Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [subord] [v-ing] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have been counted as spending all of the last year of their lives in residential homes if they had lived in one for a year or more . |
| 2 | This deviant case analysis , while yielding important insights , can not be regarded as providing all the variables needed to explain firm by firm variations , as more research is necessary to construct a more refined typology , in particular one which could distinguish between the different types of professional integration here revealed , i.e. attitudinal , dependence on court , and dependence on the good opinion of high status practitioners . |
| 3 | Although frequently expressed in curious language , it should be regarded as assisting all concerned in providing probably the best statement yet of what the pursuer 's case is . |
| 4 | The most plausible explanation of the demand for the law of Winchester is probably that the rebels accepted the 1285 Statute of Winchester , which could be interpreted as giving all adult males the right to bear arms . |
| 5 | In the following , each of the following expressions , ‘ to be registered ’ in a state , ‘ to have the nationality ’ of a state and ‘ to fly the flag ’ of a state , should be understood as covering all three concepts . |
| 6 | I think it 's a bit of an art — trying to get something that 's concise enough to be published whilst covering all the points you want to raise — especially in reply to twits like . |
| 7 | Parliament is the place where the representatives of the people debate matters of state great and small and the interest in ensuring that they are free to speak without fear or favour is regarded as outweighing all others . |
| 8 | Most cultures recognise three broad stages of development , in both the individual and the group : ( a ) Primitive response to nature : Nature is accepted as containing all systems of order and mankind attempts its interpretation by immediate response to its stimuli . |