be no exception

be no exception (third-person singular simple present is no exception, present participle being no exception, simple past was no exception, past participle been no exception)

1. To be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.

   All of his novels are great, and this one was no exception.

• “no exception”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “no exception”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “be no exception” (US) / “be no exception” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.