Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was no " in BNC.
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| 1 | His humility was no weakness , but absolute strength . |
| 2 | She was lavishly dressed in costumes by Yves St Laurent of Paris and Valentino of Rome , and the film was shot in the beautiful settings of Cannes and the French Riviera , but Crawford soon realized that his co-star was no actress . |
| 3 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 4 | After all , he had a gun and his captive was no tough aggressive youth who might be foolhardy enough to try to disarm him . |
| 5 | In this case , Kemp had a thin skull , and his murder was no problem . |
| 6 | His mood was no less exasperated on arrival at Augusta National . |
| 7 | His ex-girlfriend was no more of a cook or a home-maker than he was . |
| 8 | His room was no bigger than Fat Eric 's , but the people in the house were friendlier , slimmer , and did n't boast of spinal surgery . |
| 9 | Although Andrei may have been more intelligent than his colleagues , his greed was no less than his more stupid comrades such as Postelnicu . |
| 10 | I could see how things were with him at home ; his wife was no good at her job . |
| 11 | His wife was no help to him , she was a poor , sickly creature , and he had his young sister to care for beside his own boy . |
| 12 | A tiff with his nephew was no disqualification in the eyes of Charles II , who disliked William and his religion ; Ken on his return to England was made a chaplain to the King , who would remark ruefully on Sundays , ‘ Now I must go and hear little Ken rebuke me for my sins . ’ |
| 13 | And the child grew in wisdom and strength , but his flesh was no mere phantom or merely the appearance of flesh : he belonged to the human race . |
| 14 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 15 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 16 | His replacement was no less a man than the Mayor of Henley , Councillor F. ( Fred ) Butler — a situation recognised as probably unique in past and future time and enough of an oddity for his photograph to feature in a San Francisco newspaper ! |
| 17 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 18 | His voice was no more audible than her own had been , and his eyes had darkened to black . |
| 19 | Athelstan , however , informed them his companion was no less a personage than Sir John Cranston , who was now ill , so they stepped aside , doing their best to hide their smirks . |
| 20 | He flew into a rage on their wedding night when he discovered that his bride was no virgin . |
| 21 | Edward 's treatment of the clergy during his reign was no different from his dealings with his lay subjects . |
| 22 | It might have been the man that he 'd seen before or it might not ; his face was no more than a characterless oval with a few spare lines drawn on it for features . |