Example sentences of "[be] [indef pn] [conj] not a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So when the searcher eventually believes and becomes a Christian ( I am ignoring for the moment the other levels of understanding which are involved ) , he is nothing if not a man with a memory and a man of special gratitude : Whatever he becomes , wherever he goes , whatever he does , he should never be unaware of what once was , what might have been and what could well be again .
2 Your noble savage of the slums is nothing if not a realist , eh , Shelley ? ’
3 Gooch who has Fletcher 's total support is nothing if not a fighter , however , and insisted last night : ‘ I 've no second thoughts about staying on as captain . ’
4 Macclesfield is nothing if not a silk town .
5 It 's something that not a lot of people take notice of , as I say , until they become a victim of it .
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