Example sentences of "but nothing is [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route .
2 I have heard talk and talk , but nothing is done .
3 Every year we read about people who have died as a result of hypothermia or from a disease caused by hypothermia , but nothing is done .
4 Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure .
5 That Aethelberht , king of Kent , exercised authority over his brother , Eadberht , is clear from the way in which it was necessary for Ealdwulf , bishop of Rochester , to secure confirmation of a grant of land from Eadberht in 738 from Aethelberht and Nothhelm , archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledging that he had erred in not doing so sooner ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but nothing is said of any necessity to secure Aethelbald 's confirmation .
6 De Fazio denied that USL has already set up a UST subsidiary in Australia , saying that ‘ we 've been negotiating , but nothing is finalised . ’
7 A record gross score is not recorded until 1911 when Philip Simmons returned a 75 ‘ beating the record by 2 ’ , but nothing is recorded of the earlier player 's 77 .
8 But nothing is implied by the new study of the utility of AZT in the treatment of those in whom symptoms have already appeared ; there is no case for abandoning that treatment , at least on the evidence now available .
9 At Prague airport , Anderson is searched thoroughly for Hollar 's thesis but nothing is found ( scene fifteen ) , the explanation being , as Anderson reveals to an indignant McKendrick once they have boarded the plane ( scene sixteen ) , that he has hidden it in McKendrick 's briefcase .
10 But nothing is signed and sealed yet . ’
11 Staining for antibodies specific to the short-wave photopigment has revealed a sparse , semiregular array of cones ; but nothing is known about the arrangement of the more numerous long- and middle-wave cones .
12 We know that Wilson married , for his wife Mary helped him and continued the business for a time after his death , but nothing is known of her origins or ultimate fate .
13 The title of master was accorded him , but nothing is known of his education .
14 , John ( c. 1770– c. 1843 ) , merchant service master and Antarctic discoverer , was born c .1770 but nothing is known about his early life and education .
15 , Samuel ( c. 1797–1848 ) , actor and comedian , is believed to have been born around 1797 , but nothing is known about his parentage or background .
16 Leisure in the home : this photograph is labelled simply ‘ An Interior Kitchen 1927 ’ and may have been taken in Paisley , but nothing is known of the boy .
17 But nothing is proved , so he is released .
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