Example sentences of "all [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A university is after all fundamentally an academic institution , world famous universities of course have all sorts of other attributes er for example , er theatres er as well as er sports grounds and that is just as true in this country as it is for example in the United States or Australia or even in the non-English speaking world . |
| 2 | It suddenly seemed all rather a grand adventure , something I 'd one day soon be telling everyone about . |
| 3 | In other words , he endeavoured to introduce into Siberia something which was after all only a rudimentary concept at that time in metropolitan Russia , that is , the ‘ rule of law ’ . |
| 4 | And all in all not a bad place for a romantic tête à tête , nowhere more so than at the Las Palmeras Apartments where , among the seclusion of the palm trees , you can relax in maximum tanning mode with the partner of your dreams . |
| 5 | Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ? |
| 6 | You lose it all just a slight detail , leave the door |
| 7 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 8 | ‘ It was all just a wee misunderstanding . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All just a wee misunderstanding , ’ Paddy said . |
| 10 | Was it all just a lucky chance ? |
| 11 | It was all just a big adventure . |
| 12 | And the hens was cooked and all just a royal feed . |
| 13 | The question might be raised whether a surgeon 's callousness is after all even a local violation of ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 14 | mean you 're all quite an observant bunch here |
| 15 | It was above all else a moral philosophy , the means by which the oppressed members of society came to understand the source of their oppression and worked towards its overthrow . |