Example sentences of "[pron] was nothing [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was nothing more than a sideways stab at NME hipness coupled with a nod towards the absurd fitness fad . |
| 2 | Mitchell then forwarded to Cameron in Dar es Salaam a quite unrecognizable version of the Murrells scheme which was nothing more than a vastly elaborated edition of the existing system of administration through the laibon and laigwenak . |
| 3 | His hand was still firm on her shoulder and the contact changed from pleasure to a feeling she was nothing more than a possession . |
| 4 | Implexion was sure she was nothing more than a spoiled and pampered daughter of a rich house , as ill-prepared for privation as it was possible to be . |
| 5 | As far as he was concerned she was nothing more than a time-and-labour-saving device required for the voyage . |
| 6 | Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ? |
| 7 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 8 | In her early days as a singer she had encountered those who had wrongly assumed she was nothing more than a beautiful but empty-headed blonde . |
| 9 | In the middle of the afternoon , she rang her office : there was nothing more than a routine acknowledgment of the debriefing report she had sent after Maxim 's meeting with the Secret Service . |
| 10 | Lord Dilhorne and Lord Russell both thought that there was nothing more than a gift , whereas Lord Fraser , dissenting , considered that there had been a sale of both articles ( ie the petrol and the coins ) in one transaction . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |
| 14 | ‘ It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added . |
| 15 | There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part . ’ |
| 18 | Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’ |
| 19 | During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , France developed what was nothing less than a long-term naval strategy . |