Example sentences of "was [indef pn] [art] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This elaborate state structure , providing in principle for the greatest possible degree of local self-government , was none the less based upon the principle of democratic centralism which meant that , in the last resort , central decisions could be imposed upon levels of government below them . |
| 2 | Alford was none the less made a deputy lieutenant of Sussex in 1627 , his services being considered essential to the defence of the county . |
| 3 | Granting evils in the slave trade and colonial slavery it was none the less argued that government could more easily influence planters and traders through better regulation than they could control the situation on the West African coast . |
| 4 | 1991 — 92 was not as successful as previous years in terms of membership but was none the less enjoyed by all who took part . |
| 5 | 1991–92 was not as successful as previous years in terms of membership but was none the less enjoyed by all who took part . |
| 6 | This tactical change , confirmed at the ninth full session of the Communist International in February 1928 , and aimed , according to Georges Cogniot , at creating in France a working-class front against the combined bloc of social democracy and the bourgeoisie , was none the less interpreted by many in the PCF primarily as the need to intensify the struggle against social democracy . |
| 7 | Though she was a performer of indisputable talent , one was none the less left with a nagging impression that overarching each of her individual characteristics was another role , one she played to the hilt : that of the grande dame , the First Lady of the American cinema , the Duse of the double-feature . |