Example sentences of "anything [adj] than [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither seems remotely interested in the characters they invent as anything more than reflections of authorial narcissism . |
| 2 | But there are four reasons why these years should not be used as anything more than points on a continuum . |
| 3 | Was there anything more than desire in his quest of her ? |
| 4 | Charles Temple , Richmond Palmer , Donald Cameron , Philip Mitchell — none of these were men who showed anything less than enthusiasm for the task of imperial government , and all of them were men of dominant personality and exceptional strength of will . |
| 5 | And few aboard , whether captain or crew , seemed anything less than awestruck during the entire nine hours that a transit usually takes . |
| 6 | Sort of austere and pissed off with anything less than perfection in the world . |
| 7 | But anything other than aquiescence with the regent could only tie them into political and ideological knots of Gordian proportions . |
| 8 | These departments will needless to say be answerable direct to the main body of partners but , for administrative convenience an additional tier will usually be introduced in the form of a managing partner or a partners ' management committee as a more efficient method of control and a useful filter to ensure that the partners as a whole are spared the necessity of dealing with anything other than matters of real importance . |
| 9 | Its truthful and intimate style gives us no reason for supposing that we are seeing anything other than Handel at home — his own comfortable and well worn chair , his own clothes and his own table . |
| 10 | ‘ What ? ’ she gasped , so shocked at what he was saying that for a moment she could n't do anything other than stare at him with her mouth open . |
| 11 | For those Celtic supporters who have had to tread a thin line between desperation and devastation this season , there was no inclination to do anything other than wallow in it being their team who had put an end to Rangers long , unbeaten run . |
| 12 | It did not occur to her , going upstairs in happy anticipation , that Aunt Emily would do anything other than smile upon the plan . |
| 13 | Thus for example , if I want pupils to understand subtraction , the more I rehearse the different details of the algorithm publicly , the less likely the pupil is to do anything other than pick up the outer show . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 15 | The kitchen has two cookers , a big plastic dustbin , two sets of tables and chairs and a tall fridge , which rarely has anything other than milk in it . |
| 16 | On the state of the evidence at the moment , it may well be that there will be a request for to withdraw the case from the jury on the grounds that no reasonable jury properly directed could conceivably find er a anything other than reasonableness in the police acting upon the information they had and that 's for me to decide . |
| 17 | But , in the broader terms of next Saturday 's tour opener at the Arms Park , it surely failed to convince a single soul that Cardiff will be anything other than cannon-fodder for the All Blacks . |
| 18 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 19 | If evolution is simply a matter of selective breeding , then why can we never produce anything other than dogs from dogs , however hard we try ? |
| 20 | But where the qualification is the doing of something of value to the seller , and where the qualification only suffices for one sale and must be reacquired before another sale , I find it hard to regard the repeated acquisitions of the qualification as anything other than parts of the consideration for the sales . |