Example sentences of "a [adj] but no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a round-ended knife , stir in the milk to make a soft but no sticky dough . |
| 2 | Above the nave arcade is a clerestory but no triforium ( 300 ) . |
| 3 | The Romanesque is of Transitional type , with wide pointed arches and barrel vault , a clerestory but no triforium . |
| 4 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Galerie Jahnhorst & Preuss provides a platform for a calmer but no less original artist . |
| 7 | It provided for a minimum but no maximum . |