Example sentences of "[det] was [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 2 | This was no more than a gesture but it helped sustain the morale of the Belgians . |
| 3 | All the equipment here could be explained away ; this was no more than a training ground for those interested in self-defence , martial arts and war games . |
| 4 | Undaunted , Cocks hit back with yet another tract , A True and Impartial Inquiry … into the Late Bloody Execution at Thorn … ( 1727 ) , though this was no more than a stale reprise of past polemic , and was only published posthumously . |
| 5 | But , as far as James was concerned , this was no more than a PRECONDITION for the abolition of slavery . |
| 6 | But this was no more than a politeness with little political meaning , and one which disappeared , though slowly , during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |
| 7 | Under the Purnells ' control , this was a busy and a profitable time in the history of Fromebridge ; however , around the beginning of the l9th century , the company ran into problems . |
| 8 | This was an embattled and a battling faith . |