Example sentences of "all [noun pl] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to hug , cuddle , kiss , make daisy chains and watch the ducklings running on the surface of the lake , but one was told to grow up and pay back the beastly Jews who were wicked people and had put daddy Schicklgruber out of work , another that anyone who did n't enjoy riding bare back across Asia splitting skulls was a sissy , the third that all Mensheviks carried a knife up their sleeve and needed purging . |
| 2 | By midsummer 1953 , all attempts to negotiate a settlement of the oil crisis had foundered on Mossadeqs stubbornness . |
| 3 | All attempts to engineer a dialogue between the two have so far come to nothing , whether through UN Security Council resolutions in a sequel to the bilateral Camp David peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978 , or through attempts to associate the PLO leadership with either Jordan or Egypt in the direct talks between them and the Israelis from which the latter have always recoiled . |
| 4 | So Clinton has come up with a mixed bag of tricks : some of his proposals will be interpreted as inflationary ( the new mandates on business , for example — including a requirement that all employers spend a minimum of 1.5% of payroll on continuing education and training ) . |
| 5 | A tall , lanky boy , bespectacled , easy-going , very good-natured , he at all times showed a loyalty and devotion for me which I reciprocated . |
| 6 | All religions have a history of reform movements which operate from within and are not imposed from without . |
| 7 | All researchers have a system of calling back to respondents , and some will , in the end , use replacements , but this is another potential problem area . |
| 8 | All projects have a lot of features in common but equally there are areas that are special to a particular industry or a particular company . |
| 9 | All clubs received a letter warning them against organising practice or trial matches before the season officially starts on 1st September . |
| 10 | A partial offer is an offer made to all shareholders to buy a proportion of their shares . |
| 11 | All prisoners serving a year or more will be put on licence when released and supervised up to the three-quarter point of their sentence and , for some sex offenders until the end of their sentence ; |
| 12 | The adjudication officer must in all cases prepare a documentary case for submission to the tribunal in advance of the hearing . |
| 13 | Firstly , all ballets need a beginning , a climax and an end . |
| 14 | All policies contain a Matching of Items clause . |
| 15 | At the end of this period , it could only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the current 26 voting members . |
| 16 | At the end of this period , it can only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the present 26 voting members . |
| 17 | Thus , in much the same way as the Bundesbank chairman , Dr Karl Otto Poehl , has been at pains to preserve the monetary integrity of the new Europe , so the Cartel Office is disturbed about abrogating to Brussels responsibility for all mergers involving a turnover of less than $5billion . |
| 18 | All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines , upwards or downwards , towards their natural place . |
| 19 | At the same time , it will return a missing sense of dignity which citizens of all ages have a right to enjoy . |
| 20 | Consumes of all ages have a right to reasonable protection against the sale of faulty goods and , of course , against fraud . |
| 21 | If all computers had a modem , and only around 15% do , which the software could communicate with then on-screen dialling would be a viable proposition and the office telephone list might join the notebook and calculator . |
| 22 | The oil of rhodium possesses peculiar properties : all animals cherish a fondness for it and it exercises a subduing influence over them . |
| 23 | It is therefore a legal necessity for almost all goat-keepers to have a copy of the MAFF Code of Welfare of Goats . |
| 24 | Not all DHAs operate a bank , but those which do usually welcome applications from returners , and are happy to discuss your mutual requirements at an early stage . |
| 25 | After an overnight ( 12–14 hours ) fast all subjects drank a solution of 20 g lactulose in 250 ml of water . |
| 26 | All subjects showed a fall in UAO after breakfast . |
| 27 | All the hotel twin bedrooms are pleasantly furnished and have the benefit of a balcony , and all bedrooms have a telephone . |
| 28 | All bedrooms have a luxury you would expect — from colour television to sizeable private bathrooms . |
| 29 | All bedrooms have a terrace or balcony . |
| 30 | The EC observers would , however , go into Croatia only if their safety was guaranteed and if all parties accepted a ceasefire under joint JNA-Croatian National Guard patrols who would report back to EC monitors . |