Example sentences of "nothing [adj] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pine wood looked just the same as ever , it always did , it was always dark and dense with very narrow passages through it that would surely allow nothing bigger than a fox to weave its way through . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The plants featured , however , embrace nothing larger than a fly , so humans are quite safe . |
| 4 | If there are to be sacrifices and belt-tightening , the Soviet leaders love nothing better than a backdrop of international threat to add pathos and realism to the drama . |
| 5 | Some of them are very , very frail and they really get something out of the music , ’ said Mr Harper who likes nothing better than a foot-tapping , clapping and smiling congregation . |
| 6 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
| 7 | ‘ I adore children and love nothing better than a household full of youngsters . ’ |
| 8 | Well , he enjoyed every moment of it , as though he liked nothing better than a brawl . |
| 9 | I adore children — and love nothing better than a house full of youngsters |
| 10 | Roy Morgan from Gloucester is a life-long darts fan and enjoys nothing better than a game over a glass of rum at his local , the Plough in Tredworth . |
| 11 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 12 | And , just like the Aussie original , Newcastle United 's number nine relishes nothing better than a backs-to-the-wall shootout . |
| 13 | ‘ The state is nothing more than a machine for the oppression of one class by another . ’ |
| 14 | Then they turn against the Prime Minister with a viciousness and a bitterness that suggests that previous talk of unity was nothing more than a charade . |
| 15 | Diana was nothing more than a schoolgirl , unworldly in the extreme . |
| 16 | ( The Booker , thought Jeffrey , had recently become nothing more than a branch of Overseas Development . ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If a lake is built behind the barrage , it will be nothing more than a sewage pit . |
| 19 | One obvious possibility here is to regard the union Parliament as representative of all parties and thus as empowered to vary the terms of union — nothing more than a rationalisation of its sovereignty . |
| 20 | They had a son called Michael and a daughter called Matilda , and the parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab . |
| 21 | It costs nothing more than a smile . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance . |
| 23 | Scorpios love nothing more than a chance to break a social taboo . |
| 24 | Her companion , ’ the landlord shrugged , ‘ really nothing more than a boy . |
| 25 | The father 's solicitors appear to have thought perhaps otherwise and that the hearing on 27 January would be nothing more than a formality . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But it would be foolish to dismiss it as nothing more than a gimmick . |
| 28 | This is the disastrous way in which they have trivialized the rich complexity of black life by reducing it to nothing more than a response to racism . |
| 29 | It has been said many times that the word ‘ conviction ’ is ambiguous and it has sometimes been construed in a statutory context as referring to nothing more than a finding of guilt . |
| 30 | For example , the ‘ village community ’ can signify nothing more than a type of settlement — a small number of people living together in a rural location usually in a nucleated pattern . |