Example sentences of "but the [noun sg] [be] no " in BNC.

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1 They can say whatever they like but the ball was no tampered with .
2 But the wren 's no dream .
3 Beethoven learnt more from Haydn than from anyone , and all that he had made his own from that study is put to fascinating use here ; but the music is no reversion , and has its own lightness and gaiety .
4 But the majority are no problem . ’
5 But the man is no fool .
6 But the result is no laughing matter .
7 But the result is no laughing matter .
8 The score was different in nine cases , but the difference was no more than one .
9 But the passion was no party show .
10 But the tape 's no use to me now , so he might as well benefit from it . ’
11 But the movement was no Worm .
12 But the fact is no lender can ever be absolutely sure that a guarantor is not being subject to pressure from the principal debtor , and to require him to do more than properly and fairly point out to the guarantor the desirability of obtaining independent advice , and to require the documents to be executed in the presence of a solicitor , is to put upon commercial lenders a burden which would severely handicap the carrying out of what is , after all , an extremely common transaction of everyday occurrence for banks and other commercial lenders .
13 But the Collector was no better at suspecting himself of faults than of virtues .
14 But the body was no more .
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