Example sentences of "none [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work that wire all the way , look upon it as none other than a super-length needle with the eye in the bend of the wire . |
| 2 | ‘ This clot , ’ boomed the Headmistress , pointing the riding-crop at him like a rapier , ‘ this black-head , this foul carbuncle , this poisonous pustule that you see before you is none other than a disgusting criminal , a denizen of the underworld , a member of the Mafia ! ’ |
| 3 | Yeremi 's amazement at being tested in the presence of none other than a Space Marine was spiked with bile at the recollection of how that brat and his fellow high-life hooligans , who stood so contemptuously above any law , had hustled injured cousin Yakobi away to a vile death , crowing and bragging . |
| 4 | We are seeing , in this development , none other than a new embodiment of the idea of an academic community , and one that is at the heart of the higher education enterprise . |
| 5 | It turns out that the independent property consultancy was none other than a subsidiary of the national ports authority , which is a major shareholder in the Cardiff Bay development corporation . |
| 6 | Inside was none other than the Queen . |
| 7 | One of those who wants the young Pakistani punished is none other than the man he so narrowly beat 10-15 , 6-15 , 15-4 , 15-11 , 15-10 in the final , Chris Dittmar . |
| 8 | It was none other than the heir to the throne , blissfully unaware , and convulsed with mirth . |
| 9 | Its co-sponsor is none other than the Police Federation , the junior officers ' staff association , traditionally the organisation most wary of reform . |
| 10 | So sensitive was the occasion , approval had to be given by none other than the Cabinet Secretary and the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury before Mr Hibbert could be exposed to the harsh winds of public controversy . |
| 11 | This is none other than the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven . ’ |
| 12 | This is none other than the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven . ’ |
| 13 | And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem , and what they would do with the reward if they won it , that they did n't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage . |
| 14 | The Battle of Naseby which took place in June 1645 , with Fairfax and Cromwell in charge of the Parliamentary forces and Prince Rupert , Astley and Langdale in charge of the Royalist troops , resulted in a great victory for Parliament , achieved — according to Cromwell — ‘ none other than the hand of God ’ . |
| 15 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 16 | Cross 's immediate opponent was none other than the great ‘ Fanny ’ Walden and the Spurs side was laden with internationals . |
| 17 | The extraction of an additional amount of products from this sphere pre-supposes its growth , which — temporarily , in the present phases of development — is none other than the growth of bourgeois relations . |
| 18 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 19 | The absurdity of the Italian ‘ recruitment ’ system is revealed by what could safely be described as the ‘ Aquila paradox ’ — the man sidelined by Martin was none other than the successful Italian fullback Luigi Troiani . |
| 20 | Probably , for the United Company of Undertakers was never admitted at the Guildhall , and their ‘ house ’ was none other than the business premises of Robert Legg Snr , upholder , appraiser and undertaker . |
| 21 | No , the real Windsor villain is none other than the holier-than-thou Prince Philip . |
| 22 | The Master of this new lodge was none other than the imperial royal chamberlain , Johann , Count Esterházy ; while the Master of Ceremonies was Haydn 's employer , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy . |
| 23 | For among the noteworthy ( ? ) in attendance was none other than the Right Horrible DAVID MELLOR MP , the newly appointed so-called ‘ Minister For Fun ’ in JOHNNY MAJOR 's cabinet . |
| 24 | The raw materials which the Marines used for their scrimshandering were none other than the mighty , ceramically strengthened finger bones — the metacarpals and phalanges — of Imperial Fists who had died in battle or , surviving to old age , been permitted honourable euthanasia . |
| 25 | Amongst those who have fallen prey to their charms are none other than the Beaujolais Brothers , who whisked the merry troupe off to their chateau and cracked open a few bottles of ultra-rare white Beaujolais Nouveau . |
| 26 | Its long-term purpose is none other than the total control of all human minds throughout the galaxy . ’ |
| 27 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 28 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 29 | It is , I am told , German settlers in County Wexford who are responsible for the Irish Brie called St Edi now being peddled in this country ; the assault of its ammoniac smell brought back to me with terrible force a twenty-two-year-old memory of the Camembert of war-time Egypt which , I now realize , could have been none other than the handiwork of a German fifth column active in Alexandria . ) |
| 30 | He is , in fact , none other than the knight-errant of the fairy tales ( as witness Chandler calling his hero originally Malory , after the author of the Morte d'Arthur , and Robert Parker calling his Spenser , after the poet of The Fairy Queen ) . |