Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] was no " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breakdown of the old holdings continued through the next five generations between 1603 and the 1720s , and although the rate of change was no faster than before , in the end the results were dramatic . |
| 2 | Although Haslam 's lack of experience was no real handicap at a time when inspired amateurism prevailed , he did not face an easy task . |
| 3 | Such stoutly-defended independence of character was no less typical of her off-screen conduct . |
| 4 | Unlike the others , however , he is presented as wholly admirable : ‘ much irreconcilable moral contradiction did he pass his life among ; yet his equality of compassion was no more disturbed than the Divine Master 's of all healing was … |
| 5 | The Victorian view of horses as God-given servants of mankind was no help either : many a trainer , and many a book , regarded horses as ‘ stupid ’ , ‘ nervous ’ , ‘ irrationally flighty ’ and so on . |
| 6 | — The origin of the world and of life was no accident . |
| 7 | I am grateful to Transworld for the following , fascinating figures , which the company in its moment of triumph was no doubt eager to compile . |
| 8 | Dalgliesh knew that his present insouciance in the face of death was no guarantee that the horror had n't touched him . |
| 9 | The hum of agreement was no confirmation of time . |
| 10 | ‘ What will you have ? ’ he enquired , going over to a drinks table while she tested out the couch and discovered that its appearance of comfort was no lie . |
| 11 | Catching low tide in the early hours and searching through mud was no particular hardship to Stan and he soon began to find fossil fishes . |
| 12 | Under these acts , the Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate was responsible for ensuring that the emission of some pollution from industry was no more than ‘ practicably reasonable ’ , a level so ambiguous and vague and capable of numerous interpretations by corporate lawyers that the actual amount of pollution was frequently allowed to rise above a level found tolerable by local residents . |
| 13 | That brand names were in trouble was no secret . |
| 14 | The room where paintings were kept in storage was no exception . |
| 15 | But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter . |
| 16 | He remained a student throughout his life , gave stipends to foreign scholars such as Grotius and Casaubon , and used to say that anyone who disturbed him before noon was no true scholar . |
| 17 | Success in moderation was no doubt better for the character than failure but too much of it and he would lose his cutting edge . |
| 18 | This distinction was heavily criticized , chiefly on the ground that courts , when exercising judicial functions , often can not resolve a dispute simply by applying the law but must sometimes exercise discretion on policy grounds to fill gaps in the law ; so the need to have recourse to policy was no reason not to commit a decision to a body which would deal with it in a fully ‘ judicial ’ way . |
| 19 | Though Perkins , Stubbes , and Chamberlain hardly convey this , the controversy over dress was no less complex than the social shift s which provoked it . |
| 20 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |