Example sentences of "it [be] [pron] [adj] than a " in BNC.

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1 " Might it be nothing more than a girl ? "
2 Could it be anything more than a compulsion to take the eternal conflict between the sexes to the ultimate battleground ?
3 But it 's nothing more than a double-cross , really .
4 It 's nothing more than a crowd of women having a cup of tea .
5 It 's something more than a Crucifixion ; it 's almost a piece of slaughter , butchery ; meat and flesh .
6 Mr Pei 's pyramid in the Louvre is fine architecture , but it is nothing other than a new front door .
7 ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance .
8 Thus , it is nothing more than a clearing house which does nothing in its own right .
9 It is nothing less than a national scandal that such despicable practices can take place in 1894 ! ’
10 An absolutely blatant digression , it is nothing less than a lecture on the whole idea of locked rooms .
11 If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix … and then all of the 31 pits that had been threatened were to close , that would be completely unacceptable . ’
12 Winston Churchill ( C , Davyhulme ) said : ‘ If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix I do not believe it would get through the House of Commons .
13 This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for .
14 It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added .
15 There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences .
16 Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress .
17 It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part . ’
18 Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’
19 It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front .
20 Photography is 80 per cent casting , and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face .
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