Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is preferable to shouting ‘ You 're nothing but an untrustworthy young madam ! |
| 2 | In looking back at the department 's achievements , one has to accept that reorganisation which Judy and Simon have already referred to , has because of its sheer scale and impact on N C V O been something of an abiding preoccupation over the past twelve to eighteen months . |
| 3 | In spite of his enthusiastic involvement in Wales , he must then have been something of an unknown quantity and it is possible that his role in the north was originally envisaged as that of one among equals . |
| 4 | In spite of his enthusiastic involvement in Wales , he must then have been something of an unknown quantity and it is possible that his role in the north was originally envisaged as that of one among equals . |
| 5 | This bronze bust of Maxwell can be yours for an expected five hundred pounds . |
| 6 | In this sort of book your hero will be something of an ordinary individual , a person with whom your readers can easily sympathise . |
| 7 | Contention on Sunday may be something of an idle dream . |
| 8 | The latter part of March appears to be something of an uphill battle , and no doubt you will continue to feel nonplussed because of others ' outrageous demands over finances or business associations . |
| 9 | Indeed , one had only to go to Rhodesia to see the ample supply of consumer goods in the shops from every part of the world to realise that sanctions were nothing but an empty farce , and that the claim that they were going to bring Mr Ian Smith to his knees was a total fraud . |
| 10 | In drama we act as if we were someone else , or as if we were ourselves in an other situation . |
| 11 | Cuckney also feels that a top executive needs to set an example by being something of an entrepreneurial risk-taker . |
| 12 | Although very much the ‘ poor commons ’ paying for the most part a 5 per cent tax on their goods , they were anything but an undifferentiated whole . |
| 13 | It 's nothing like an average trip to the hairdressers but Gazza 's no average hedgehog . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's nothing like an old bothy for warmth . ’ |
| 15 | Where there is no love to start with , there is nothing of an abstract nature to withhold . |
| 16 | It could just as well have been the 20th birthday of the Eden Gardens tea urn , and as far as the Indian government is concerned , there is nothing like an international cricket tournament for persuading the electorate that , with polling day just around the corner , Rajiv is the boy to vote for . |
| 17 | ‘ There is nothing like an excellent opportunity to make a girl prompt , eh , signorina ? ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps the only person who finds his course clear is someone with an absolute objection , moral or religious , to society taking the life of any of its members . |
| 19 | Example four , you notice it says how much cover would you , and that 's you as an individual , knowing whether you smoke or not , obviously knowing your age , get if you spend thirty pounds a month with an escalating premium , and waiver of premium ? |
| 20 | Sharon is a cordon bleu trained cook and provides an excellent five-course table d'hôte menu whilst Attilio , who is something of an amateur but enthusiastic wine expert , will advise you on a suitable choice of wine . |
| 21 | The large unit known as the syssel , a subdivision of the country broadly similar to the English shire , is in Jutland believed to be pre-Christian , although its function is something of an open question , as it is now best known in connection with later ecclesiastical organisation . |
| 22 | The other connection that you might want to make to the rising main is one for an instantaneous gas water heater or electric shower , which need mains pressure , or one of the devices which alter the quality of the water — a softener , conditioner or filter , say . |
| 23 | It was quite specifically about microbiology , and as such is one among an unusual number of plays , novels and films that have revolved around this particular science . |
| 24 | The type of patient for whom this is indicated is one in an acute state of distress who is temporarily entirely unable to cope with his current problems . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , there 's something about an aged guitar … the tone qualities … every older guitar that I 've played seems to have settled down . |
| 26 | ‘ Is it fer an air-raid shelter ? ’ he inquired . |
| 27 | His death was nothing but an absurd , ludicrous accident . |
| 28 | The hand had the warmth of personal feeling , whereas the theatrical sigh with which she said her last words was nothing but an actressy trick from a bad radio play . |
| 29 | This was nothing but an elaborate hoax perpetrated by her in revenge for all the suffering I had caused her . |
| 30 | Steel City : from inside it was nothing but an overcrowded nexus of radials smelling of close-pressed bodies and metal and chemicals . |