Example sentences of "they are nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the election has been completed , they revert to a condition of slavery : they are nothing , ( Rousseau , quoted by Pulzer , 1975 , p. 18 ) . |
| 2 | They are nothing like the divers we have tried to photograph and largely failed to capture because of their timidity . |
| 3 | But they are nothing out of the ordinary . ’ |
| 4 | COOK 'S NOTE : Commercially prepared Melba toasts are available , but they are nothing like the real thing . |
| 5 | But pricey as the drinks at Kamieniolomy are , they are nothing compared to the girls . |
| 6 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 9 | They are nothing more than a British version of New Kids On The Block . |
| 10 | They are nothing but ‘ foolishness ’ or ‘ egotism ’ . |
| 11 | In other words , they are nothing like a representative sample of British society . |
| 12 | ‘ We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives in the Daily Mirror , but we hope they are nothing so base as money or , even worse , our nationality . ’ |
| 13 | We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives for his article in the Daily Mirror , but we hope that they are nothing so base as money or even worse our nationality . |
| 14 | Wolf Riders are not as powerful as Orc Boar Boyz but then again they are nothing like as expensive either at 9 points against 27 . |
| 15 | They are nothing less than soapboxes for critical sporting fans . |
| 16 | According to Dunsire ( 1982 , p. 15 ) , ‘ quango-hunting ’ has since 1979 ‘ become a Conservative blood-sport , under the illusion that they are nothing but wasteful ‘ empire-building ’ ' . |
| 17 | I m I mean we have approved these schemes , I mean th they are nothing to do with direct share ownership . |
| 18 | Without me they are nothing , they have nothing . ’ |
| 19 | But they are nothing compared with the Caledonian and Alpine Ophiolite suites . |
| 20 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 21 | But their record on the rights of ordinary people proves to me they are nothing but fascists . ’ |
| 22 | They are nothing but animals . |