Example sentences of "[indef pn] other than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to me at the time that I was doing something other than trying to keep myself warm . |
| 2 | ‘ Why do n't we talk about something other than racing ? ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps the availability of some defensive shield would help convince national leaders that international security could be based on something other than threatening to blow the other side to oblivion . |
| 4 | The consideration must be something other than rendering services in the future . |
| 5 | I thought of nothing other than dragging my feet out of the mud encasing them . |
| 6 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
| 7 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 8 | Beating Rangers for the first time in a year ( the first time for two years at home ) did nothing other than give a long suffering Celtic support one night of remission . |
| 9 | And if I achieve nothing other than to make people realize that they have a choice if they wish to exercise it , I shall be satisfied . |
| 10 | The only wastage of effort was that his sloganeering did nothing other than promote ‘ Frankie Goes To Hollywood ’ product and cause meaningless provocation along the way . |
| 11 | What is becoming increasingly clear is that the Labour party is trying to do nothing other than promote scare stories so as deliberately to frighten people who have traditionally relied on adult education courses . |
| 12 | In the cold light of day Celtic 's win will have been seen to do nothing other than reduce the gap between them and Rangers in the Premier Division from 12 to ten points , which is hardly the signal for predicting immediate transformation within the club bereft of a trophy since 1989 . |
| 13 | The showmen were men of their time and they knew how easy it was to tell stories that would be sympathetic to the common man , that would condemn all truly evil men and their agencies , and yet at the same time would do nothing other than confirm existing social values . |
| 14 | So far the shopkeepers are surviving , because demand is so great , but few are yet admitting to doing anything other than breaking even . |
| 15 | In fact he was the only surfer I knew who read — at least , anything other than surfing magazines . |
| 16 | There may well be teachers in the school who will not be convinced that teaching is about anything other than delivering the curriculum and will have a restricted view of their role as professionals . |
| 17 | The highlight grid which produces alternate light and dark background character cells does n't work with dark backgrounds and while the second grid is better it reduces all the colours to magenta or white making it almost useless for anything other than outlining . |
| 18 | He wondered , indeed , if some of the teachers were interested in anything other than getting through to three-thirty , filling up the time with something or other . |
| 19 | He refused to take her to the pub to have a drink , explaining that he did not want to hurt Jayne , who would not approve of his energy being spent on anything other than skating . |
| 20 | It is necessary first to consider an argument which has throughout been presented by the Attorney-General as decisive ; namely , that the answer to this question must inevitably be negative because the district judge had no power , or no power that he could properly exercise , to do anything other than proceed with the cases assigned to his court , without any regard at all to the pendency of the B.M.F.L. prosecution , destined for committal to the High Court . |
| 21 | Tim Corrigan , the Barman , is another somewhat colourless personality who appears to have no strong views on anything other than racing form , of which he is a devoted follower . |
| 22 | And er I do n't think that Donovan did anything other than to enhance that . |
| 23 | No significant employer representative body in the United Kingdom has done anything other than condemn those irrelevant and damaging proposals very roundly . |
| 24 | There 's , there 's nothing left for anything other than to eat ! |
| 25 | Sir Frank added that Britain had no ‘ power to do anything other than see if it can influence the French or whichever country it may be . |