Example sentences of "[pers pn] are nothing [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Nigel Profitt , 21 , of Erdington , Birmingham , and three other City supporters , were told by John Pryce , chairing a magistrates ' court hearing yesterday : ‘ You are nothing more than looters . |
2 | ‘ You are nothing more than a spoiled , bitter child , ’ he grated , ‘ a child with built-in petulance and your mother 's way of seeing no other needs but her own . ’ |
3 | This leads to the notion that we are nothing more than chemical and mechanical devices , albeit extremely complex and wonderfully integrated ones . |
4 | " Some of the older boys at school say we are nothing more than dancing puppets of the French ! " |
5 | They are the tools through which life manifests and functions on the material plane , but without the animating principle — the life force or vital energy — they are nothing more than complex chemistry . |
6 | They are nothing more than a British version of New Kids On The Block . |
7 | They are nothing less than soapboxes for critical sporting fans . |