Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [prep] all [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , being a nurse , she had the built-in weakness for the sick that belongs to all nurses . |
| 2 | Genetic engineering involves the manipulation of DNA , the basic chromosomal unit that exists in all cells and which contains genetic information that is passed on to future generations . |
| 3 | At least method 1 is independent of the units of measurement ( providing they are the same in both years ) but the equal weight that attaches to all commodities can give a misleading figure — if the price of matches falls by 50% and the price of coal rises by 50% the combined index indicates no change . |
| 4 | Perhaps this can be seen as a statement of a general condition that obtains for all workers . |
| 5 | External regulation , at least in a form that applies to all citizens equally , is legitimate , but state intervention beyond that constitutes an illicit curtailment of individual freedom . |
| 6 | In the latter , it is ‘ public opinion ’ — ‘ a scattered discourse that in part belongs to each of the individuals of a society but of which none may claim ownership ’ — which underwrites the verisimilitude of the text , allows its relationship to its referent to be probable , necessary , and therefore true , and naturalizes its conventions : ‘ public opinion therefore functions as a rule of genre that relates to all genres . ’ |
| 7 | The most versatile item is one that faces in all directions and is suitable for any number of performers , but if the audience is all on one side then the item must play mainly to it . |