Example sentences of "[pron] were none the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 2 | There were none the less growing pressures on the BEA to discipline their own requests for capital through the achievement of a higher rate of return on capital , and higher rates of self-financing , both of which conformed to the Conservative Government 's image of efficient private enterprise industry and ‘ commercial ’ disciplines . |
| 3 | There were none the less in the later eighteenth century a number of rulers and ministers in Europe who were prepared to break radically with the past , to override vested interests and disregard deep-rooted traditions in the interests of the States they ruled . |
| 4 | While the Labour Government were anxious to preserve an image of political fairness and reasonable salary flexibility in order to attract the technocratic skills that they recognised were essential for success , they were none the less clear that the public corporations should not simply be the old gang operating ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 5 | Some of these claims , spread energetically by certain leading military men , were almost certainly exaggerated , but they were none the less serious . |