Example sentences of "[adj] but [prep] no " in BNC.

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1 Slightly raised intraocular pressures were controlled with timolol 0.25% twice daily but with no improvement in acuity , which by March 1992 had deteriorated to 6/36 right and 6/60 left .
2 3.5 With effect from the Possession Date or ( if later ) the date on which the Tenant has obtained all Tenant 's Approvals the Tenant shall have licence and authority to enter upon the Premises for the purpose of carrying out the Tenant 's Works in accordance with clause 3.7 but for no other purpose The problem is that the words " but for no other purpose " could result in a period of non-user from the date of completion of the tenant 's works and the date of the completion of the lease ( see clause 1.15.2 ) and the clause should be amended as follows :
3 ‘ Quite well , thank you , ’ was her polite but in no sense cheerful answer .
4 The parents should react calmly and lovingly as normal but under no circumstances should children gain their demands through deliberately having a tantrum .
5 He stood breathing heavily and holding his arm ; wounded but in no pain .
6 Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail .
7 In the month of May 1958 , on the eve of a disastrous tearing-apart of the nation and faced by the utter prostration of the system which was supposedly in charge , de Gaulle , now well-known but with no resource except his legitimacy , had to take destiny in his hands .
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