Example sentences of "anything [det] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that with a patient who is terminally ill or aged , the doctor 's obligation does not extend to anything more than the relief of pain and making the patient comfortable . |
| 2 | But is there any real evidence that such zodiacs are anything more than the product of an overactive imagination ? |
| 3 | But this begs the question : does ‘ pride and dignity ’ amount to anything more than the aspiration to participate in society on its own terms ? |
| 4 | When the two sides met again at the hill station of Dalat in April 1946 it was obvious that the immediate disagreement was on the nature of the Indochina Federation and whether or not the Government of Vietnam , which the French had already recognized , was anything more than the Republic of Tonkin . |
| 5 | There was no virtue , therefore , in telling Anthea Darnell anything less than the truth at this stage . |
| 6 | But as well as her being uncomfortable with lying , her eyes had been trapped by the intensity of his gaze and telling him anything less than the truth , the whole truth , had seemed impossible . |
| 7 | Under his direction , the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee maintained its traditional line that O'Neill was not responding to the legitimate demands of a disadvantaged section of the population , but giving in to the demands of rebels who would never be satisfied with anything less than the destruction of Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | ‘ It is very difficult to see that the public can be educated to accept anything less than the fact that if there is a fraud present in an organisation which prevents the financial statements from showing a true and fair view , then it is up to the auditors to find it . ’ |