I. pronoun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
none too (= not at all pleased )
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She was none too pleased when I told her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bar none
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They serve the best breakfast in town, bar none.
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Rosie Perez is the sexiest actress in the world bar none.
be none the wiser/not be any the wiser
be none the worse for sth
be second to none
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His musical technique is second to none.
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For those celebrating it's history, the Great Tower is second to none.
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He is a pianist of extraordinary capability, with a virtuoso technique that is second to none.
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Its array of futuristic industries is second to none.
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Mark Elder conducts a performance that is second to none in brilliance and precision.
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Mr Caton's record as a schoolmaster is second to none.
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Mr. Amos Does my right hon. Friend accept that the quality of cultural life in the north-east is second to none?
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Oh yes, he had performed well in the Sigerson Cup competition and his Higher Education track record is second to none.
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The quality of Britain's overseas aid programme is second to none.
half a loaf (is better than none)
none of your beeswax
none other than sb
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Another of McGrath's novels, Asylum, is being adapted for the screen by none other than Stephen King.
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Faithless is the result of a close collaboration between Ullmann and her scriptwriter, who is none other than Ingmar Bergman.
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It includes an early set of variations by none other than Ludwig van Beethoven, the program's one big name.
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Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
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Out of this union Persephone bears none other than Dionysos.
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Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.
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That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
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Why, look, gentlemen, it is none other than our young Pascal.
not a moment too soon/none too soon
not sb's concern/none of sb's concern
not very savoury/none too savoury
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If the result is none too pleasant, it's time to do something about it.