Example sentences of "[be] nothing [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While this paper pretends to be nothing other than an account of an approach which is unique to the TSB , the principles described by Bruce Nichol and Tony Atkin may well be capable of transfer to other organizations in other industries .
2 This ‘ outsider ’ stance is , of course , nothing new , and if it bore the bulk of the band 's appeal , would be nothing more than a gimmick in itself .
3 It could be nothing more than a speculation , since at that point levels of attainment had no meaning other than their definition in the Report .
4 " Might it be nothing more than a girl ? "
5 It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper .
6 The father 's solicitors appear to have thought perhaps otherwise and that the hearing on 27 January would be nothing more than a formality .
7 Reading is a process of identification with a work and a faithful reading will be nothing more than a word for word repetition of the text .
8 Determination , dedication and self-discipline may not fit the image but , without them , the boy from Black Rock , Victoria , would probably be nothing more than a beach bum right now .
9 If a lake is built behind the barrage , it will be nothing more than a sewage pit .
10 Add in Edith Cresson 's political affiliation , plus her deserved reputation for dirigisme , and the freshly coined sobriquet ‘ Edithatcher ’ seems to be nothing more than a phrase-monger 's fancy .
11 A major reason for this unconcern is that various fraudsters who have operated in the field have given ESP a bad name : underfunded scientists have far better things to investigate than a phenomenon which seems , on the basis of the available evidence , to be nothing more than a farrago .
12 It turned out to be nothing more than a charter for busybodies , lacking muscle and new money .
13 Buddhists of the Northern school of China and Japan evolved their own theory of grace and came to believe in the Buddha as a Saviour , though in the earliest Scriptures he himself claimed to be nothing more than a teacher , a shower of the way .
14 Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden .
15 This would be nothing more than an admission of the truth as it actually is , and would thereby be an important refutation of ‘ god-given ’ rights .
16 In this sense , a ’ name ’ may be nothing more than an address in a computer 's memory , such as a pointer in a Pascal data structure .
17 Innate robotic responses or patterns of rapid learning in animals may be nothing more than an extension of their basic instincts .
18 She crossed to Patrick 's bed and rested her hand on his forehead ; it felt hot and his cheeks were certainly flushed — but perhaps that might be nothing more than the heat in the room .
19 If IBM has any sense ( which is in itself a topic worthy of serious consideration ) it will offer versions of its engine for the entire ES/9000 range ; should it do so , the 9221 version might be nothing larger than a circuit board or two that fits in a standard rack .
20 To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket .
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