Example sentences of "[indef pn] the [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 None the less a development can be seen in later classical law : .
2 It did seem a little hard that , just when things were beginning to go really well , the even tenor of their lives should be upset by the arrival of someone else — someone who , although a friend , was none the less a stranger .
3 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 .
4 It was none the less a moment of grave concern to unbelievers of any reliable militancy .
5 While the Secretary of State 's announcement is good news for Yarrow and the Clyde , it is none the less a disappointment for the other three shipyards that submitted tenders , not least VSEL in Barrow , although the order for the 4.5 inch gun would be welcome .
6 When it came , there was nothing at all ominous in the reason for Christian 's unexpected visit … but it was none the less a bombshell .
7 It is however an important part of the women 's movement , which might lack the explicit analysis of male oppression and resistance , but is none the less an affirmation of women 's allegiance to each other .
8 None the less an examination of the special reasons why the Plowden proposition is accepted as a truism in general but treated as an abominable heresy in particular may be worthwhile .
9 The figures , which are none the less an improvement on the previous year , will be discussed at United 's AGM on March the fiftenth .
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