Example sentences of "all a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then the conventional restraints of courtesy were felt to have had their day , and outlived it : the New Critic was above all a rebel , even a terrorist . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | There is friendly gossip and fun in conversation , and above all a sense of caring and looking after each other . |
| 4 | Nevertheless what was being demonstrated in the course of 1945 was that — whatever the feelings of affinity that might exist between Britain and the United States — a substantial relationship could not endure without a strong sense of common interests and above all a sense of exposure to common dangers . |
| 5 | This was all a nightmare from which she must one day awake . |
| 6 | It 's all a nightmare anyway . |
| 7 | It was all a smokescreen to make them believe that the Clarion Call had been lost at sea . |
| 8 | Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off . |
| 9 | In the subterranean catacombs deep below Vauban 's Citadel , there was safety , a hot meal , a bunk , possibly even a bath ; but above all a respite from the German shells . |
| 10 | And could have been once all a con . |
| 11 | When the subject of education was brought up and it was pointed out that the girl had not been going to school he said that she was not learning anything at school anyway , that she was much safer here than at the school she had been to , where she had been threatened with knives in the playground and that she could learn all a wife needed to know better at home . |
| 12 | Change in the law to stop sequestration of all a union 's assets by the courts . |
| 13 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | The changes had met with howls of rage from the profession ; a host of cartoons in the press ; but above all a reduction in price for the consumer . |
| 16 | From the collection as a whole there emerges above all a Modigliani who was a most able draughtsman , a Modigliani much maligned by the critics who have unfortunately let themselves be led astray by legends rather than concentrating on the work . |
| 17 | It was all a mistake of course . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's all a mistake , ’ he said , trying to follow , as the mother slammed the door . |
| 19 | And if it 's all a mistake , there 'll be no harm done and no shooting . |
| 20 | I kept telling myself that it was all a mistake , some kind of ghastly mistake . |
| 21 | Basically , he avoids discussion of his amazing wartime adventures , preferring to indicate that it was all a mistake . |
| 22 | And it was all a mistake about his being missing because he was there now , at the perimeter fence , smiling his lovely smile , saying ‘ Hullo , Jenny . ’ |
| 23 | I ca n't just turn round and say , ‘ Sorry , chaps , it was all a mistake . ’ ' |
| 24 | No , but not because , as some people argue , Poland 's mishap does n't matter anyway because it was all a mistake . |
| 25 | He longed to protest , ‘ It 's all a mistake ! |
| 26 | How could he tell her that it was all a mistake ? |
| 27 | You 'll explain that it was all a mistake . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's all a mistake . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps it was all a mistake , thought Pascoe . |
| 30 | Or was this all a mistake ? |