Example sentences of "was something [adj] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , it was logically possible that the cue used by the recruits following a dancer was something other than the angle of the dance — and for a while von Frisch was sharply criticised for precisely this reason . |
| 2 | But there was something worse than that . |
| 3 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann , that cunning , solitary ace from Argentina , worried about his racing twenty-four hours a day ; James seemed to give it scarcely a thought — technically , as a contributor to development he was something less than a devoted genius ( but on the track he had extraordinarily good reflexes and a lot of savvy ) . |
| 4 | The Founders now told Pilger that the role they had given him was something less than total editorial control . |
| 5 | Perhaps there was something more than coherence at stake . |
| 6 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |
| 7 | But these days she was stepping way out of line , coming on like she had something on him , like she was something more than a two-bit secretary . |
| 8 | She was something more than a housekeeper , more also than a nurse . |
| 9 | But this was something more than intelligence . |
| 10 | Photography is 80 per cent casting , and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face . |
| 11 | But Anselm was something more than this : he was the most rigorous thinker , and the most severe appraiser of motives of his day ; he abominated worldly power , and — unless we believe his contemporary critics or modern friends — he sought every excuse to avoid having to exercise power himself . |
| 12 | One may read the observation as meant to imply that the victory was something more than temporary . |
| 13 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 14 | It appeared as if there was something more than a cupboard there . |
| 15 | Surely this was something more than the heat of twelve geese cooking on a summer 's night ? |
| 16 | The next chapter examines the governmental context of Charles 's fiscal and monetary methods : his imitation of late-Roman emperors was something more than a charade or a figleaf for impotence . |