Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] all [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Honey did just that , and within a couple of weeks she had moved into The Red House , the very place in which she had been brought up and where luckily all the family furniture and pictures were still around . |
| 2 | All these men would not only write ; they would also have to read , because the Minister is not able to read all the Cabinet agenda before he gets there , or even all the agenda of the Cabinet Committees ; and if he does read the papers he reads them with an eye which often fails to understand and to spot the relevant . |
| 3 | Most studies which have attempted to establish laws about reaction time have assumed that stages ( a ) and ( c ) are relatively short and consider that effectively all the time is taken up by central processes . |
| 4 | Although Mr Crozier admitted his department was still gearing up to implement the legislation , he confirmed that once all the stall were fully trained they would begin prosecuting offenders . |
| 5 | For example , one might observe the fact that nearly all the world 's languages have the three basic sentence-types : imperative , interrogative and declarative ( Sadock & Zwicky , in press ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It is true that practically all the world 's 500–600 active volcanoes — someone may have bothered to count them , I have n't — are located along convergent plate boundaries . |
| 7 | The evidence suggests that almost all the village houses in earlier days were built of dried mud with thatched roofs . |
| 8 | The main point of this section , however , is that almost all the life on Earth that we are aware of derives its energy from the Sun , via the process of photosynthesis . |
| 9 | One of the main practical impacts of the TransAction system is that almost all the conveyancing is now dealt with before exchange of contracts , and this means that the tasks that have to be undertaken in between exchange and completion are relatively minor , thereby reducing the average time between exchange and completion to two weeks or even less . |
| 10 | The in-head sound from headphones is easily explained by the fact that almost all the programme material recorded or broadcast is designed for two-loud-speaker reproduction in which both ears receive the sounds from both loudspeakers . |
| 11 | Well over a hundred of Oxfordshire 's lowest paid and angriest health workers attended a mass meeting to hear that almost all the region 's clerical staff had voted for a one day strike . |
| 12 | On this basis alone the islands have clearly exceeded their carrying capacity , the more so when it is realised that almost all the food imports are in the form of foreign aid . |
| 13 | A number of gentlemen raised their hands uncertainly and a gasp of surprise went up from the assembly as it became evident that almost all the food had been bought on Rayne 's behalf . |
| 14 | The first observation I was able to make when the books were gathered together was that , although almost all the press coverage had been about public libraries , since they were the focus of political controversy , only c . |
| 15 | Mr. Walker : I think that he should explain that virtually all the money for that project was to be public expenditure . |
| 16 | Moving southwards along the Worlds Edge Mountain chain he conquered tribe after tribe , and eventually all the Night Goblins of Red Eye Mountain joined the Waaagh . |
| 17 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
| 18 | I remember in my teens being determined to do something which was not very nice , turning to her for permission and her saying " Well , I would n't do that — but I think you are old enough to decide for yourself , " and suddenly all the joy in the plan faded away and I did n't do it . |
| 19 | That English tradition of the amateur is of course a long one , and by no means ignoble , reaching back as it does through John Morley to Walter Bagehot , to Burke , to Addison , and so all the way to Philip Sidney and the Renaissance all-round man . |
| 20 | The match was a little disappointing , mainly due to West Ham using 3 central defenders ( plus the two full backs ) , and basically all the midfield players dropping back . |
| 21 | Hamburger joints and up-market American-style restaurants have been spreading all over Britain in the last few years , and their food has been getting more authentic and better all the time — at least in terms of taste . |
| 22 | And when it does that , you can put a needle in there and just all the stuff comes out all the |
| 23 | This was followed by a sliding of more material from the shoulder , and soon all the stuff was cascading off her . |
| 24 | And Peter and Sandy and they went back and forth all the Winter with that boat . |
| 25 | We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business . |
| 26 | ‘ Here the contract of salvage was entered into in the Paracels and all the work of refloating and putting the vessel into a condition to be towed to Hong Kong and nearly all the tow , except for the last three miles , were completed beyond the territorial limits of Hong Kong and consequently I take the view that the profits must be said to arise outside of Hong Kong rather than inside . |
| 27 | And nearly all the time you 'll get it right . |
| 28 | Getting later and later all the time . |
| 29 | Erm but I mean we do have erm a session with them and and really all the information we gave was very sort of basic understanding . |
| 30 | At the same time , ‘ real ’ people have also become aware that fad and fashion diets do n't deal with the basic problem most of us face : to eat healthily and enjoyably all the time , while maintaining a sensible weight . |