Example sentences of "[prep] all [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 The question might be raised whether a surgeon 's callousness is after all even a local violation of ‘ Be aware ’ .
2 Iraq is after all only a few hundred miles from the Soviet Union 's own ( Muslim-dominated ) southern border .
3 It seems reasonable that they should share the cost of what is after all only a system of humane debt collection acting on their behalves .
4 I return again to the point that I made originally — why is it that this vulnerable , waif-like , often frighteningly naive girl who always speaks her mind — but is after all only a pop singer — is taken seriously at all ?
5 In other words , he endeavoured to introduce into Siberia something which was after all only a rudimentary concept at that time in metropolitan Russia , that is , the ‘ rule of law ’ .
6 As has been frequently pointed out , it is no use providing excellent beer or food if the pub in question has lost all of its charm and atmosphere ; and surely a multi-roomed pub , with a number of differing environments , is the best way to serve what is after all always a very diverse and unstandardised community .
7 Whatever the official view of police work , to those on the ground , it was above all else a job .
8 It was above all else a moral philosophy , the means by which the oppressed members of society came to understand the source of their oppression and worked towards its overthrow .
9 Each female lives for about ten years and produces in all about a million eggs .
10 The ironic thing about the film was that it was n't different at all just a rehash of the best TV sketches .
11 it was like spaced it was just like , I du n no , not long at all just a
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