Example sentences of "it [be] nothing [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Might it be nothing more than a girl ? " |
| 2 | But it 's nothing more than a double-cross , really . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's nothing more than a crowd of women having a cup of tea . |
| 4 | Mr Pei 's pyramid in the Louvre is fine architecture , but it is nothing other than a new front door . |
| 5 | ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance . |
| 6 | Thus , it is nothing more than a clearing house which does nothing in its own right . |
| 7 | It is nothing less than a national scandal that such despicable practices can take place in 1894 ! ’ |
| 8 | An absolutely blatant digression , it is nothing less than a lecture on the whole idea of locked rooms . |
| 9 | If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix … and then all of the 31 pits that had been threatened were to close , that would be completely unacceptable . ’ |
| 10 | Winston Churchill ( C , Davyhulme ) said : ‘ If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix I do not believe it would get through the House of Commons . |
| 11 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |
| 12 | ‘ It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added . |
| 13 | There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences . |
| 14 | Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress . |
| 15 | ‘ It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part . ’ |
| 16 | Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’ |