Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not only a constitution which really was and is effective in the running of the state , but which was itself the product of the hegemonic culture already established . |
| 2 | It is argued that specific policies implemented at the outset of British rule led to the development of a judicial system which did not coincide with either British or indigenous notions of justice but which was none the less compatible with local culture . |
| 3 | But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise . |
| 4 | She 'd let herself go , last night — but she was none the worse for it , was she ? |
| 5 | The words were sharp but there was none the less warmth in the queen-dowager 's voice . |
| 6 | Some of these claims , spread energetically by certain leading military men , were almost certainly exaggerated , but they were none the less serious . |
| 7 | He had gained his reputation in the mountains of North Africa , but he was what the Americans call a ‘ hard nose ’ with little respect for civilians . |
| 8 | But it was one the er er er er , the village green |
| 9 | But it was what the executive council thought the increase in wages should be not what the members thought . |
| 10 | The ‘ image ’ of C. S. Lewis , which many were to find rebarbative , was not , as they imagined , stage-managed or rehearsed , but it was none the less odd for that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 13 | A huge figure for any programme , but what Was it the quality of the scripts and the fact that it starred David Jason ? |