Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The president of the Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , Clarence Makwetu , said that the proposals were nothing more than the " dressing up of land apartheid in new clothes " . |
| 2 | The raw materials which the Marines used for their scrimshandering were none other than the mighty , ceramically strengthened finger bones — the metacarpals and phalanges — of Imperial Fists who had died in battle or , surviving to old age , been permitted honourable euthanasia . |
| 3 | These 11 species of birds identified by Gould were none other than the Galapagos finches . |
| 4 | Were you right when the worst thing that this |
| 5 | Since industrial anarchy was nothing other than the other side of the coin of the rapidly rising crime levels , both would be defeated by tough measures which would restore to the citizen a feeling of security and freedom . |
| 6 | To many people , talk of greater denominational unity was nothing more than the application to religion of current political nostrums like collectivism or , worse , ‘ socialism ’ . |
| 7 | Maybe it was nothing more than the statistical impossibility of everyone staying home all of the time . |
| 8 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 9 | The serious consequences of confusion between experts and arbitrators are underlined by the fact that the subject-matter of this case that the Court of Appeal had to deal with was nothing more than the rent of a car park . |
| 10 | Just as at Henry VIII 's death in 1547 , what was at stake in 1542 was nothing less than the religious and political future of the kingdom ; and that was entirely uncertain . |
| 11 | As you might expect , the message of these hieroglyphs was nothing less than the instructions as to how to build an antigravity propulsion unit ( based on magnetism ) , like the ones which the Venusians , had used in –their– spacefaring days . |
| 12 | With France in chaos , its king a prisoner , Navarrese forces in control in Normandy and English garrisons established not just in Brittany and Aquitaine but also in Anjou , Maine and Touraine , it must have appeared to Edward that his ultimate triumph was in sight , and it is arguable that now , after the failure of the Second Treaty of London , Edward 's aim was nothing less than the crown . |
| 13 | The object of the Federation was nothing less than the destruction of his organisation by any means at its disposal and with whatever violence was necessary to achieve that end . |
| 14 | After Pentecost , they became assured that their experience of God 's activity in their midst and in their mission was nothing less than the continued work and presence of Jesus among them . |
| 15 | He come to the remarkable conclusion that Ardakke was nothing less than the setting for the next evolutionary step for mankind . |
| 16 | He had been Sir Lancelot , which was a heroic character , but what we wanted with Ian was someone resonant that the public would respond to . |
| 17 | Louis-Napoleon made it plain that he was himself sure that the main result of the establishment of universal suffrage would be his own success . |
| 18 | Inside was none other than the Queen . |
| 19 | It was none other than the heir to the throne , blissfully unaware , and convulsed with mirth . |
| 20 | Cross 's immediate opponent was none other than the great ‘ Fanny ’ Walden and the Spurs side was laden with internationals . |
| 21 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 22 | The absurdity of the Italian ‘ recruitment ’ system is revealed by what could safely be described as the ‘ Aquila paradox ’ — the man sidelined by Martin was none other than the successful Italian fullback Luigi Troiani . |
| 23 | Probably , for the United Company of Undertakers was never admitted at the Guildhall , and their ‘ house ’ was none other than the business premises of Robert Legg Snr , upholder , appraiser and undertaker . |
| 24 | The Master of this new lodge was none other than the imperial royal chamberlain , Johann , Count Esterházy ; while the Master of Ceremonies was Haydn 's employer , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy . |
| 25 | For among the noteworthy ( ? ) in attendance was none other than the Right Horrible DAVID MELLOR MP , the newly appointed so-called ‘ Minister For Fun ’ in JOHNNY MAJOR 's cabinet . |
| 26 | Fancy my not guessing at once that the Umpire She was on about was none other than the top man himself . |
| 27 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 28 | It was none other than the juvenile that I had just been defending . |
| 29 | The man in black lowered his binoculars to reveal that he was none other than the Anti-Rex himself . |
| 30 | Nor was she present when the carrot-topped left-winger offered his bed to the exhausted scribe . |