Example sentences of "[adj] year was no " in BNC.
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1 | Telling you Christmas dinner 's no picnic for The Lady of the House at the best of times and this year was no exception . |
2 | This year was no exception , with both candidates making rallying speeches to the troops and snide digs at one another . |
3 | This year was no exception , with one important difference : These well-placed sources for once proved their worth . |
4 | This year was no exception , with eight little ones hatched . |
5 | For some time now Professor Nina Demourova , of Moscow , herself a distinguished book-collector , has generously provided the Library with modern Russian children 's books which have been difficult to acquire through conventional channels : this year was no exception and a significant number were received during the year , including Muzafar Alimbaev 's Kto nachinaet den : stikhi ( Moscow , 1988 ) , translated from the Kazakh . |
6 | CRUFTS is always one of 's busiest times and this year was no exception . |
7 | This year was no exception with the climate improving each day at Peebles . |
8 | And this year was no exception , with a mammoth 2OO entrants . |
9 | If the success of Drury 's frame-up was breathtaking in its audacity , the failure of the Appeal Court to expose it during the next ten years was no less so in its crassness . |
10 | The change through which schools moved in those years was no less dramatic than that . |
11 | Despite the Peacocks ' less than perfect performances Chapman 's achievement in two years was no less remarkable than that at Northampton in the same space of time . |
12 | Getting in shape is always a problem when the spring comes and last year was no exception . |
13 | Last year was no disaster she placed sixth over 200 metres at the World Student Games and was a member of Britain 's silver medal winning 4 x 100 metres relay team but she will have to run faster than ever to earn selection for Barcelona . |