There are no oil paintings from 1940 to 1945.

It may be no oil painting - but this luxury new handbag is virtually a work of art.

There are no oil paintings in this show.

But for now, there are no oil paintings of this apartment in their gallery of previous addresses.

Nick Thomas admits he is no oil painting, so he was surprised to be asked to pose for a portrait.

There are no oil paintings or metal sculptures, trappings of lawyerly affluence or corporate opulence.

I'll grant you she were no oil painting, but she were well enough shaped where it counts, and she were bonny enough."

True, he was no oil painting, but she had long passed the age of needing good looks about her, and anyway, she admitted to herself with disarming frankness, her own beauty had long since gone.

Needless to say, I write this as one who accepts that he is no oil painting, unless the artwork of reference is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Peasant Fair of 1567.

Ed could have said "Britain's most popular PM, Churchill, was no oil painting" or "Labour's greatest PM, Atlee, was short and bald - like you John - I'm 6 ft and have great hair.

Besides, although the last king of the city was no oil painting himself - especially when he'd been beheaded, after which no one looks their best, not even a short king - it was generally agreed that he had amassed some pretty good works of art.