when one recalls the poses being struck throughout pre-war Europe , the Crown Prince appears as little more than a child of the age . |
| 29 | Unless there is regular guidance given to parents through workshops and school produced booklets the arrival home of the reading book will be seen as little more than an opportunity to check when the teacher last heard their child read and a chance to rush their child to the next stage on the reading scheme . |
| 30 | However , despite Laud 's personal antipathy towards the papacy , the 1630s did see a growth in the influence of Catholicism over the English government and an improvement in relations between Charles 's court and the papal curia , and for the large numbers of English Protestants who were unable to distinguish between Arminianism and popery and who regarded Laud as little more than an agent of Rome , there could be no doubt that the archbishop was to blame . |