Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [pron] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final section shows how Sri Lankans were none the less able to use the courts as a legitimate and acceptable , if sometimes disreputable , way to solve disputes . |
| 2 | The financial constraints were initially rather phantom-like ( in the first year , for example , there was prolonged and somewhat inconclusive discussion with the Ministry about the budget and it was not finally authorised until the financial year was over ! ) , but the physical constraints were none the less effective in limiting the industry 's expenditure . |
| 3 | In his own Board , Melling was none the less able to pursue an off-peak pricing policy , despite criticism from the other chairmen that he was breaking the common front against Ministry interference on pricing . |
| 4 | The low timbre of his voice was none the less frightening for all its softness . |
| 5 | His list was none the less wide-ranging enough to include some handsome illustrated books , as well as the first regular publications of both Alfred , Lord Tennyson [ q.v . ] |
| 6 | In some of these cases the defendant appeared mentally normal when examined by the doctor , but the doctor was none the less willing to infer from the circumstances that there had been abnormality of mind at the time of the killing , and to write a report which brought this within section 2 . |
| 7 | If it did not manifest itself in this particular way , however , Aethelbald 's power was none the less real . |