Sentence examples for prove no match from inspiring English sources

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His vows of religious purity prove no match for her, once she sheds her clothes.

Where institutions and traditions prove no match for a crisis of democracy, the region or the continent should step in.

But Mr Huckabee would prove no match for the better-known, better-organised and better-financed John McCain, who wrapped up the nomination by early March.

They prove no match for the English, however; Edward is able, at Halidon Hill, to avenge England's terrible loss to the Scots at the infamous Battle of Bannockburn in the time of Edward II (1314), which resulted in Scotland's independence.

The consensus thinking is that Shumenov (14-1, 9 KOs), a 2/1 underdog with a limited resumé, will join the ever-growing list of younger titleholders to prove no match for Hopkins' skill, experience and ring intelligence.

Just think of the millions – literally – of horses taken up to the western front in 1914-18 to be fed and watered at great cost, only to prove no match for machine guns and barbed wire.

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The South Vietnamese militia fighters proved no match for the Viet Cong and their overwhelming firepower, so they quickly retreated into underground bunkers, and called for help.

Gov. Landon proved no match for President Roosevelt.

They had proved no match for the Arctic".

But English troops fighting for pay proved no match for Scottish troops fighting for religion.

But tutus and fancy footwork proved no match, ultimately, for Lady Gaga and her hair.

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