Example sentences of "of all [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You see dears , ’ said the old lady , ‘ no one , least of all a great detective , believes what they read in the newspapers . ’ |
| 2 | Change in the law to stop sequestration of all a union 's assets by the courts . |
| 3 | Just as you can not add up all the prices in a shop to arrive at what it would cost to buy the shop , nor can you add up the price of all a company 's shares to arrive at what the company is worth . |
| 4 | He has first of all a touching proclivity to awe-struck admiration of whatever is presented to him as noble by a constituted authority ; and , secondly , a complete absence of any immediate reaction to a work of art until his judgement has thus been hypnotized by the voice of authority … |
| 5 | Kelly knew Bill well enough to be certain that no one , least of all a new owner , would dictate to him which jockey to put up . |
| 6 | Nobody , least of all a Party boss , could be expected to watch , still more record , domestic television output ! |
| 7 | The support from one 's functional colleagues requires first of all a high degree of mutuality of respect for each other 's expertise and a shared acceptance of the objective that you are trying to achieve . |
| 8 | It is , however , difficult indeed to understand the two Bucks players adopting questionable tactics , least of all a childish device to enlarge the wicket . |
| 9 | She was going to edge him into a situation where it would be openly discourteous to refuse her , and nothing in his education or his upbringing had prepared him to be discourteous to anyone , least of all a woman . |
| 10 | There is no solution for the conflict in Africa , or in the world , unless there is first of all a change in the heart and understanding of man … |
| 11 | In the mid-eighteenth century , Germany was not — and never had been — a notable centre of classical studies , and least of all a centre of Greek studies . |
| 12 | Least of all a woman . |
| 13 | It was all there in his eyes as they assessed her confusion — awareness , desire and worst of all a confident masculine knowledge of his own sexual power and her susceptibility to it . |
| 14 | of the Curriculum Advice and Support Team ( CAST ) at Jordanhill College of Education is a member of the Advanced Courses Task Group and was closely involved in the HN unit development , producing first of all a unit in the field of engineering . |
| 15 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 16 | The beautiful floating Moluscas ( Portuguese Men of War ! ) and the luminous species which bispangle [ sic ] the water at night are to a lover of Nature all objects of interest , not forgetting the most beautiful of all a Shoal of Flying Fish . ’ |
| 17 | As de Gaulle told the leadership of the new African state of Mali , " There is no international reality which is not first of all a national reality . " |
| 18 | also i think players like Palmer , Pallister and Adams will see some big trouble with slick hollenders tomorrow — if they prove me wrong i will be happy : i hope for an english victory — but most of all a norw. point against Poland . |
| 19 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 20 | But away from the glamour … away from the headlines was the sad story of two broken marriages … a new future falling flat in Australia … and worse of all a disease that haunts many a sportsman , many a famous face … alcoholism … |
| 21 | This was not an attack upon Wray but first of all a defensive action to prevent Wray from causing really serious injury to his friend . |
| 22 | But early on you see he when I before the war he 'd nothing was first of all a push bike |
| 23 | He is first of all a saviour ! |
| 24 | yes , I mean , in contra-distinction to that , first of all a number of these increased charges , like fifty p for a journey to a day centre , they are standard practice in other counties . |
| 25 | The course is divided into two parts , first of all a part that I shall be conducting , dealing with more professional use of the telephone : that 's how you use the telephone , what you say , and how you use it in that way , how you answer the telephone . |
| 26 | An me tink of all de people |
| 27 | In 1973 , under the direction of the Scottish Development Department , the old County Council of Orkney commissioned a firm of planning consultants to draw up first of all an interim strategy and then a Structure Plan to cope with the consequences surrounding the construction of an oil-terminal on the island of Flotta , and with the possibility of further North Sea oil activity taking place within the county . |
| 28 | The Nazi regime was first of all an occult ‘ order ’ , with its underlying motive being the achievement of human perfection through the destruction of the old decadent order to create a new dimension in human potentiality . |
| 29 | What you do need is a basic ability in English and maths , a pride in your work , and most important of all an interest in cookery . |
| 30 | So , let's think about our objectives , first of all an objective , I might have come to Abbey Life to make money , last year , I might have been working in a factory , earning fifteen , twelve , fifteen thousand a year , and I might make my objective in my first year with Abbey Life to earn sixty thousand pounds . |