Example sentences of "[be] nothing [det] than [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the tools through which life manifests and functions on the material plane , but without the animating principle — the life force or vital energy — they are nothing more than complex chemistry . |
| 2 | The resulting final accounts are nothing more than summarized cash books . |
| 3 | Sometimes younger people consider this to be nothing more than morbid indulgence , and refuse to listen , mainly because it is a subject they do not care to think about . |
| 4 | Does he recall saying in his Disraeli lecture to a Conservative audience that high levels of borrowing were nothing more than deferred taxation ? |
| 5 | That 's nothing more than circumstantial evidence — even you ca n't brand me guilty on that ! ’ |
| 6 | He is aware that what he is involved in now is nothing less than Thatcherite self-help . |
| 7 | There are no guarantees with this one , but this is nothing less than standard form with equipment whose effect is to open the window just a little bit wider . |
| 8 | National Socialism is nothing more than applied biology . |
| 9 | Pollen grains , which consist largely of precious genetic material , are quite demanding for a plant to produce and many flowers offer , either in addition or as an alternative , a payment that is considerably cheaper for it is nothing more than sweetened water , nectar . |
| 10 | Is that because the report does not substantiate the proposals in the Education ( Schools ) Bill , which is nothing more than English ideology that the Government are transmitting to Wales ? |
| 11 | It was nothing more than ridiculous hysteria and totally unreal , but only a few people saw this and John Keith in Forres was one of them . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was nothing more than idle curiosity . |