Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] anything more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occurrence of tapirs in South America and South East Asia , for instance , could be explained quite easily without recourse to anything more than minor changes in the earth 's conditions : |
| 2 | It is also easier to stop the forward movement in this situation , since many models require a positive effort to make headway against anything more than a stiff breeze . |
| 3 | Though Edie became Vita 's final lover , and was with her when she died , she is unlikely to have treated homosexuality with anything more than tacit acceptance . |
| 4 | In fact , he had no need of anything more than a lock of hair he showed me . ’ |
| 5 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 6 | Neither was there evidence of anything more than superficial surface treatment . |
| 7 | They are unacceptable in drinking water in anything more than trace concentrations , and there is increasing evidence of organochlorine contamination in water-supply boreholes . |
| 8 | For the same motive Ackroyd is reluctant to broach the unfathomed topic of Dickens and sex ( once memorably described by John Carey as ‘ not a promising subject ’ ) : when Dickens went trawling through the prostitutional regions of Paris with Wilkie Collins , Ackroyd says that ‘ it is unlikely that Dickens himself ever took part in anything more than close observation ’ . |
| 9 | The ancient streets could perhaps have been left to enforce their own low driving speeds through their narrowness , their cobbled surfaces and their lack of visibility over anything more than a few metres . |
| 10 | I think it is worth emphasising that the agreement does not commit the Trust to anything more than regular monitoring of the Little Mill . |
| 11 | I 'm so damned tired after the drive down here that I doubt I 'll have the energy for anything more than sleep . ’ |