Example sentences of "[adv] but [prep] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had tried to sleep when he got home but to no avail . |
| 2 | In the second instance , some posts may be advertised repeatedly but to no avail . |
| 3 | In my opinion Anna acted more childishly but through no fault of her own . |
| 4 | Ma'am , I have been reading my Bible and am left in no doubt that I have sinned and am paying the just penalty for sin and I repent strongly but to no avail as yet . |
| 5 | The desert was cut in all directions by sandy scars , and there were tyre-tracks everywhere but with no hint of general direction . |
| 6 | As we have already seen by juxtaposing Sonnets 35 and 70 , after we have read a poem in which the attempt at exculpation is exploded by the Poet , either by irony or by direct criticism , when we subsequently read one in which the exculpation is made again but with no recoil on itself , then the second poem seems hollow . |
| 7 | The resource person may correct a serious error and repeat the phrase again but with no trace of disapproval or reproach . |