Example sentences of "nothing [adj] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the reasons why there has been nothing outstanding about the rate of growth of trade within the EEC and between the EEC and third countries may have been because its members have not been as assiduous as might have been expected ( by the British at least ) in removing barriers to trade between themselves and with the rest of the world . |
2 | She was intrigued and , as her meeting with him was social , she found nothing odd about the offer of a drink . |
3 | There is nothing specific about the ball bearings : nothing that makes them more suitable to one situation rather than another . |
4 | He added : ‘ If Ian Lang is telling the truth in saying there is nothing political about the Government 's proposals then there is now good reason to think seriously about cancelling the reorganisation and instead giving consideration to setting up an independent commission . ’ |
5 | Rune 's tone was casual , but there was nothing lazy about the way he leaned across the table towards her . |
6 | There was nothing self-conscious about the way she moved , stood , sat down , or talked to a man . |
7 | Nothing medieval about the station : it was vast , fifteen times the piddling outfit at home . |
8 | There was nothing funny about the train of incidents following the berth of the oil tanker Fonny at Hamble oil terminal — she spilt 80 tonnes of Wytch Farm crude into Southampton Water . |
9 | Meanwhile there 's nothing mystical about the version of Sumo wrestling going on in the city centre . |
10 | He was not tall , but there was nothing flabby about the weight of his body . |
11 | In the first instance the trailers were converted in true Wolverton style from horse-drawn vehicles , but with the exception of the experimental models , there was nothing primitive about the conversion . |
12 | Unfortunately there was nothing fictitious about the situation in which she now found herself — and one which she really must resolve as soon as possible . |
13 | There was nothing airy-fairy about the way he wanted Carrie : he wanted to touch Carrie , he wanted to see her … |
14 | There is nothing sacrosanct about the size of that bang . |
15 | There is nothing absolute about the headings suggested . |
16 | They are symbolic representations , but there 's nothing absolute about the type of symbols we use on them . |
17 | Wreckage analysis showed that there was nothing untoward about the airframe or engines , However comments were made about the avionics installation . |
18 | Lord Wilson found nothing untoward about the quality of that Chequers discussion when I reminded him of it in conversation more than ten years later . |
19 | There was nothing magical about the choice . |
20 | There was nothing incongruous about the fact that the headmistress , Zoe Neill , was incapable of uttering a sentence which did not contain a word for excrement or a word for copulation . |
21 | She had her underclothing beneath , of course , and the expensive silk was of such a luxuriously close weave that there was nothing immodest about the outfit . |
22 | Prior to the Geneva meeting , moreover , Bush continued to emphasize that there was nothing negotiable about the requirement for an Iraqi withdrawal , nor any " linkage " with the issue of a Palestinian homeland . |
23 | And there is nothing inevitable about the way IT will shape the country . |
24 | Thus there seems nothing inevitable about the process . |
25 | Nothing Thespian about the Adjutant . |
26 | " And there 's nothing unusual about the room this morning ? " |
27 | ‘ These negotiations are fairly typical and there is nothing unusual about the arrangement . ’ |
28 | But there 's nothing unusual about the appearance of either man that might help us ? ’ |
29 | There was nothing unusual about the cows . |
30 | But there is nothing morbid about the death . |