Example sentences of "[be] nothing [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing more cutting than politeness , if it 's used right ! |
| 2 | The same section of the population remarked in November ‘ that the Führer had spoken more than normally about God ’ , that ‘ apparently even among the old Nazis there 's nothing more doing without God ’ , which accorded badly , however , with the way the Party was treating the Church . |
| 3 | Even forgetting the music , there 's nothing more soul destroying than discovering that the constituent parts of the lean , mean Rock'n'Roll machine you worshipped as a kid have subsequently developed beer bellies , a penchant for incontinence wear and an alarming tendency to part their hair Jack Charlton- style an inch and a half above the right ear . |
| 4 | A PARCEL winging its way around the country carrying a homing device may sound like something straight from the pages of a James Bond story but there is nothing top secret about the idea . |
| 5 | In my book , there is nothing this ex-president has done , or said , since leaving the White House which is worthy of attention — especially considering the many worthy things ex-presidents can do and say . |
| 6 | There was nothing visible downstairs where we were , so immediately went up the stairs at the side to the production level where the blast had come from , and there we met a group of people who had just come out of the control room and they were cut and suffering from shock 'cos the blast had obviously well it d nearly blown the control room apart . |
| 7 | When he stirred the embers there was nothing recognisable left in the gray flaking ashes . |
| 8 | Quinn had stopped ; there was nothing more tie could do . |
| 9 | To people in racing , there was nothing more suspect than a professional who allowed outside concerns to impinge on the real world — the world of racing . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , they had eaten all their K rations see , then they started on the camels and the mules , then the cats and dogs , until finally there was nothing edible left in the fort . |
| 11 | Anyway , she hit the hedge which is only about an inch thick and found there was nothing this side . |