Example sentences of "to be [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rational animal ’ had been suggested as a definition of the ‘ nature ’ of man ; but this appears to be no more than a specification of some of his properties . |
| 2 | But now , here , this morning , in this pokey little office in Queen Anne 's Gate , spring in the air in St James 's Park outside his windows , the sound of military music drifting across from Buckingham Palace as the guards marched — all the elements of human and political drama so clear in his mind — Mick wondered whether it really was his destiny to be no more than a player : just another player . |
| 3 | Edward Pilkington writing in the Guardian later commented , ‘ What at first glance appears to be no more than a simple case of human error becomes , at closer examination , as much a story about bungling management and an inadequate safety system born of years of cuts . |
| 4 | This , when I first saw it , seemed to be no more than a pleasant crater , but later explorations by experts have classed it as one of the most severe in the district . |
| 5 | The Land Rover had originally been meant to be no more than a safety net . |
| 6 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 7 | It hardly matters what you are angry about , so long as you convey clearly the message that you are on the point of a serious psychotic meltdown and anyone getting in your way is liable to be no more than a bag of pimply skin and bone shards lying in a pool of blood within seconds . |
| 8 | If so , it would seem to be no more than a logically disreputable form of reasoning to which I have to resort until the scientific study of behaviour puts more rigorous methods at my disposal . |
| 9 | A dogma that once looked profound had been shown to be no more than a simplistic diagram ; and social reality is too complex , in the end , to be embraced by any single theory of history or of class . |
| 10 | Similarly , in twenty years ' time , the threat of the new media may prove to be no more than a means for liberating the viewer from the duopoly 's straightjacket . |
| 11 | This immediately triggered talk about a triple ( or is it a quadruple ? ) dip , but many economists believe it will prove to be no more than a stutter . |
| 12 | But this sudden quiet is likely to be no more than a brief lull . |
| 13 | Rationality turns into narrow intellectualism , freedom into licence , independence into isolationism , dignity into selfish pride ; the autonomous human being turns out to be no more than a social atom after all . |
| 14 | It is much more likely to be no more than a reflection of the fact that almost everything we know about Richard as Duke of Aquitaine comes from an English chronicler , Roger of Howden , and Roger only has information when he has access to the reports sent by Richard to his father , that is to say when Henry is in England . |
| 15 | Although upon return to Canada for what might prove to be no more than a temporary visit the mother 's situation might be unsatisfactory and she might suffer discomfort or perhaps even hardship , there is no evidence that there is a risk , let alone a great one , that the child 's return would place him in a situation which is intolerable . |
| 16 | She had intended this to be no more than a comradely rebuke . |
| 17 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 18 | But their home habits are violently interrupted by a male intruder , who turns out to be no more than a secret admirer of one of the sisters , writer ‘ Viola Ge ’ . |
| 19 | It appeared to be no more than a gesture of politeness , but Polly knew he was poised to block her slightest move towards the door . |
| 20 | I mean , I have n't done a detailed survey on anything , but I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw when I went in there , and I must say , I went there expecting it to be no more than a garden hut . |
| 21 | The AX3 Microlight is powered by a 500 cc 2-stroke engine and seems to be no more than a few metal poles covered with canvass . |
| 22 | That was because I mean you take now the , the , the Dredging Company what they call the in their funnel they used to have erm a square and in halves that used to be a blue and a yellow . |
| 23 | ‘ He ought to be a twelve or a thirteen , he 's so good . |
| 24 | These pictures , rarely cordial , have become more and more baleful : it is as if he is holding himself back from physical assault on a reader supposed to be a trendy and a lefty , which is , indeed , what many of his readers have always been . |
| 25 | The whole area of Clacton always seems to be a tidy and a very pleasant town to visit . |
| 26 | However , two of the First Class singles illustrated seem to be a late or a second printing . |
| 27 | Or is it OK by you to be a Nazi and a Madness fan ? |
| 28 | No two BOT schemes are likely to be the same but a special purpose company is usually formed to enter into the principal contracts and loan agreements . |
| 29 | But a librarian , more likely to be an Adonis-type than a Boar or a Goddess , might be tempted to catalogue this book under ‘ Hughes ’ rather than under ‘ Shakespeare ’ . |