Example sentences of "[be] nothing more [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | " Might it be nothing more than a girl ? " |
4 | It has proved , at the first time of asking in Test cricket , to be nothing more than a wrist-slapper . |
5 | The father 's solicitors appear to have thought perhaps otherwise and that the hearing on 27 January would be nothing more than a formality . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | If a lake is built behind the barrage , it will be nothing more than a sewage pit . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It turned out to be nothing more than a charter for busybodies , lacking muscle and new money . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Innate robotic responses or patterns of rapid learning in animals may be nothing more than an extension of their basic instincts . |
17 | 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 . |