Example sentences of "be none the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh dear , I hope they 're none the worse ? ’
2 ‘ We 're none the wiser . ’
3 " I know : steak four times a day topped with butter and tons of eggs and cheese and stuff and you 're none the worse for it . "
4 ‘ Despite your obvious fondness for the place , you 're none the less nothing more than a temporary caretaker .
5 Some of the congregation are not regulars , but they 're none the less welcome for that .
6 Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena , both of whom ‘ indulged ’ in rigorous self-discipline ( and indeed it was on Catherine of Siena that Rose of Lima modelled her own life style ) , are none the less deeply respected .
7 Despite the saints involved , both customs derive from Celtic paganism , and are none the worse for that .
8 Reasons which authoritative directives should , but fail to , reflect are none the less among the reasons which justify holding the directives binding .
9 There are many churches , pleasant or handsome , which though not perhaps of special architectural interest , are none the less important and well-loved local landmarks .
10 The ideas themselves are none the less valid despite this neglect .
11 The challenges are none the less great , and the organization has still to define its role .
12 The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father .
13 This section examines cases which use indirect words , words directed to someone other than the trustee , which are none the less held to give rise to an obligation under trust in the trustee .
14 Though irreconcilable , these differences are none the less very much at the centre of philosophy 's concern with the possibilities or ‘ knowing ’ .
15 Some families who need the certainty of legal adoption are none the less more than willing to allow their child to continue contact with members of the birth family .
16 These rules may not much resemble the traditional grammatical rules of school textbooks but rules they are none the less . ’
17 But they are none the less so different that many questions arise .
18 These exports are still , to be sure , ‘ dependent ‘ , in the terms of the matrix in chapter 1 , but they are none the less valuable and help to explain the asymmetry of the multi-nationals ’ share of investment and their share of trade .
19 They are none the less important , for other industries are moving in the same direction .
20 The issues for trade policy are none the less clear .
21 Valentine 's pertinent comments about the origins of different behaviour originating in structural constraints which excluded the poor from the life-styles of the more affluent have lost none of their force , but any consideration of everyday life in Cramlington and North Shields has to address the issue of different and distinctive life-styles which are none the less embedded in a common cultural matrix .
22 By the close of that decade even writers like Thackeray , who are content to believe that all is well in the other nation , are none the less keenly aware of the divide — though he sees no reason to cross it — between a gentleman and his servants , ‘ who live with us all our days and are strangers to us : so strong custom is , and so pitiless the distinction between class and class ’ .
23 In practice , the majority of services can be provided locally , but there are none the less certain disadvantages in carving a district up into ‘ patches ’ or ‘ localities ’ .
24 Dramatisations and reconstructions can be of great value in trying to convey to pupils an idea of the past , but they are none the less interpretations .
25 The figures , which are none the less an improvement on the previous year , will be discussed at United 's AGM on March the fiftenth .
26 His resolve and optimism , tempered with caution , are none the less remarkable .
27 And , people are none the wiser they , if they can see it
28 ‘ Regrettably , I am none the wiser . ’
29 I am none the less glad to make a short contribution to the cross-party connection in support of the Bill .
30 ‘ I 'm none the wiser , unless his work was something to do with the Hell Fire Club .
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