Example sentences of "in all [noun pl] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then on 10 April 1544 came Henry 's chilling order to his brother-in-law Edward , earl of Hertford , to put all to fire and sword , burn Edinburgh town , so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it , as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon ( them ) for their falsehood and disloyalty … and as many towns and villages about Edinburgh as ye may conveniently , sack Leith and burn and subvert it and all the rest , putting man , woman and child to fire and sword , without exception where any resistance shall be made against you ; and this done , pass over to the Fifeland and extend like extremities and destructions in all towns and villages whereunto you may reach conveniently , not forgetting among all the rest so to spoil and turn upside down the Cardinal 's town of St Andrews , as the upper stone may be the nether , and not one stick stand by another , sparing no creature alive within the same … |
| 2 | These are just three cases where advance planning will enable governors to cope more confidently with problems as they arise and for heads to ensure that school and pupil needs are paramount in all discussions and decision making . |
| 3 | A. If your Temporales are still about the same size they I am afraid it is extremely likely that you have two of the same sex , as size is a major sexual difference in this species , with males around 50 per cent bigger in all directions than females . |
| 4 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
| 5 | In particular , stresses set up in such samples can be relieved in all directions whereas stresses in bedrock are much more concentrated since the rock is confined both laterally and vertically . |
| 6 | There were legs flying in all directions as Moby dashed around on the front lawn of Bradley 's smart surgery near Harrow . |
| 7 | The economic seesaw has hit the ground with a bone-juddering thud yet again — jobs are flying off in all directions as redundancies explode , industries contract and small businesses collapse . |
| 8 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 9 | Some are in a state of imminent collapse and in others , side passages branch off in all directions and shafts can suddenly appear at your feet dropping down hundreds of feet into the darkness . |
| 10 | This rationalist approach is overtly expressed in Fowler 's statement that ‘ The proper excellence of architecture is that which results from its suitableness to the occasion … and this principle rightly pursued leads to originality without the affection of novelty ; but … the present enlightened epoch in architecture is woefully distinguished as having no character of its own nor any pretensions beyond that of adopting the various styles that have prevailed in all ages and nations without regard to the difference of circumstances upon which they were founded ’ ; while the critic J. C. Loudon [ q.v. ] described him as ‘ one of the few modern architects who belong to the School of Reason and who design buildings on fundamental principles instead of antiquated rules and precedents ’ . |
| 11 | I strain every fibre of my transparent being , shove in all dimensions and directions . |
| 12 | Research over the past few years has led me to observe elsewhere ( Cartwright , 1984 ) that in education in general — and arts education is no different in this respect — assessment comes in all forms and guises , and that the type of assessment practised is dependent upon the reasons for its use . |
| 13 | A limited vocabulary of immediately useful terms should be used in all drills and conversations . |
| 14 | Paragraphs do not function identically in all languages and cultures , however . |
| 15 | One may believe of God that God is equally available to people in all times and places . |
| 16 | ‘ Yanto Gates , ’ she squeaked , ‘ if you think I am going to hare around the country in all winds and weathers in a contraption like that , you 've got another think coming . |
| 17 | Secondly , there are the sensor and guidance technologies for smart ‘ fire-and-forget ’ missiles ; these are able to detect , identify and attack armoured vehicles , combat aircraft and warships , as well as hardened , fixed targets like command and control centres , in all weathers and battlefield conditions . |
| 18 | I se to set minimum rates of pay for all workers in all industries and services . |
| 19 | ‘ Knowledge shows us high above the mutable transactions of the soul with the mortality of nature our highest Self as the supreme Lord of all her actions , one and equal in all objects and creatures , not born in the taking up of the body , not subject to death in the perishing of all those bodies . |
| 20 | He therefore gave authority to one Edward Sawyer to make inquiries , and to search for evidence in all houses and places in Kettering and five miles around . |
| 21 | ‘ A good start is important but we could risk our success in all competitions if Ally plays and is then out for three months . ’ |
| 22 | There are new opportunities in all areas and DTI 's ESPRIT Project Office continues to provide support services . |
| 23 | ‘ There is no room for complacency and these trends will need to be maintained and indeed accelerated if the unacceptable difference between Protestant and Catholic unemployment rates is to be eliminated and if the Commission is to achieve its target of bringing about a situation where there is equal representation of both communities in all areas and sectors of employed . ’ |
| 24 | In a land-locked country like Rhodesia with disease endemic in all streams and pools the opening of a swimming pool caused great excitement , even if all the money to cover the costs had not yet been raised . |
| 25 | We tend naturally to concentrate on effectiveness — everybody does despite the evidence from curriculum development projects in all subjects that take-up is a far greater problem . |
| 26 | BLUE-green algaes , which killed sheep and pet dogs at Rutland Water this summer , are a serious and growing threat to sailing , water sports and fishing in all lakes and ponds in Britain as man made pollution feeds their growth . |
| 27 | His poetry — there are now 50 books of it , no less — comes in all shapes and sizes , all colours and sounds , except the muted . |
| 28 | They came in all shapes and sizes ; and all of them claimed to have become permanent partners . |
| 29 | Voluntary help comes in all shapes and sizes , from large national organisations to simple individual kindnesses . |
| 30 | B&Bs come in all shapes and sizes . |