Example sentences of "nothing more [subord] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Could it be that the bloody human history of the past 5,000 years is nothing more than an evolutionary side-road ?
2 The motives of the instigators might be anything from pure love of a believed-in ‘ god ’ , to nothing more than an ignoble desire to surpass in magnificence the work of a rival religion or area of influence .
3 Even with × 20 it shows up as nothing more than an elliptical blur , more or less devoid of detail , though it is possible to see the smaller companion galaxy M32 close beside it .
4 Before December 's adjournment , Israel had offered nothing more than an administrative body .
5 ‘ He 's never ever mentioned that night to me since , so as far as he 's aware , ’ he rapped cuttingly , ‘ I could think you were nothing more than an easy one-nighter for him ! ’
6 For my late grandmother , this was nothing more than an amusing game .
7 Charlotte : Charlotte is a wealthy woman in her early forties who views aromatherapy as nothing more than an upmarket beauty treatment .
8 Charmed in spite of his suspicion that all this was nothing more than an elaborate strategy to get the best strawberries , the young man leaned on his fork .
9 ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage .
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