Example sentences of "nothing more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | MGM 's Dynamite directed by Cecil B. de Mille was for Daugherty nothing more than a torrid melodrama of conventional silliness but he knew that audiences would love the tremendous cave-in of the coal-mine . |
| 32 | Inwardly praying this was all nothing more than a clever bluff , Shannon stood her ground . |
| 33 | Might South Africa 's continuing claims to the next World Cup be nothing more than a clever cover ? |
| 34 | However , there is no evidence to show that British importers ever used fish caught by drift-net which suggests to some that the agreement may be nothing more than a clever marketing ploy . |
| 35 | Indeed , so Sir Karl assures us , Science really is nothing more than a continuous abandonment of ideas shown by objective , scientific inquiry , to be untenable . |
| 36 | ‘ The fact that , after five years of separation , I 'm still married to Ross is nothing more than a mere technicality ! ’ |
| 37 | " It could n't happen to me and , even if it does , we have all got to die sometime " is a common self-justification that almost belies belief when it is considered that a life threatening " pleasure " is nothing more than a mere cigarette . |
| 38 | The table is nothing more than a rough guide , not an order of merit . |
| 39 | The house was nothing more than a front wall . |
| 40 | By contrast , we see Tradescant lying on his newly sheeted bed , washed and with beard neatly trimmed , wearing a superfine linen shroud of the highest quality , the top-knot having now become nothing more than a small tassel attached to the linen itself . |
| 41 | A good picture is nothing more than a perfect equilibrium , that is to say a balance of weights and a harmony of numbers . |
| 42 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 43 | Just when we 're strapped for cash , only a load of new clothes can save us from looking dowdy — you would n't be alone in thinking that the whole thing is nothing more than a brilliant wheeze dreamt up by the fashion industry whenever times get tough . |
| 44 | The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) . |
| 45 | I trust that this is nothing more than a proofreading error . |
| 46 | Plainly by the defensive introduction that you have written in the results publication , we are not the only people wondering whether the BAIE is nothing more than a self-serving cabal . |
| 47 | The citizens charter is nothing more than a glossy confection . |
| 48 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 49 | Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ? |
| 50 | It appears to be nothing more than a large cuckoo clock , with a single hand . |
| 51 | It was odd enough to see that rather feminine room crammed full with so many stern , dark-jacketed gentlemen , sometimes sitting three or four abreast upon a sofa ; but such was the determination on the part of some persons to maintain the appearance that this was nothing more than a social event that they had actually gone to the lengths of having journals and newspapers open on their knees . |
| 52 | In an anonymous introduction , the editor of De revolutionibus , Andreas Osiander , had implied that the earth 's motion was to be construed as nothing more than a convenient hypothesis . |
| 53 | If the proposals of early 1858 reached the statute book , " The whole of Russia will turn into nothing more than a military colony ( obratitsia v odno voennoe poselenie ) , and who will save it from the new Arakcheev who is emerging in the person of Iakov Ivanovich Rostovtsev ? " |
| 54 | For one single sleeve , Reid adapted the design of the American Express credit card , to depict the ‘ real relationships within the music industry ; the record company as nothing more than a huge pimp — and the band as prostitutes ’ . |
| 55 | For both of these reasons , fluorine-oriented life seems to be nothing more than a theoretical fancy . |
| 56 | Which was nothing more than a sideways stab at NME hipness coupled with a nod towards the absurd fitness fad . |
| 57 | To her it may seem that not only was she robbed of happiness during her marriage , but that she is now also being denied the right to grieve as well , for there will be those who will be expecting her mourning to be nothing more than a brief bow to convention , followed by a fairly speedy rise in spirits and return to normality . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 60 | The evidence is slender — nothing more than a feline jaw-bone — but it is convincing for a special reason . |