Example sentences of "was [art] [det] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 2 | For some , the Council was no more than a prudent but much misunderstood attempt to update a few relatively minor matters . |
| 3 | The Greek civil war of 1946–49 — less than half a century ago in fact , but merely yesterday in the politics of south-east Europe — was the last great European left-versus-right convulsion ; by comparison , the Hungarian rebellion of 1956 was no more than a bloody skirmish . |
| 4 | Colaba , built in 1893 , was no more than a pleasant , small , English country town station , with Gothic windows , a tight upstanding porte cochère , and a single tower . |
| 5 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 6 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 7 | But Aeschylus , however close to the Wagnerian ideal , was no more than a spiritual ancestor . |
| 8 | The deadly dyke , from the air , was no more than a dark line , rather like rough grass or the aftermath of drainage work . |
| 9 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 10 | It might have been the man that he 'd seen before or it might not ; his face was no more than a characterless oval with a few spare lines drawn on it for features . |
| 11 | Warnings from the opposition that the government 's ‘ No Tax Increases ’ slogan was no more than a vote-gathering lie were rebuffed as fear-mongering and , better still , as unpatriotic . |
| 12 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |
| 13 | Still , it helped a little , numbing-his anger until it was no more than a controlled resentment . |
| 14 | The farmer who sold it was happy to rid himself of a wreck which was no more than a dangerous playground . |
| 15 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 16 | Undaunted , Cocks hit back with yet another tract , A True and Impartial Inquiry … into the Late Bloody Execution at Thorn … ( 1727 ) , though this was no more than a stale reprise of past polemic , and was only published posthumously . |
| 17 | Happily , these include some of the most desperate cases , like Borringdon , a once-magnificent Elizabethan house outside Plymouth which was no more than a gutted shell clinging to a precipice , but today is a comfortable country house hotel . |
| 18 | That he was no more than a simple well-bred Roman , going about his daily business , kind to animals and women , his motives constantly misconstrued … |
| 19 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 20 | The little square was relatively sheltered , and in the hall the gale was no more than a distant , muffled roar . |
| 21 | At that time , the continents of North America and Europe were still close together and the Atlantic was no more than a narrow strip of sea between the two . |
| 22 | He said that in some countries the president was no more than a decorative figure . |
| 23 | Among the estate 's residents , the fact that several people have been charged or convicted of offences against the Ks cuts no ice : the estate version is that what took place was no more than a personal vendetta , between Ramesh K and the man who broke his nose . |
| 24 | However much she 'd fallen in love with Rohan , to him she was no more than a passing fancy , to be enjoyed then discarded . |
| 25 | In Washington , DC , the first station , of 1835 , was no more than a converted house . |
| 26 | It was no more than a wooden shed , with shelves layered round the walls , and a counter . |
| 27 | The damper was no more than a thin sheet of steel inserted into the stovepipe . |
| 28 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit showed no more than that the Bank might exercise their own supervisory function once they had the result of the Federal Reserve Board inquiry in their hands , so that supervision was no more than a secondary purpose which did not qualify . |
| 29 | Her frustrated jumping , which sent her thick , straight , dark hair — Anna 's hair — flying up and down like dog 's ears , was no more than a maddened expression of how she felt when reminded of school , of a world where she was doomed to remain odd . |
| 30 | Either way , the smile Mrs Diamond had complained about was no more than a grim legacy of drastic surgery . |