Example sentences of "[noun pl] of all [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 LLOYD 'S of London is a unique means by which people anywhere may buy insurance against risks of all kinds , but which has now fallen foul of risks its members should themselves have anticipated .
2 The official return did not give any details about the population on that , or any other , day , but there was a breakdown of the characteristics of all prisoners admitted during 1987 .
3 Shanti loathed country walks , preferring gift shops , shops of all kinds , parties , and above all — people !
4 I can easily walk out onto the streets to do some shopping : the centre of the town is crammed with funny little shops of all kinds , bars , cafes , etc. , many of them open to the street , there was even a shop selling nothing but plastic bags ( they did n't seem to be doing much of a trade ) .
5 After due consideration the Company levied high subscriptions on members to help with garden maintenance and decided to plant ‘ Nectorines of all sorts , Peaches , Apricocks , Cherryes and Plumes ’ , as well as herbs specifically for medicinal teaching .
6 The BM attempts to minimize E by repeatedly adjusting the settings of all switches except the inputs , according to this rule .
7 That is to say that given the input motion to the system , all other motions may be calculated and the velocities and accelerations of all points in the mechanism found .
8 Her performances — and the perfectly packaged promotion that went with it — won Kylie new fans of all ages .
9 It 's a curious thing but fans of all persuasions , even in the stubborn North , seem to have a soft spot for Spurs — maybe because , for as long as anyone can remember , they have tried to play the game .
10 It is also a good idea for foreigners of all nationalities to contact their consulate or embassy and register their names and addresses , so that the appropriate advice can be passed on swiftly from he government 's local representatives .
11 Cultivation Mallows of all kinds are often seen growing on waste ground and beside fields and footpaths , and the marshmallow is no exception , though it favours wet places , especially salt-marshes .
12 The extent to which the organization 's assets and interests are accounted for and safeguarded from losses of all kinds .
13 Purely resistive circuits respond identically to sinusoidal signals of all frequencies and , since they only affect the amplitude , act as attenuators .
14 ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time .
15 As manufacturers of all kinds of stringed instruments , Harmony concentrated on mass production and made relatively cheap instruments ( it 's been said that they sat somewhere between Kay and Gibson ) .
16 From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’
17 A number of sources of research reviewed here suggest that the major differences between good and poor readers of all ages are in word-decoding processes , and that the surest way of improving an individual 's reading ability is to improve their sight vocabulary .
18 Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees .
19 The carronade , a short-barrelled large-calibre gun with a low muzzle velocity , easily handled and very effective at close quarters , was first developed in 1774 and by the end of the American War was mounted on several hundred British men-of-war of all sizes .
20 The authors have taken the basic concepts of keeping cichlids of all sizes and often adapted them to suit the best requirements of the species being kept .
21 People in schools , hospitals , public offices of all kinds are rising to the challenge .
22 We expect , or say that we expect , that individuals will be appointed to social offices of all kinds in their individual capacity and on the basis of their individual merit .
23 CAMRA has launched its own manifesto for the next General Election with policies to be presented to candidates of all parties for action in the next parliament .
24 I therefore challenge candidates of all parties to state clearly and publicly where they stand on the chronic and continuous underfunding of a service which is increasingly being asked to undertake more and more duties .
25 This fat book is a worthy attempt not only to educate the electorate but to inform candidates of all parties and of none ; they is even some entertainment offered in the shape of ‘ essays ’ by Guardian scribblers such as Hugo Young , Andrew Rawnsley and David McKie .
26 Each party 's entitlement of seats should be proportionate to its share of the total constituency votes received by candidates of all parties , and it would be met by the award ( if necessary ) of a number of additional seats so calculated as to " redress the distorted results in the constituencies " .
27 To be effective , these warnings have to be understood by animals of all kinds .
28 Great practical achievements jostle with the expected financial and administrative problems but throughout it is a story of people doing their very best to improve the health and welfare of animals of all shapes and sizes and in all circumstances .
29 The eyes of all vertebrates follow a similar design , which can be likened to that of a modern camera .
30 ( i ) the names and addresses of all solicitors who are members of the body , and ( separately designated ) the names and addresses of all registered foreign lawyers who are members of the body ;
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