Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be a marked departure from the old concept of a university covering all academic disciplines towards selectivity and specialisation in particular subjects , both in terms of teaching and research . |
| 2 | This enables you to maintain a continuous check on both the direct input off the microphone as well as playbacks of the recorded sound , though the earpiece and its connecting cord can be something of a nuisance to wear all the time . |
| 3 | Given that there was no mujaheddin consensus on the formation of an interim regime , or on the direction of the peace plan in general , Sevan 's establishment of a deadline prompted all the major factions to assess their positions . |
| 4 | The Bauhaus is seen as the symbol of a drive to make all human creations serve the principles of style . |
| 5 | The initial and critical assumption is that because people need to work in order to live , the economic basis of a society governs all human relationships and culture . |
| 6 | When the director Maurice Elvey heard of a proposal to tax all films imported into Britain , he declared , ‘ Why should the industry be protected . |
| 7 | The therapist should be alert to the possibilities of a patient losing all hope . |
| 8 | A problem peculiar to statistical analysis is the existence of missing values in data due , for example , to unexpected death of an animal or human subject , refusal of a respondent to answer all questions or even clerical carelessness . |
| 9 | Firstly , the training of young people , building upon a Council Decision ( Dec. 1987 ) calling for the setting-up of a system giving all young people the right to up to two years ' basic training . |
| 10 | The immediate setting up of a Conference representing all interested parties in the region to bring about a resolution to the Palestinian problem and a programme of disarmament on an equal basis throughout the region . |
| 11 | In many cases , members of a group ignore all the niceties and reject the deviant immediately . |
| 12 | If now we conceive of a class comprising all classes that are not members of themselves , would this class be a member of itself , or would it not be a member of itself ? |
| 13 | In countless ways of ceremonial , preaching , pastoral care , and — not least — as the authoritative guardian of the shrine which housed the relics of the town 's holy protectors , the bishop maintained and fostered the sense of a community embracing all classes , in and outside the town . |
| 14 | This is part of a move to bring all the Group 's industrial costings businesses under one management team . |
| 15 | He has multiplied his numbers to plague proportions , caused the extinction of 500 species of animals , ransacked the planet for fuels and now stands like a brutish infant , gloating over this meteoric rise to ascendancy , on the brink of a war to end all wars and of effectively destroying this oasis of life in the solar system . |
| 16 | Feargal 's censure , Phena 's bitterness — a hell of a burden to carry all your adult life . |
| 17 | ‘ Take a hell of a time to search all these , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | An important element is the development of a database recording all the 100,000 ships built over the last two centuries . |