Example sentences of "[adj] but no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally held that it should be larger but no agreement on enlarging it seems attainable . |
| 2 | An attempt had been made to set it alight but no damage was caused . |
| 3 | Above the nave arcade is a clerestory but no triforium ( 300 ) . |
| 4 | The Romanesque is of Transitional type , with wide pointed arches and barrel vault , a clerestory but no triforium . |
| 5 | His mountain spellings are very idiosyncratic but no doubt faithful attempts to transcribe local pronunciation . |
| 6 | Leaner but no fitter |
| 7 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 8 | Organisational reforms have tried to help them find a voice : through positive discrimination in the form of reserved seats on committees at all levels ; through National Women 's Officers ; through Women 's Advisory Committees which run parallel to the decision-making committees of the unions and have free access to the latter but no voting rights . |
| 9 | The 1947 Press Commission listed nine with a population of over 100,000 but no paper , and 41 from 50,000 — 100,000 . |
| 10 | Last season £18,000 in bar takings were found to be missing but no culprit was ever found . |
| 11 | The Highlanders were said to live on a diet of children , while the prince 's quartermaster put in a well-timed but no doubt inflated demand for the town to provide billets for 13,000 foot and , a more accurate figure , 300 horse . |
| 12 | On the other hand , there are proved services available but no mechanism by which the public can be readily informed about them . |
| 13 | Colonel Moore was benevolent but no pushover : and melodrama too early introduced , though it could be a short cut , was always a risk . |
| 14 | Fair but no fun |
| 15 | The windows were wide open but no breeze entered the cottage . |
| 16 | The doors stayed open but no murmur came from the other room . |
| 17 | Even so , talk of course alterations continued throughout the jittery months of 1938 but no expenditure was undertaken . |
| 18 | It provided for a minimum but no maximum . |
| 19 | Equal-span wings were of three-bay biplane configuration had some dihedral but no stagger and measured 97ft tip-to-tip . |
| 20 | Glenn : close but no cigar |
| 21 | Thirty-two , tall , rubber-lipped , pop-eyed , very smart but no culture so just wised-up : that 's Witney . |