Example sentences of "[be] nothing less [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket . |
| 2 | Lily might worm the reason out of her , and then Uncle Vernon would most likely telephone the theatre and accuse anyone who would listen of being nothing less than a slave-driver . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's nothing less than a murderer . |
| 4 | Short-term pain for long-term gain — or in his words , ‘ this is nothing less than a call to arms , to restore the vitality of the American dream ’ . |
| 5 | This is nothing less than a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream , ’ he said . |
| 6 | An absolutely blatant digression , it is nothing less than a lecture on the whole idea of locked rooms . |
| 7 | Boy George , though , was nothing less than a man in drag , a gender-bender who flounced his sexuality in the faces of outrages tabloids and ecstatic teenage girls . |
| 8 | She had always found being on stage an incredible joy , but this was nothing less than a nightmare , every second seeming to stretch for an eternity , and her usual spontaneity had completely deserted her , leaving her painfully self-conscious , horribly aware of every word she uttered . |
| 9 | This was nothing less than a battle between him and the mighty Trunchbull . |
| 10 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |