Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] none the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pebbles was an outstanding racehorse , but the Breeders ' Cup bid was none the less a characteristically bold move on the part of trainer Clive Brittain , for the Turf race is over one and a half miles and she had never raced beyond ten furlongs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Ostensibly ‘ in favour of perestroika ’ and incorporating many party members within their ranks , the new movements were none the less associated with a policy stance which went very much further than the party conference resolution . |
| 4 | His private newsletters were none the less still fuller and became celebrated . |
| 5 | The immediate appointment of Protestant ministers and the introduction of a Supremacy Bill in the 1559 parliament was therefore widely predicted , but despite Elizabeth 's concession in changing her title from ‘ Supreme Head ’ to ‘ Supreme Governor ’ , the move was none the less fiercely contested by the Marian bishops in the House of Lords . |
| 6 | The outcome was none the less a climbdown for the government , which was obliged to drop its original plan to outlaw strikes in all sectors of industry for 15 months , amid deep divisions among parliamentarians over the extent of the powers to be granted . |
| 7 | The British tranche was none the less fully subscribed , but shares on sale in Europe were oversubscribed and those offered in New York could have been sold four times over . |
| 8 | By the mid-eighteenth century , and probably earlier , the power of ceremonial , precedence and titles to arouse intense feeling was none the less clearly in decline . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The low timbre of his voice was none the less frightening for all its softness . |
| 12 | Alford was none the less made a deputy lieutenant of Sussex in 1627 , his services being considered essential to the defence of the county . |
| 13 | 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 . ] |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But while it was certainly true that there were precedents for government policy towards the church in the 1530s , and that earlier monarchs had acted on the assumption that they had no superior within their realm , the Henrician supremacy was none the less unquestionably revolutionary . |
| 16 | At a time when neither the French army nor fiscal arrangements to meet its needs had been sufficiently developed to respond to a new military situation , the only possible response was none the less to call traditional forces together to form an army with which to intercept and , it was hoped , to defeat the English . |
| 17 | He knew the regiment was fighting somewhere in France , but its exact location was never recorded in the paper , so Charlie was none the wiser . |
| 18 | If it did not manifest itself in this particular way , however , Aethelbald 's power was none the less real . |
| 19 | Not greatly favoured by Edward the Fourth and his family , the royal palace was none the less fully maintained and adequately staffed — a number of privileged persons residing there permanently in grace-and-favour apartments . |