Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] that all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall result was that All Hallows were third , behind Marple Hall , whose local knowledge brought them in first and Queen Elizabeth GS , Wakefield . |
| 2 | Our principle in the civil service is that all jobs should be available to everyone — irrespective of sex , race , creed or religion . |
| 3 | On the face of it this seems to be a good idea : one frequently voiced criticism of comprehensive education is that all pupils have been forced to follow a grammar-school curriculum . |
| 4 | The premise of Basic Instinct is that all women are homicidal maniacs . |
| 5 | For a German observer who had been interned in Britain 1914-18 , ‘ the great secret of masculine psychology is that all men of all ages act and behave like schoolboys as soon as their individualities are merged in a crowd . ’ |
| 6 | An alternative theory is that all crime rises in the initial stages of industrialization and urbanization , but that thereafter violence falls while property offences continue to increase . |
| 7 | The traditional explanation is that all mothers with colicky babies — regardless of what sort of people they are or what else is happening in their lives — suddenly become more confident and relaxed at this point . |
| 8 | As we know , exercise plays an important part in any diet/exercise routine , but the key thing is that all exercise is not the same . |
| 9 | 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English . |
| 10 | The Minister ( Sir Edward Boyle ) announced that this would take place in 1970/1 and wrote a remarkable preface to the published text in which he stated that ‘ the essential point is that all children should have an equal opportunity of acquiring intelligence , and developing their talents and abilities to the full ’ . |
| 11 | The revolutionary proposition was that all patients could live in community units outside the asylums , and that their placements could be funded from the revenue sunk into the big hospitals . |
| 12 | My only quibble is that all measurements are given in metric form only . |
| 13 | The Conference 's working assumption was that all incursions from Lagos were to be resisted ; the reason invariably given was that only the Residents had enough knowledge and experience of the mysteries of Indirect Rule to be entrusted with its execution . |
| 14 | One common stereotype is that all women are natural wives and mothers . |
| 15 | As we said earlier , one benefit of using the UV technique is that all artwork can be retained for future use , perhaps being modified if necessary . |
| 16 | The main point is that all decisions should be designed to require only a " yes " and to elicit that " yes " . |
| 17 | One minor criticism is that all COI/MoD made films seem to be grainy and slightly over-exposed and these four are no exception . |
| 18 | The alternative benign view is that all contracts are made , broadly speaking , to ease the flow of product . |