Example sentences of "but [prep] [noun sg] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may well be the best , or only currently available method of satisfying some needs on some occasions , but of course no method is inherently good in every situation . |
| 2 | One of the notebook crowd climbed aboard and came into the dining car , inviting anyone who had seen anyone or anything suspicious the previous evening to please unbutton , but of course no one had , or no one was saying , because otherwise the whole train would have known about it by now . |
| 3 | But of course no one has really been suggesting that history has no meaning , for the obvious reason that any interpretation of history as such must ipso facto assert meaning . |
| 4 | But of course no one wants to buy a product if it is not of the highest quality and this is where the Potato Marketing Board can help . |
| 5 | More , probably , has been written about this great hall-like chapel than any other building in the world ; but in fact no description , picture or photograph conveys the impact which it makes . |
| 6 | It was as if these were the names of tenants or people who lived upstairs , but in fact no one lived upstairs except Madame . |
| 7 | It felt like Checkpoint Charlie , but in fact no one tried to stop you except the alkies lurching up off their piss-stained benches with some story about needing the bus fare back home to Sheffield . |
| 8 | But in fact no such argument is or could be made , for it is indisputable and undisputed that this is just what Parliament set out to do , and has effectively done . |
| 9 | On this scale it is theoretically possible to score up to 166 per cent ( 1,000 points ) , but in practice no strategy 's average score exceeded 600 . |
| 10 | The management have registered the building with the local Fire Officer and the plans subsequently requested have been submitted , but to date no inspection visit has been made . |
| 11 | She 'd decided at first that her brother deserved what was coming to him , but on reflection no one deserved to be thrown at Guido 's mercy . |
| 12 | " Judges must decide such novel cases as best they can , but by hypothesis no party has any right to win flowing from past collective decisions — no party has a legal right to win — because the only rights of that character are those established by conventions . |