Example sentences of "it [was/were] [indef pn] [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |
| 4 | ‘ It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added . |
| 5 | There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part . ’ |
| 8 | Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe it was nothing more than the statistical impossibility of everyone staying home all of the time . |
| 10 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |
| 11 | Photography is 80 per cent casting , and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face . |
| 12 | It was none other than the heir to the throne , blissfully unaware , and convulsed with mirth . |
| 13 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 14 | It was none other than the juvenile that I had just been defending . |
| 15 | Too little is known about Burhaneddin Haydar Herevi to enable one to decide what is meant by the title , however , and there is no other evidence to indicate either that he held an official post or , if so , that it was anything other than an ad hominem appointment . |
| 16 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 17 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 18 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |