Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] all [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started sending out a ‘ ten , thirty — three ’ , the Citizen Band S.O.S. , on channel 1 but I knew that by the time I got through all 40 channels , Danny 's truck would be on the Motorway and we would lose it . |
| 2 | RAF Uxbridge is the current holder of the Jolliffe Trophy , which is awarded to the unit that is judged to provide the best standard of catering for all three messes . |
| 3 | Solicitors acting for the pupils and their families asked for all 334 children to be screened for psychological sequelae to the disaster . |
| 4 | Pooled estimates of treatment differences were calculated for all 49 studies and compared with the estimate derived from the 16 studies that presented standard deviations for either the 17 or 21 item Hamilton scale . |
| 5 | All five permanent members — the US , the USSR , Britain , France and China — voted for all 10 resolutions , though the USSR only figured as a co-sponsor of 3 . |
| 6 | Skipping an Ipswich rink , Roy Cutts , who had achieved a rare distinction of qualifying for all four championships — singles , pairs , triples and fours — went out in the first round of the fours to Egham of Surrey . |
| 7 | Now it may well be that privileged social groups tend to be advantaged in all three areas , while subordinate groups normally enjoy poor life-chances , low status and little political influence . |
| 8 | When a study is made of passages that appear in all three Gospels , there are very few occasions when Matthew and Luke agree on wording against Mark . |
| 9 | Between 1840 and 1880 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels criticized and restructured the ideas they gleaned from all three sources , and combined them into a potent synthesis which they acclaimed as the first ‘ scientific socialism , . |
| 10 | The managers interviewed in all four companies expected to initiate matters in the foreign language ( usually verbally — by telephone ; but also by producing draft written outlines of reports ) and then subcontracted the work to highly skilled subordinates , such as bilingual secretaries . |
| 11 | We have restricted the analysis to the 772 people who were interviewed in all three waves . |
| 12 | In their study of civic culture in 1959 , Almond and Verba repeatedly noted that the better educated in all five countries that they studied were more likely to participate in the political process , and to believe that they could do something to change laws which they felt were unjust through the conventional channels of political participation . |
| 13 | Mounting dissent had been reported from all 10 homelands after President F. W. de Klerk announced the lifting of some restrictions on political activity in early February [ see p. 37232 ] . |
| 14 | Weaving in all three states is organized under government supervision , with strict standards of quality , size and appearance firmly laid down . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , the Conservatives are still pressing on with their plans to stand in all 17 constituencies in Northern Ireland and to give the electorate the chance to accept or reject their programme for governing the country . |
| 16 | Black American acappella band True Image , who appear on all six shows , join Tom on Springsteen 's Dancing in the Dark and the Beatles ' Come Together . |
| 17 | With an unusual capacity for gathering and synthesising evidence relating to all three countries , he demonstrated the ways in which the fortunes of the respective Celtic languages reflected similar or divergent developments . |
| 18 | Tiles glazed on all four edges are described as ‘ universal ’ . |
| 19 | Alner won on Ponteus Pilot , Lough Guitane and Seven of Diamonds , who has now won at all three meetings at Badbury Rings this season . |
| 20 | Also drawn in charcoal were two other features of religious importance : a group of five-pointed stars and a mystical two-line formula , each consisting of all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet — the ultimate anagram which , when rearranged , could quite literally be used to express all human knowledge and all experience . |
| 21 | Although the resolution authorized a governing body established in Geneva , consisting of all 15 members of the Security Council , to decide how much would be paid into the Fund annually , the United States had reportedly pressed for between 40 per cent and 50 per cent of Iraqi oil revenues to be diverted each year . |
| 22 | Of course members would not wish to lose their hard won membership , and a renewed request is now made for all 1992 subscriptions unpaid . |
| 23 | I turned , grabbed my dressing gown and made for the door ; with one mighty ninja kick , the side of my right foot connected with all three switches of the fan heater at the same time and it hummed into life . |
| 24 | George Hirst would contribute in all three departments : his left-arm inswing from round the wicket would give variety to the attack , he could make runs quickly ( never mind that a large proportion would come from pull shots off the stumps ) , and was a superb mid-off fieldsman . |
| 25 | Joan received in all three letters from Prince Edward over the next weeks , cheerful letters telling her of his new abode and his favourable impressions of the Welsh Marches and its people . |
| 26 | The following method was used : ( a ) a date of interview ( nominated date ) was randomly selected from all 1096 days in the study period , ( b ) the control was then randomly allocated an age at which to be interviewed , ( c ) the date of birth was calculated from age and date of interview , ( d ) an obstetric hospital was randomly chosen in proportion to the number of births in 1986 , and ( e ) random numbers were used to select a particular infant from those born on the date of birth in the nominated obstetric hospital . |
| 27 | Nature conservation action stands to become seriously weakened in all three countries , but especially in Scotland , which has one of the worst records of any westernised country in nature conservation . |
| 28 | As expected phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine prevailed in all three groups . |
| 29 | Another great way of ironing out any technical barriers in each scale pattern is to work out your favourite Pentatonic licks in all five patterns . |
| 30 | IgA antibodies directed against lactoferrin and antigen ( but not myeloperoxidase ) were seen in all three conditions . |