Example sentences of "[prep] nothing [adj] [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the Common Market annually produces such vast quantities of wine fit for nothing better than compulsory distillation , it is puzzling why the authorities still require producers of Coteaux Champenois to churn out as much as one or two pieces of this liquid for every marc pressed . |
| 2 | Now , he was having to unveil himself for nothing more than curious inspection . |
| 3 | This part of the ceremony was regarded as nothing more than formal ritual . |
| 4 | Some social scientists did : most ignored the debate because it was , frankly , naive ( and often consisted of nothing more than special pleading from scientists working for institutions that had much to lose ) . |
| 5 | That answer smacks of nothing less than smug complacency . |
| 6 | Shetland 's own Norman Lamont fortifies himself with nothing stronger than Scottish spring water . |
| 7 | That Saints managed to cause an upset with nothing more than direct running and honest endeavour , bodes well for Great Britain , though the Kiwis can not be expected to enter the Test arena in such a generous mood . |
| 8 | ‘ In the past this has mainly been done from London with nothing more than token force based either in Edinburgh or Glasgow . |
| 9 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 10 | The desperate conviction of the publishing trade that famous people are somehow obliged to write for it may well lead to nothing more than four-figure fax bills . |
| 11 | But Katherine Lundy did n't believe in omens ; she imagined her untroubled night 's sleep was due to nothing more than complete exhaustion . |
| 12 | He embraced the moral grandeur of it with enthusiasm , and to his dying day aspired to nothing more than Indian membership of the British empire as an equal partner , regarding independence in isolation as a perhaps politically expedient but regrettable alternative . |
| 13 | Maintaining the impetus for change is brought about by nothing less than dogged determination . |