Example sentences of "be [indef pn] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In all probability it really had been nothing more than a prank . |
| 2 | All the tenderness he 'd shown her had been nothing more than a sham , just a front to convince the interested public that they were lovers . |
| 3 | This , however , may have been nothing more than the fact that nuclear energy constituted a clearly defined and nascent policy sector , and one which , since unlike other policy areas such as coal or agriculture there were hardly any national interests or groups to consider , could quite easily be separated from the rest of national policy making . |
| 4 | The slenderest patients , those whose faces are nothing more than a triangle of bone around the eyes , they 're Musselmänner : not , as I first thought , as an ironical glance at musclemen . |
| 5 | " Your saints are nothing more than a lot of mischief-makers . " |
| 6 | This is a hallowed statement signifying that the terms set out are nothing more than an intention and will not become binding on any party until a formal contract has been negotiated , executed and exchanged . |
| 7 | Many outer estates are nothing less than the architect-designed , system-built slums of our post-war era . |
| 8 | Had the victim been someone other than a policeman , however , who might more readily have been provoked by the defendant 's conduct , the defendant would have had sufficient mens rea under the section , since he would have been aware that his conduct might be insulting . |
| 9 | In this case , it seems to have been someone other than the person who was to use the manuscript who ordered it to be copied . |
| 10 | 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 . ) |
| 11 | While this paper pretends to be nothing other than an account of an approach which is unique to the TSB , the principles described by Bruce Nichol and Tony Atkin may well be capable of transfer to other organizations in other industries . |
| 12 | This ‘ outsider ’ stance is , of course , nothing new , and if it bore the bulk of the band 's appeal , would be nothing more than a gimmick in itself . |
| 13 | It could be nothing more than a speculation , since at that point levels of attainment had no meaning other than their definition in the Report . |
| 14 | " Might it be nothing more than a girl ? " |
| 15 | It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper . |
| 16 | The father 's solicitors appear to have thought perhaps otherwise and that the hearing on 27 January would be nothing more than a formality . |
| 17 | Reading is a process of identification with a work and a faithful reading will be nothing more than a word for word repetition of the text . |
| 18 | Determination , dedication and self-discipline may not fit the image but , without them , the boy from Black Rock , Victoria , would probably be nothing more than a beach bum right now . |
| 19 | If a lake is built behind the barrage , it will be nothing more than a sewage pit . |
| 20 | Add in Edith Cresson 's political affiliation , plus her deserved reputation for dirigisme , and the freshly coined sobriquet ‘ Edithatcher ’ seems to be nothing more than a phrase-monger 's fancy . |
| 21 | A major reason for this unconcern is that various fraudsters who have operated in the field have given ESP a bad name : underfunded scientists have far better things to investigate than a phenomenon which seems , on the basis of the available evidence , to be nothing more than a farrago . |
| 22 | It turned out to be nothing more than a charter for busybodies , lacking muscle and new money . |
| 23 | Buddhists of the Northern school of China and Japan evolved their own theory of grace and came to believe in the Buddha as a Saviour , though in the earliest Scriptures he himself claimed to be nothing more than a teacher , a shower of the way . |
| 24 | Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden . |
| 25 | This would be nothing more than an admission of the truth as it actually is , and would thereby be an important refutation of ‘ god-given ’ rights . |
| 26 | In this sense , a ’ name ’ may be nothing more than an address in a computer 's memory , such as a pointer in a Pascal data structure . |
| 27 | Innate robotic responses or patterns of rapid learning in animals may be nothing more than an extension of their basic instincts . |
| 28 | She crossed to Patrick 's bed and rested her hand on his forehead ; it felt hot and his cheeks were certainly flushed — but perhaps that might be nothing more than the heat in the room . |
| 29 | If IBM has any sense ( which is in itself a topic worthy of serious consideration ) it will offer versions of its engine for the entire ES/9000 range ; should it do so , the 9221 version might be nothing larger than a circuit board or two that fits in a standard rack . |
| 30 | To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket . |