Example sentences of "but it [verb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My local authority , quite rightly , takes on those children because they are in need , but it receives no financial assistance to cope with them . |
| 2 | But it takes no long reflexion to see that , in this case , if the interrogative is acceptable , then it asks for a straightforward manner adverbial or its equivalent as an answer , and it is not directly related to the sentences in ( 33 ) . |
| 3 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 4 | Jezrael could see that her personal data was offering the captain a wide range of possibilities but it had no personal significance for Chesarynth 's little sister . |
| 5 | Fortunately , they were professional enough to do the gig , but it served no useful purpose . |
| 6 | The Financial Reporting Review Panel informed the company that substituting the proposed requirements of an exposure draft for those of an existing accounting standard was not acceptable ; but it took no further action , since FRS 3 was expected shortly . |
| 7 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
| 8 | Class is an indispensable instrument in analysing capitalism , but it contains no ready-made plan for its overcoming . |
| 9 | It 's a language all its own , with rules and a grammar , but it has no definite article . |
| 10 | It is crammed with incidents involving Rangers and Celtic players but it has no great love for either club . |
| 11 | Bank in 2 can also be interpreted in more than one way ( e.g. ‘ margin of river ’ or ‘ establishment for the custody of money ’ ) ; but it has no general meaning covering these possibilities . |
| 12 | The public may be interested in whether a bid is made , but it has no legitimate interest to defend . |
| 13 | Angola has its problems but it has no ex-colonial links with this country . |
| 14 | But it has no formal power over the APA . |
| 15 | Fern Lodge is a tea-caddy Regency house with a frilly wrought-iron porch , set in half an acre of secluded gardens ; but it has no notable interiors . |
| 16 | But it started no religious fashions in post-war British fiction , which is rootedly secular , its heroes as unbelieving of a world beyond the grave as they are insecure in the only world they know . |