Example sentences of "be [adv] nothing more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer : by sending printed forms of questions to the seller 's solicitor and the local council , which yield no useful information and are often nothing more than a time-wasting ritual . |
| 2 | Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial . |
| 3 | Ordinary pumice , by contrast , shows a wide range in density , depending upon the degree of vesiculation that has taken place in the magma , but it is still nothing more than a solidified rock froth . |
| 4 | So that , erm just as you can construct a house out of bricks and mortar , and really , although the house looks very different from just bricks and mortar , it is just bricks and mortar arranged in a certain way , so the glass , the bottle , erm although it looks a very different thing from a sense experience , is really nothing more than a very complicated pattern of actual and possible sense experiences . |
| 5 | In relation to nationalised industries , it is commonplace to vest in a particular Minister of the Crown a power to issue general directives as to the running of the industry in question but this is again nothing more than a matter of organisational preference ; not , of course a preference which is a matter of caprice but which is based on notions of the best procedures to attain the objective in view . |
| 6 | At the height of all the media fuss over a comic creation which was basically nothing more than a walking catch-phrase , it seemed as if Enfield 's career was in danger of burning out before it had properly ignited . |
| 7 | ‘ Monsieur Gebrec 's death was probably nothing more than a tragic accident , ’ Melissa went on , ‘ but ’ — she hesitated for a moment before saying — ‘ there is some talk of suicide . ’ |
| 8 | Programme analysis and review was really nothing more than a method of asking basic questions about programme resources and outputs , such as what is being done and why ? |