Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] was no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , she had indulged in the occasional uncharitable observation that his affection for the child was no more than a front . |
| 2 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 3 | Because prayers had to be stimulated and informed as well as ordered , the preaching role of the church was no less important . |
| 4 | This propaganda role of the church was no mere cynical response to royal commands and requests ; many of the clergy were quite as deeply imbued with a sense of national self-righteousness as were substantial elements of the laity : Edward III later recalled that Archbishop Stratford had persuaded him of the need for such a war , though the king also told a tale of Stratford 's reluctance for war . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But this affair of the mind was no easier , I can tell you , than our affair of the heart . |
| 7 | The eldest of the group who moved towards me as I jumped out of the van was no more than thirty . |
| 8 | Their man of the match was no doubt Gary Kemp , who was the instigator of so many of their attacks . |
| 9 | But the flavour of the month was no flavour at all . |
| 10 | Escaping from the quire was no easier than getting into it . |
| 11 | A glorious garden belonging to a customer friend in Hampshire had an avenue of these leading to the dining room patio , and the effect from the house was no worse for not being puritanical . |
| 12 | Elizabeth Titford must have thought that a London in which mobs could go on a looting spree in the City was no place to raise her young daughter . |
| 13 | But , with a keen instinct ( what illness was ) that all the money in the world was no use if you were sick . |
| 14 | If the changes set in train in Ivan the Terrible 's reign recast secular society , the impact upon the Church was no less momentous . |
| 15 | When the first CPR train reached Vancouver on 23 May 1888 , the depot on the waterfront was no larger than a wooden shed . |
| 16 | In lively talk with friends we all continually break the rules appropriate for the written form , and Mr Baker on the radio was no exception . |
| 17 | A recent study showed that the neutron therapy delivered by the cyclotron was no more effective than conventional radiotherapy and more dangerous ( This Week , 8 December 1990 ) . |