Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [indef pn] [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.

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1 → I do n't think that our look at the Carlton Combo was anything other than a fair , unbiased review of a new product which just happens to incorporate a different technology along the way .
2 The immediate reaction was that the discovery of Pluto was nothing more than a small-scale diversion : there must be a tenth planet out there , and a very large planet at that .
3 Thus , between 1744 and 1767 , Hermann Samuel Reimarus , a professor at Hamburg , had argued that Jesus was nothing more than a failed Judaic revolutionary whose body was removed from its tomb by his disciples .
4 In an outspoken attack in the News of the World , the 54-year-old condemned his religious upbringing as ‘ brainwashing ’ and claimed : ‘ Jesus was nothing more than a magician just like me . ’
5 Diana was nothing more than a schoolgirl , unworldly in the extreme .
6 There is little evidence to support the view that Nizan was anything other than a faithful , orthodox party member ; a Stalinist in short .
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