from functools import reduce
from typing import List
def count():
    return print(1)
sentences = "Nory was a Catholic", "because her mother was a Catholic", "and Nory’s mother was a Catholic", "because her father was a Catholic", "and her father was a Catholic", "because his mother was a Catholic", "or had been"
list1 = str(sentences)
list1 = list1.split()
char = 'was'
count = 0
was = reduce(lambda x,y: x == 'was', filter(lambda y: y == 'was', sentences))
print(was)

 from functools import reduce
sentences = "Nory was a Catholic", "because her mother was a Catholic", "and Nory’s mother was a Catholic", "because her father was a Catholic", "and her father was a Catholic", "because his mother was a Catholic", "or had been"
res = reduce(lambda a, b: a + b, map(lambda i: 1 if 'was' in i else 0, sentences))
print(res)

   
from functools import reduce
sentences = ["Nory was a Catholic", "because her mother was a Catholic", "and Nory's mother was a Catholic",
             "because her father was a Catholic", "and her father was a Catholic", "because his mother was a Catholic", "or had been"]
def words(lst):
    for sentence in lst:
        for w in sentence.split():
            yield w
words_generator = words(sentences)
was_count = reduce(lambda a, b: a + b, (1 for w in words_generator if w == 'was'), 0)
print(was_count)

 res = reduce(lambda a, b: a + b, [i.lower().split().count('was') for i in sentences])

 [i.lower().split().count('was') for i in sentences]

 map(lambda i: i.lower().split().count('was'), sentences)

 print(type([i.lower().split().count('was') for i in sentences])) # <class 'list'>
print(type((i.lower().split().count('was') for i in sentences)))# <class 'generator'>

 >>> reduce(lambda x, y: x + (1 if y == "was" else 0), "Nory was a Catholic was".split(), 0)
2