Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] [adj] than an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's never ever mentioned that night to me since , so as far as he 's aware , ’ he rapped cuttingly , ‘ I could think you were nothing more than an easy one-nighter for him ! ’ |
| 2 | It was against this sort of thing — the view that chapel attendance was nothing more than an opportunity to sit , to listen and , in part , to worship the preacher — that many Nonconformists reacted . |
| 3 | Charmed in spite of his suspicion that all this was nothing more than an elaborate strategy to get the best strawberries , the young man leaned on his fork . |
| 4 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 5 | It was felt that the state does not want to protect people and the legislation was nothing more than an exercise in buying time ( something that the people of West Belfast have n't got ) . |
| 6 | For my late grandmother , this was nothing more than an amusing game . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 9 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Looking at his froggy face , half-submerged in the murky water , it was hard to believe that he really was anything more than an ordinary frog , and Mildred could see why no one had recognized her when she was in the same plight . |
| 12 | Because while from the safety of our historical vantage point we may doubt whether this kind of incident was anything more than an isolated occurrence , and while the details leave room to quibble about the gravity of the wounding cases , to commentators at the turn of the century here was a sure sign that something dangerously new was afoot , which had come all-too-terribly alive in the person of the ‘ Hooligan ’ . |