Example sentences of "all [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No fewer than eight towers dominated the façade , six of them capped by shallow-hipped roofs , two of them flat , open , and balustraded , bearing flag-poles , and all arranged in a numbing symmetry .
2 Naturally , the distinction is not as clear-cut as these simple definitions imply : current items do not all disappear on the initial day of consumption ; and neither do all capital items last for generations .
3 They are all painted in a new livery which consists of claret bodysides with a 20mm black line at the waist , banded by two 5mm wide red vermilion lines , with a grey roof , ends , underframe and bogies .
4 These are all justified by the dramatic context Orpheus 's happiness as he sings to the shepherds , his effort to impress Charon , his triumph as he marches off to fetch Eurydice — but they also gave the audience music to remember .
5 Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ?
6 the close-up , fast cutting , the sophistication of modern make-up and special effects techniques , the heightening effect of sound effects and music all combine on the large screen to produce an impact which no other medium can create .
7 The voice , the face , the gesture , the language itself , the timing , the costume , the lighting , the staging , all combine in an intricate weave to arouse and inspire the audience to create a living gestalt .
8 ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank .
9 The ten rooms were all situated on the first floor .
10 That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet .
11 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech .
12 For the Piaroa , reproduction , production , and language are all placed on the same level as basically predatory capabilities , or the means for predation .
13 We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled .
14 They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards .
15 They all met for the first time on the show .
16 Clinton agreed and we all met in the great hall just before dusk .
17 We all got into the covered cart and made our way off into the countryside .
18 And it all sits on the fabled Chariot last .
19 By the time he had managed to crawl on to the bed , dragging such scarves as he could find to shield his eyes , for the curtains were only flimsy cotton of a summer rented house , all annoyance , all regret for the wasted day , all intentions , all straining for activity , was gone , absorbed into the panic that connected — as if there was a piston rod — his throbbing head , the lights crossing behind his eyeballs and his churning stomach .
20 All change in the second half .
21 The absconding muleteer , the swindling innkeeper and the devious customs-house officer were all treated to the same display of unthwartable will .
22 Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority .
23 ‘ We 're all fascinated by the dark side , ’ said Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins , 54 .
24 This all testifies to a growing recognition of corporate crime as a social problem , and a gradual , shocking realization that the victimization rate is higher and causes more suffering than conventional crime .
25 The fact that such debates about sex could even be envisaged at all testifies to the growing strength of sexual politics .
26 And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’
27 When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’
28 The bar chart below shows the figures for unidirectional composites , in which the fibres are all aligned in the same direction .
29 ‘ There have been occasions when there were three different speakers all preaching at the same time , attempting to drown each other out .
30 They all suffer from a major weakness , which is that for every instance in which a word form possesses different synonyms , opposites , morphological derivatives , or whatever , in different contexts , there are several possible explanations , only one of which involves ambiguity of the word form ; hence , further evidence of a different sort is required to determine which explanation is correct in any given instance .
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