Example sentences of "but no [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Tivoli 's open till midnight — but no fireworks tonight ; or we could go out to dinner elsewhere . |
2 | When the crisis broke , Baldwin showed annoyance at having his holiday in France interrupted , and deputed Chamberlain to act for him , giving him full powers but no instructions . |
3 | Under the captaincy of Tom Ingledew , the Hopewell had returned late , but safely , the first autumn of their occupancy of Everhope , laden with goods , with candles , skillets , nails , lace shirts , hats , hammers and other necessities of civilisation ( but no shoes , unfortunately ) , as well as several more of their countrymen willing to try their fortunes in the Americas . |
4 | 88110 machines are said to be ‘ on the way ’ , but no dates appear to have been set . |
5 | Acting on tip-offs from the public , they raided two homes in Wembley , finding false documents but no guns or ammunition . |
6 | As far as the eye could see the earth was brown : there were white pockets of unmelted snow , and sombre green pine thickets on the ridges , but no leaves on the deciduous trees and no bright green shoots in the withered remains of last year 's grass . |
7 | Two independent groups of researchers have reported the presence of a rectal motor complex , but no patterns of cyclic motility have been reported from the anal canal . |
8 | ‘ The council is still considering all the available research but no conclusions have yet been reached , ’ an ITV spokeswoman said tonight . |
9 | ‘ The council is still considering all the available research but no conclusions have yet been reached , ’ an ITV spokeswoman said tonight . |
10 | The Cornmill will soon be finished but no crocuses will be there . |
11 | Despite these forbidding appearances , there is no danger within , but no rewards either . |
12 | I was the bad gunslinger who was new in town , and the snot-faced boy who wore army boots but no socks was the good cowboy . |
13 | Four barricades , three of them protected by cannon , were built at the ends of the main streets , and 200 or 300 men posted at the bridge over the River Ribble , but no defences were built there . |
14 | The negotiations , on rescheduling debts payable between mid-1991 and mid-1993 , made some progress but no agreements were signed . |
15 | But no woods were to be felled or venison taken in the districts claimed to be disafforested until the perambulations had been notified to the Council , which would decide what was to be done . |
16 | Strict security measures were in force on campuses as thousands of students returned to classes , but no incidents were reported . |
17 | On the doormat , there were a few late Christmas cards plus the inevitable letter from the bank , but no offers of job interviews . |
18 | They discussed purchasing the rights to the treasure with the insurance companies , but no contracts were signed . |
19 | He gave a glance over his shoulders , but no sounds yet coming from the bedroom , only the occasional snatch of Yiddish as Mrs Finklestein conferred with Mrs Robovitch . |
20 | She felt her mouth open , but no sounds came out . |
21 | The attacks caused considerable damage but no injuries . |
22 | On Feb. 20 , explosions at the British , German , Italian and Turkish embassies in Tehran , caused minor damage but no injuries . |
23 | Earlier that morning , at 4.23 , a bomb hidden in a roof support at Paddington Station had exploded , causing damage but no injuries . |
24 | Large fragments of the spacecraft fell in northern Argentina but no injuries were reported . |
25 | In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries . |
26 | The IRA have again bombed Belfast 's central railway station , causing extensive damage , but no injuries . |
27 | There is substantial case law on guarantee payments and losses , but no instances of relief being granted under the strict provision of s 198(1) , ICTA 1988 for an employee or director assessable under Schedule E. |
28 | Agnathans have gill arches but no jaws . |
29 | Continue to repeat the unchanging part of the sentence , but the different endings could be : teeth but no mouth ? … an eye but no sight ? … hands but no arms ? … legs but no feet ? … a neck but no head ? … skin but no bones ? … a core but no heart ? … arms but no hands ? |
30 | Bored female requires scintillating correspondence to warm her winter nights-Most musical tastes catered for , but no Goths or Smiths fans please . |