Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 2 | Athletico are nothing but money-grabbing bastards . |
| 3 | But if he likes ( or does n't like ) you , status and money are nothing to Jamie . |
| 4 | Reading this book has confirmed what I have always believed and that is that certain concepts in carp fishing are nothing more than the results of misread scientific papers and wishful thinking ! |
| 5 | Long hours of toil were nothing new , but the mills brought a discipline that at best was irksome and in many places was harsh . |
| 6 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 7 | I insist upon conquering the wills of children betimes ; because this is the only foundation for a religious education … religion is nothing else but the doing the will of God , and not our own … |
| 8 | Start off , the speed 's nothing to start with . |
| 9 | Too many people believe football is nothing more than a game , but you and I know it to be so much more . |
| 10 | Top speed is nothing special , at 108 mph , but the mid-range torque , or pulling power , is said to be remarkable , enabling the car to sprint from 30 mph to 70 mph in just over six seconds . |
| 11 | Yet for Gunn and his circle of friends AIDS is nothing other than a plague , striking randomly but inevitably . |
| 12 | But Vine is nothing if not professional . |
| 13 | But he does say that mind is nothing essentially different from body , and is , in fact , ‘ nothing but the motions in certain parts of an organic body ’ . |
| 14 | The renewed mind is nothing less than the mind of Christ in the believer , a mind so under his authority that its presuppositions are entirely influenced and informed by the truth of God . |
| 15 | ‘ Reconciling dieting and gastronomy is nothing new , ’ argues Christian Millau of the Gault Millau restaurant guide . |
| 16 | And the quiz is nothing to do with me . |
| 17 | Marijuana is nothing like taking heroin , smack , whatever , it 's nothing like it ! |
| 18 | Gameplay is nothing new , but with presentation like this who cares ? |
| 19 | Yeah , two pound is nothing , yes that 's true . |
| 20 | The taxation argument will fail because voters know a piddly tax cut is nothing if there is no free NHS . |
| 21 | Pre-marital conception is nothing new . |
| 22 | As I am fully conscious of the importance of preserving national unity , I propose to give your Government complete support in the vigorous prosecution of the War ; but unity without action is nothing but futile carnage , and I can not be responsible for that . |
| 23 | Well , it 's just an observation I 've made lately that precocious talent is nothing new — although some PR companies , record labels and press would love us to believe otherwise . |
| 24 | An act done at the request of the offeror in response to his promise is consideration ; and consideration in its essence is nothing else but response to such a request . |
| 25 | ‘ I can assure you that my taste in underwear is nothing to do with you . |
| 26 | Red blood is nothing before a blue stocking ! ’ |
| 27 | They will even lay their eggs on the gravel is nothing else is suitable . |
| 28 | Yet if Miss Hill was unlucky not to get a medal , her disappointment was nothing compared to that felt by the American Lance Larson on a steaming hot night in Rome over 30 years ago . |
| 29 | Hill 's disappointment was nothing compared to that of the other leading British drivers . |
| 30 | Because , of course , the Counterweight Continent was nothing more than a solar myth . |