Example sentences of "as [adj] [det] than " 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 | Hospitals are developing computer systems which are often not compatible with one another and are being used as little more than expensive word processors . |
| 5 | Observers saw Mrs Thatcher 's comments as little more than the latest in a series of delaying tactics . |
| 6 | Observers saw Mrs Thatcher 's comments as little more than the latest in a series of delaying tactics . |
| 7 | We live in a century imprinted on the present , which regards the past as little more than the springboard from which we were launched on our way . |
| 8 | Today the Chelt is regarded as little more than a nuisance , its former importance long forgotten . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This theory regards purring as little more than heavy breathing of the type humans sometimes indulge in when they are asleep — in other words , snoring . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Until recently , the Aborigines have always been regarded as little more than the exceptional survivors of prehistoric man , a view based primarily on the materialistic aspects of their culture , its ‘ hardware ’ . |
| 13 | Violence at home , terrible as it was , could be seen as little more than a reflection of what was then happening on foreign shores . |
| 14 | When wireless communications become available for a wider range of portables , the prevalence of Notes and applications like it will go a long way towards tying into networks PCs that are being under-utilised as little more than personal information managers . |
| 15 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 16 | It sees them as little more than rural ghettoes designed by previous hated white regimes to keep blacks and whites apart . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Films , in London at the time , for theatrical types , were considered as little more than perks . |
| 19 | Indeed , iconoclasm has frequently been portrayed as little more than mindless vandalism perpetrated by Philistine bigots . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In its time , Gosstandard was regarded by most western vendors as little more than a pseudo tax on western suppliers . |
| 22 | After narrowly averting yet another strike last year , AT&T might easily have decided to treat its relations with the unions as little more than an exercise in damage control . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In many cases , they are provided as little more than typesetting tapes , in need of considerable ’ cleaning up ’ or normalisation . |
| 29 | At its shortest the coat is seen by some designers as little more than a regular outsize jacket . |
| 30 | 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 ’ . |