Example sentences of "nothing more than an [adj] [noun] " 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 . |
10 | US senator Daniel Moynihan told a US Senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing on Sept. 13 that Ne Win was " nothing more than an Asian Noriega " , a reference to the then Panamanian leader , Gen. Manuel Noriega , whom the US government accused of involvement in the illegal drugs business . |