Example sentences of "was [art] match for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unaccustomed to waging this kind of war , she was no match for the other woman 's powers of cattiness . |
| 2 | The weakness of the human will betrayed by generations deprived of God 's inner communion was no match for the Dark Power . |
| 3 | Although Wilhelm 's army was no match for the total power of the Waaagh , Grom 's forces were split up all over the Empire into many small armies . |
| 4 | Daniel struggled but was no match for the two louts who , having kicked and beaten him , pushed him down a grassy bank towards the canal . |
| 5 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 6 | The mamluks came out to meet him in battle , but their colourful medieval cavalry was no match for the modern firepower and discipline of the army of France which won a decisive victory at the Battle of the Pyramids . |