Example sentences of "but on no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seiji Ozawa , a Karajan pupil , has reported how , as a teacher , Karajan would identify a point at issue but never proffer a solution , conforming to another fine adage of teaching : ‘ You may take the pupil to the window but on no account should you attempt to describe the view . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But on no account let anyone know we 're interested . ’ |
| 3 | It may be tempting to go into schemes that promise a way out of difficulties but on no account apply your all-or-nothing approach to financial risks . |
| 4 | But on no account must you speak to him . |
| 5 | And , when burying himself in work , he left several bowls of gold coins outside his room , with a note saying ‘ Please help yourself to those coins , but on no account disturb me ’ . |
| 6 | Following the principle of decorum ( to be found , for instance , in Horace 's Ars Poetica ) , the classical view was that the style which dealt with serious matters had to be non-realistic , in the sense of systematically eliminating references to everyday life and using a type of language much more elaborate and re fined than that of everyday usage ; non-serious subjects could be dealt with realistically , in ordinary language , but on no account could the different levels of style be mixed together . |
| 7 | One can argue with Czerny 's and Hummel 's metronome markings , but on no grounds can they be dismissed as irrational . |