Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] was no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 2 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 3 | As expected , the cab-driver was no help . |
| 4 | The story was no doubt well known to Florey and may have contributed to his own dealings with the press . |
| 5 | The sepoy was no phantasm … on the contrary , he looked more consistent than ever . |
| 6 | Although they did not reach the top , Harry feels the attempt was no disgrace . |
| 7 | But this affair of the mind was no easier , I can tell you , than our affair of the heart . |
| 8 | In contemporary eyes the theft was no wrong , no crime ; for it was the saint 's own wish — and the happy outcome , and the miracles she came to perform at Conques , proved that there was the home where she wished to dwell . |
| 9 | He said that in some countries the president was no more than a decorative figure . |
| 10 | but as he is making plans to leave Town this week-end , I fear the result was no dice . |
| 11 | The north-east was no place to refine one 's art , but the money was good ( if you could prise it from the agent ) and it widened my working circle ( if you survived . ) |
| 12 | The deal was no shock . |
| 13 | The little square was relatively sheltered , and in the hall the gale was no more than a distant , muffled roar . |
| 14 | She looked almost as if she was standing on the surface itself , although Pete knew that there were rocks and shallows and that the effect was no more than illusion . |
| 15 | Simms ' X-95 , Hurricane Tree , was the smallest boat in the ARC this year at just over 30ft ( 9m ) , but the size of the boat was no indication of the skipper 's ambitions . |
| 16 | When the first CPR train reached Vancouver on 23 May 1888 , the depot on the waterfront was no larger than a wooden shed . |
| 17 | The nurse 's chin quivered in indignation as she reported that the girl was no more than a child . |
| 18 | For some , the Council was no more than a prudent but much misunderstood attempt to update a few relatively minor matters . |
| 19 | Setting up the machine was no problem . |
| 20 | Setting up the machine was no problem . |
| 21 | This child had not been embalmed and his preservation was due to nothing more than the construction of the coffin , for the wood was no less thick — 1½ inches — than that of an adult 's coffin , and the lead was likewise no different in gauge . |
| 22 | In late 1848 , however , the law was no defence . |
| 23 | The damper was no more than a thin sheet of steel inserted into the stovepipe . |
| 24 | Again Mungo had the sensation that the village was no more than a clearing ; a space borrowed from the forest . |
| 25 | On the one hand there have been those who have claimed that , at least in the early days , the campaign was no more than the minority group Moral Re-Armament ( MRA ) by a different name ; on the other there is Mrs Whitehouse herself , who clearly believes that the organisation represents the ‘ silent majority ’ in the country . |
| 26 | Mr Gillespie maintained that the correspondence was no more than a stage in negotiations and that there was no final agreement . |
| 27 | Sure , she had indulged in the occasional uncharitable observation that his affection for the child was no more than a front . |
| 28 | But Switzerland the Shah now dismissed , saying the security was no good . |
| 29 | The body was no more than dead flesh . |
| 30 | But the body was no more . |