Example sentences of "[was/were] none [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The raw materials which the Marines used for their scrimshandering were none other than the mighty , ceramically strengthened finger bones — the metacarpals and phalanges — of Imperial Fists who had died in battle or , surviving to old age , been permitted honourable euthanasia . |
| 2 | These 11 species of birds identified by Gould were none other than the Galapagos finches . |
| 3 | Inside was none other than the Queen . |
| 4 | It was none other than the heir to the throne , blissfully unaware , and convulsed with mirth . |
| 5 | In the first issue she was none other than Marilyn Monroe in the notorious nude calendar pose , on which Hefner spent $500 , most of the capital he had borrowed to launch the magazine . |
| 6 | Johnstone 's defence lawyer was none other than Joe Beltrami , champion of the legal underdog and a lawyer who enjoyed a virtual monopoly on Scotland 's most controversial court-cases . |
| 7 | Cross 's immediate opponent was none other than the great ‘ Fanny ’ Walden and the Spurs side was laden with internationals . |
| 8 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 9 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 10 | No , my reasons are far more physical : His one-time wife was none other than Marilyn Monroe ! |
| 11 | The man responsible for introducing the fateful legislation was none other than Lionel Curtis . |
| 12 | The guy who arrived with the Mr Bigs , though , was none other than Lee Jackson , one of the amp world 's own Mr Bigs . |
| 13 | No , even stranger than that , they thought the hapless Mary was none other than KURT COBAIN ! |
| 14 | The absurdity of the Italian ‘ recruitment ’ system is revealed by what could safely be described as the ‘ Aquila paradox ’ — the man sidelined by Martin was none other than the successful Italian fullback Luigi Troiani . |
| 15 | However , at this distance from the monster , she could see that it was none other than her own tabby cat , which for some reason had grown to the size of a mammoth . |
| 16 | That maidservant you murdered so readily was none other than Anne Duchess of York — bride to the younger prince . ’ |
| 17 | Probably , for the United Company of Undertakers was never admitted at the Guildhall , and their ‘ house ’ was none other than the business premises of Robert Legg Snr , upholder , appraiser and undertaker . |
| 18 | The true identity of the corpse was made known in 1838 by William Sweeting , Sheldon 's nephew : the body was none other than Sarah Stone , a medical artist who had worked for both Sheldon and Hunter 's assistant , Cruikshank . |
| 19 | The Master of this new lodge was none other than the imperial royal chamberlain , Johann , Count Esterházy ; while the Master of Ceremonies was Haydn 's employer , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy . |
| 20 | For among the noteworthy ( ? ) in attendance was none other than the Right Horrible DAVID MELLOR MP , the newly appointed so-called ‘ Minister For Fun ’ in JOHNNY MAJOR 's cabinet . |
| 21 | For the whirling dervish performing the nifty onstage mosh aerobics with Kurt , Chris and Dave at the last two Reading Festivals was none other than Anthony . |
| 22 | At the time he was racing a boat on the international circuit and his crew member 's cousin was none other than David Kay of GKR ; Stork followed up the contact and , because of his research , marketing and overseas experience , the newly-established GKR offered him a job to develop their search business in Europe . |
| 23 | For the man looking at him through one natural eye and a lens in the socket of his other eye , the silver-haired man with a scar bisecting his cheek , to which he had sewn rubies so that the long-healed wound seemed still to gleam with blood — was none other than Baal Firenze . |
| 24 | The young man who had peered over the rampart to see this extraordinary collection of scarecrows was known to more than one of the garrison of Krishnapur , for he was none other than that Lieutenant Stapleton who had danced so often with Louise in Calcutta the previous cold season and who had been given a lock of blonde curls as a keepsake ; he had made a point of wearing this lock of hair next to the rather wispy blond hair that grew on his own chest . |
| 25 | I soon established that the ‘ jabbering ’ they spoke of was none other than classical Greek , of which this portly figure had an exact command . |
| 26 | Only now did the Tsar discover that the Bulgar was none other than his nephew , Prince Milosh Voinovitch . |
| 27 | Fancy my not guessing at once that the Umpire She was on about was none other than the top man himself . |
| 28 | On looking up between shots , the Solheim Cup player found that her companion on the practice ground was none other than Nicklaus himself . |
| 29 | But walking along beside him , sucking his cane , and looking ineffably bored as he escorted his new marchioness , née Miss Maybelle Foy , the meat-packer 's heiress from Chicago , was none other than Havvie Blaine , of unblessed memory . |
| 30 | Is he aware that the right hon. Gentleman who so described it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition ? |