Example sentences of "all [art] talk " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all the talk of ‘ cuts ’ , state spending on health has increased by nearly a third in real terms since 1979 , and as a share of total public spending it has moved from 14 per cent in 1978 — 9 to 16 per cent in 1988 — 9 . |
| 2 | For all the talk of Prime Ministerial government , one must remember the unequal battle which any incumbent , when confronted by more than a score of powerful departments , faces . |
| 3 | For all the talk about a new consensus and a new realism , however , a number of issues remain open . |
| 4 | For all the talk of a tax backlash and attempts to cut state spending on welfare the irony is that both are now higher as shares of GDP in all OECD states compared with 1975 or 1980 . |
| 5 | One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for man , and His service being perfect freedom is not ( as one would gladly believe ) mere propaganda , but an appalling truth . |
| 6 | FOR all the talk of global markets , America 's small investors have remained far more parochial than their counterparts in Europe . |
| 7 | For all the talk , dishing out control to individuals has its limits . |
| 8 | For the moment all the talk , such clear , unambiguous talk , is of suffering and of death . |
| 9 | Amid all the talk and sales buzz about the new up market 4 × 4s — Discovery , Shogun , G-Wagen etc — Isuzu 's Trooper has barely received a mention . |
| 10 | I 'm fed up with all the talk about my job . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's obviously all the pressure and all the talk about who is going to win the championship . |
| 12 | WITH all the talk about the Gulf , it has passed almost unnoticed that the European Community has agreed a new regulation on substances that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer . |
| 13 | All the talk about the Cattanach losing interest in her was clearly false . |
| 14 | To the best of my knowledge , for all the talk this question has engendered over the years , there have been very few attempts within the profession to formulate an official answer . |
| 15 | If all the talk is about position all we might hear would be equivalent to ‘ You be number 33 ’ , ‘ OK , you be 32 and I 'll tell my neighbour to be 34 ’ . |
| 16 | Jus ' you go into Newry and make enquiries about that fancy new boat that 's all the talk of the papers . |
| 17 | At the Kinlochewe pub , all the talk was of the Countryside Commission 's just published report ‘ The Mountain Areas of Scotland ’ recommending that Wester Ross have National Park status . |
| 18 | In the mornings all the talk was of the babies and their welfare . |
| 19 | All the talk around him suddenly subsided ; he felt strangely shipwrecked in the silence . |
| 20 | ‘ Surely with all the talk of a madman she 'd have volunteered any information the moment Channing crossed the threshold ? ’ |
| 21 | At suppertime in the servants ’ hall all the talk was of the coming party . |
| 22 | It 's time to put the lid on all the talk . ’ |
| 23 | For all the talk about creating a club vibe , in Texas the audience have basically come to see a gig . |
| 24 | Soured by the extreme sectarianism of Communist attacks on the Labour Party in the early 1930s , many Labour activists agreed with their leaders that all the talk of an anti-Government alliance merely disguised a Communist ploy to subvert the Labour Party . |
| 25 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 26 | ‘ Despite all the talk about Benn boxing behind his jab , he still rushes in with his head exposed and I will pick my counters just like Lennox Lewis did on Saturday . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The most striking thing is that despite all the talk there is still not much clothing around yet . |
| 28 | WITH all the talk about tampering with cricket balls , I wonder if it might be possible to make the ball from plastic or nylon or some other modern material that could n't be defaced . |
| 29 | It was partly for shame after all the talk and the things that the papers said , but as well as that they wanted to cut him off for good . ’ |
| 30 | She had wanted to speak to Debbie after the others had left , and all the talk over lunch had been of the trip to the Tate . |