Example sentences of "but to [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I have tried everything I can think of to rectify the situation , but to no avail . |
| 32 | In Montana , he visited a number of old age homes for someone to supply him with the right voice , but to no avail . |
| 33 | To begin with , I tried the relaxation and controlled breathing techniques which usually prove effective in counteracting panic attacks — but to no avail . |
| 34 | As Bf109s were reported they stayed well above the other squadron , but to no avail . |
| 35 | ‘ Alright , that 's enough , ’ he admonishes , but to no avail , the band strikes up again . |
| 36 | A spokesman said ‘ The children tried to put out the fire but to no avail . |
| 37 | Second Division leaders Rovers roared into action on the resumption , subjecting the Saints defence to a 10-minute period of intense pressure on their try line , but to no avail . |
| 38 | Kulti , 21 , put up a little more resistance in the second set , but to no avail . |
| 39 | She appealed to the area manager and to a director , but to no avail . |
| 40 | Officials within the Housing Executive protested , but to no avail . |
| 41 | I advertised in the local rag , but to no avail . |
| 42 | Since that time successive attempts have been made to reform the position but to no avail . |
| 43 | The Indian team , told about the replay by team-mates in the dressing room , made animated appeals to Bucknor to consult the third umpire Barry Lambson , but to no avail . |
| 44 | But to no avail . |
| 45 | Or are they grown up and still writing but to no avail ? |
| 46 | Bob Platt and I pressed for a bowler as fiercely as we could , but to no avail . |
| 47 | A couple of Frenchmen last season were the latest to try and rearrange the Probyn features but to no avail . |
| 48 | Abrams did his best to be Mr Clean and avoid direct confrontation with his guttersnipe opponent but to no avail , and just weeks before polling day had been harried into calling D'Amato , a ‘ fascist ’ . |
| 49 | Fell he was and many were his victories but to no avail . |
| 50 | A hastily assembled force of warriors was thrown into battle but to no avail . |
| 51 | Blows were exchanged faster than the eye could follow but to no avail — within minutes the proud High Elf lay headless on the plain . |
| 52 | Walker , for example , reports on Pavlov 's success in training one dog to salivate to middle C , whether played on a clarinet , tuning fork , or organ pipe , but to no other note varying by more than a semitone however played ; whereas another animal reacted to any notes but only when reproduced by one particular instrument ( 1983 : 246 ) . |
| 53 | When he had got to the hotel , he had looked for Carver , but to no avail . |
| 54 | They tried to ascertain news of the tsar and his family , but to no avail . |
| 55 | I waited three days for the sun to come out but to no avail , so on a very grey , cloudy day I set my easel by the French doors , put my paints and brushes on a high stool next to me and started . |
| 56 | The police tried to repress it , but to no avail . |
| 57 | Irish Employment Minister Ruairi Quinn flew to Boston last weekend for talks with DEC president Robert Palmer in a bid to save the Galway jobs , and Tony O'Reilly , Irish-born chairman of H J Heinz Co , was also rallied to lobby DEC , but to no avail . |
| 58 | After the inception of the work , which is ongoing , the Liègeois formed protest groups and a petition of 50,000 signatures was presented at the town hall , but to no effect . |
| 59 | It was ‘ committed to the principle of direct provision for the family , but to no specific scheme — concerning which there was indeed much difference of opinion among the advocates of the principle ’ ( Stocks , 1949 , p.99 ) . |
| 60 | He had tried to sleep when he got home but to no avail . |