Dual needlers produce a cool effect but it's still no match for a well-thrown plasma grenade. |
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Al-Musta'sim, the last Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, proved no match for Hulegu's Mongol forces when they attacked Baghdad. |
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The agency forester radioed for a rescue boat, but the aluminum craft with its three-horsepower motor was no match for the powerful currents. |
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As it turns out, uneducated village communists are no match for wily bourgeois sneakiness. |
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However, the relatively soft woods of European furniture were no match for the humidity, tropical woodworms, and termites of Cuba. |
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The launches moved to intercept but were no match for the smaller craft, which was loaded with explosives. |
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Annamma is no match for her husband either in stature or in qualities and accepts her lot with resignation. |
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The script, however, by David King, was no match for its actor, thick with longueurs and sitcom character development. |
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Twelve of Poland's divisions were cavalry, armed with lance and sabre, and they were no match for tanks. |
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But it was no match for the malign tumor, first detected just last spring, his colleagues said. |
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Special care may have to be taken to ensure that he enjoys the company of his classmates, who are likely to be no match for him. |
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It is cheap and strangely enjoyable, but no match for a genuine blockbuster. |
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I resisted as best I could, but I was no match for the three of them, who dragged me to the water and threw me into the surf. |
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In the end, truth is no match for economics and a misguided vision of self-preservation. |
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Corporate greed and power are eventually no match for this woman's determination to set things right. |
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Intelligence and honesty are sometimes no match for comfortable habits of thought. |
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Despite some very good performances, they were no match for the strength of the local side. |
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Our fast feet are no match for opponents on longboards, who tag us almost immediately. |
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Seeing she was no match for the animal in this grapple, the mother extended her hand into the bear's mouth. |
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The printed word is no match for intransigence and self-deception, however, so the papers keep stacking up as the crisis deepens. |
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Exhaustion and battle fatigue is no match for the piercing sound of an arriving local. |
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Soft flesh is no match for mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenade fragments and shrapnel thrown out in all directions by roadside bombs. |
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Some English ships attempt to fight but are no match for the superior ships of the Indian navy. |
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After a few tries, she knew a human was no match for a thousand-pound horse, and untacked him in his stall. |
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He did everything in his power to outrun us, especially after he saw the camera, but the Kia was no match lot the lighter, more nimble Prius. |
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Unfortunately, that seal proved no match for the bumps and potholes of New York City streets. |
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If no match is found, the sample will be kept on record and checked against new DNA samples until the spitter is identified. |
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If we go back to the example of the US Supreme Court, a pauper who has to depend on free legal aid is no match for the billionaire. |
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The battle raged for several hours but the Zulus spears were no match for the Boers' rifles and artillery pieces. |
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And though his flaming hair was no match, he looked as though he was a giant. |
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As bad as the acting is, it's no match for the flatness the director achieves. |
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Therefore, in a kata demonstration competition, I think our style might be no match for the flowing style of others. |
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The chemical analyses of the body and frass of Blepharida flavocostata revealed almost no match to the constituents found in B. biflora. |
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The flashy intellectual brilliance of Fox is no match for the wisdom of ages, the common sense of the freeborn Englishman. |
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Your columnist is clearly no match for Weissman, a New Jersey freegan who claims to have subsisted on a largely dumpster-based diet for a decade. |
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Apart from a few solo efforts, the Air Force team was no match at either end of the court in the men's games. |
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There was bread and crumpets, but no toaster, and no match to light the griller. |
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In recent decades, his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of well intentioned but overbearing regulations. |
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These vexed machines with their built in obsolescence are no match for me. |
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Actually it's no match for broccoli rabe, the greatest vegetable on God's earth. |
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The Simbas had little training or heavily artillery and would be no match for foreign forces. |
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Nafta is also said to have put 250,000 maize farmers in Mexico out of work, their smallholdings no match for the industrial farms of the American Midwest. |
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The trouble is, Pakistan kept losing its wars with India and is indeed no match for India. |
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However, the lack of experience was no match for the exuberance of youth. |
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With George's cuts, the agency is no match for the corporate finaglers. |
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The poorly-armed soldiers prove to be no match for the battle mad Vikings. |
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The rook is no match for two bishops despite the extra pawns. |
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I feared for a dog that would be no match for the thuggish birds. |
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Salmon burgers and shrimp burgers are available, too, but they are no match for the crab. |
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The shimmering jewellery was no match for his come-hither looks, brilliant charm and athletic build amid the alluring chains, enticing pendants and gorgeous necklaces. |
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Adriana is no match for her hauteur and ruthlessness, and, with her solid vocalism, she is the center of attention every time that she is on stage. |
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Because this current version of him will be no match for the likes of Olivia Pope come February. |
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The satyr, drunken as he is, is no match for the heavyweight nymphs. |
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And journeyman Swedish golfer Johan Edfors, who attended the University of Texas San Antonio, is really no match here. |
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Morientes shoots, but his feeble effort is no match for Carlo Cudicini. |
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Ultimately, however, Bryan's attempt to overcome sectionalism by restraining public recollection of the war was no match for the tactics of his opponent. |
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Even with its large market capitalization, Tesla on its own is no match for entrenched political lobbies. |
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Middleton's navy MaxMara jacket and Orla Kiely skirt, however, were no match for the blustery weather. |
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They had no match referees in those days to penalise such appealers! |
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The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows. |
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But this soft and greedy subversive organelle is no match for the brilliance of our scientists! |
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The red-baiting demagogue who publicly made wild, unsubstantiated charges assailing victims' patriotism proved no match for the fact-checking investigative reporter. |
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The cold was no match for these paragons of athletic prowess and goodwill. |
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But Virunga is not Yellowstone, and ranger Rick would be no match for the threats facing national parks here. |
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They were rubbish elves, like the ones in the film Elf, with no combat skills, and consequently were no match for Rudolph's death ray. |
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On YouTube, Letterman was no match for his spry, versatile competition. |
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Further, interest groups and government agencies more worried about energy were no match for Kissinger's dominance. |
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Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. |
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Though they're still no match for new weapons like the Mutator, a biological gun that causes foes to blow up into a caustic acidlike mist. |
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It's masked luchadores who make up the mighty Luche Libre Ring prove no match for the great and Mighty Nikko. |
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David Bezuidenhout was no match for their Jan Mohr opponents who were in a different league. |
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The Division II Silverswords played hard, but were no match for a UCLA squad picked to win the Pacific-10 Conference. |
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They were far too quick for England's leaden-footed trudgers, who found that effort and industry alone are no match for real quality. |
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It is no match for the existing and overextended capacities within existing public or private organizations, the document states. |
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Watching how smart they are, I fear I might be no match now for the nerveless dexterity of their wee fingers while I would fret shakily over millimetres of balsa. |
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Runner-up Midas Touch ran a stout race for the Ballydoyle team, but was no match for the winner, while the gallant Corsica was another nose adrift. |
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In an old unsexy nightdress and even older and unsexier dressing gown, your ever-increasing thighs are no match for the young flesh gyrating in your husband's face. |
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