Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Western diplomat said : ‘ Syria is militarily no match for Turkey . |
| 2 | ‘ Export is a nightmare because of the paperwork and expense of transporting the pottery , but we 've never had it so good up here and Easter Ross is really no further from Tokyo than London . ’ |
| 3 | Sasbach is really no more than a scatter of houses , a couple of shops , a garage and a church set down in the middle of vineyards and orchards . |
| 4 | This is revealing in its way , for Burke was certainly no democrat . |
| 5 | Andrew Smith says Oxford is probably no different to anywhere else , but it 's the only place monitoring the code . |
| 6 | Only in the United States and in Britain was there no element of state control by the First World War . |
| 7 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 8 | Randolph was just no use to the reindeer team as his white nose was n't any good . |
| 9 | They replied that the cleaning of the Skerne was absolutely no concern of theirs . |
| 10 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 11 | In fact , Will is definitely no paragon of virtue ! |
| 12 | The Tokugawa were essentially no more than primus inter pares . |
| 13 | Marc was certainly no fool . |
| 14 | Cranston claimed that his relationship with Keating was essentially no different from that of the other four senators , but that , because he was suffering from cancer and had announced his intention not to seek re-election on the expiry in 1992 of his current term , he had been singled out for sanction as a " scapegoat " . |
| 15 | Often hailed as a jazz fusion pioneer himself , Pat Metheny is nevertheless no stranger in the Grab-a-Grammy stakes . |
| 16 | Charlie was clearly no big deal as far as Josie was concerned . |
| 17 | Only in Pomerania was there no such support . |