Example sentences of "anything less than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything less than a textual change to the Treaty is therefore no change at all . |
| 2 | Today , every voice in pop must be a Voice , must measure up , because today , anything less than a raucous tear-blob sounds simply feeble on Planet Pop , must die like the runt . |
| 3 | For , as he never tires of repeating , Italians will judge anything less than a semi-final place next summer as a total failure . |
| 4 | For , as he never tires of repeating , Italians will judge anything less than a semi-final place next summer as a total failure . |
| 5 | The statement said that Simranjit Singh Mann , the Akali Dal leader who had held talks with Shekhar in December , had no right to speak on their behalf and that they " would not settle for anything less than a separate state " . |
| 6 | Nobody suggests you should buy shares over anything less than a three-to-five year period . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims . |
| 8 | We ca n't send Karen to the boring Isle of Man with anything less than a nineteen-carat hangover , can we ? ’ |
| 9 | Anything less than a convincing victory by Graham Taylor 's team will undermine their chances of qualifying from Group 2 . |
| 10 | Rough , spiky , juggy — anything less than a gratifying incut is something of a rarity here — and steep enough to give that exhilarating feel . |
| 11 | Experiments show that many tolerate a wide range of light conditions , but a few high polar species perform best in long day regimes , or refuse to flower in anything less than a 22–24-hour day . |
| 12 | He bore it all with bright spirits and was never anything less than an exemplary prisoner . |
| 13 | But this does n't mean that I am anything less than an enthusiastic supporter of Scottish rugby . |
| 14 | This curious misuse of language means that if you book a spot at anything less than the top rate , some time in advance , the station can re-sell it , at a higher rate , to anyone who wants it , at any time before the cancellation date . |