Example sentences of "all a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage the fish were all a dull brown which I put down to the new environment — the photograph I has seen showed a tan coloured upper body smothered with black patches . |
| 2 | But we 've got no set limits , I Think it is all a personal judgment … |
| 3 | All the indications were that the reply would argue , in tones of hurt pride , that it was all a technical hiccup , Britain had acted in good faith and so on . |
| 4 | Unlike the more southern fulmars I had been used to seeing , which are mainly white with grey backs , these northern birds were nearly all a dark smoky grey . |
| 5 | He became a successful businessman , on a small scale , with a continuing faith in the co-operative movement , and above all a consistent advocate of compulsory , free , and unsectarian education . |
| 6 | The Shah realized that his Western friends wanted above all a stable , friendly Iran . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all a confusing mess at the moment , ’ confessed an executive of one of the companies involved . |
| 8 | In a wider context , if the Chancellor wishes to maintain revenue from sales taxes , then excise duties on other excisable products and , above all a broad based sales tax like VAT , are much more efficient revenue gatherers , than excise duties on alcoholic drinks . |
| 9 | Hastily following , turning to give them all a lame smile , she joined Leo on the pavement . |
| 10 | So why ca n't you take the part Is it all a sealed unit that you ca n't get the pump apart ? |
| 11 | ‘ Correctly pricing the gas at its fully competitive worth ensures that what is after all a scarce and valuable natural resource is rightly conserved by end users . |
| 12 | My master , Dr Grossman , says it is n't at all a dirty book if you read all of it . |
| 13 | ‘ My father is not at all a well man . |
| 14 | ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’ |
| 15 | It 's all a long way since his early acting days on the stage in the late Seventies which culminated in playing Lady MacDuff in an all-male production of Macbeth in Glasgow . |
| 16 | All a long way from a pint of mild and a bag of chips after a night at the City Varieties … |
| 17 | I 've known them all a long time and I love 'em … |
| 18 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 19 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 20 | It was all a long time , such a very long time , ago . |
| 21 | Christine said , ‘ He 's using ‘ Du' ’ to address us , as though he 's known us all a long time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They 're all a long way below us . ’ |
| 23 | But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ? |
| 24 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |
| 25 | But they 're all a long way off , and they look very faint . |
| 26 | Three years is after all a long time . |
| 27 | Right that 's it can I wish you all a long and happy healthy retirement . |
| 28 | It 's all a long time ago now of course . |
| 29 | As I told you that was all a long time ago . |
| 30 | ‘ It is none of my affair and , besides , it was all a long time ago . ’ |