Example sentences of "was that none [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason was that none of these reforms shifted the balance of power within the social structure of the village . |
| 2 | What was clear from one hearing was that none of them is paste . |
| 3 | The problem was that none of the pilots were really confident of their navigation , the sand storm having obliterated the landmarks they were relying on . |
| 4 | I venture that the real reason Labour 's spin-doctors raised electoral reform in a clumsy and cynical way on Democracy Day , and then let it get out of control , was that none of them had actually read the Plant report . |
| 5 | When they founded Training College one of the strictures was that none of the teachers should be the intellectual equal of the priest , so certain writers were frowned upon . |
| 6 | In essence , the problem was that none of these terms could be defined ‘ objectively ’ . |
| 7 | The most interesting feature of the tests was that none of the recipients was aware of any smell coming from the smears . |
| 8 | The trouble was that none of us could understand it . |
| 9 | His reasoning was that none of the men who were conceivable successors were of sufficient stature to reign — he talked privately about his " monarchy " — without the legitimation of popular election . |