Example sentences of "all [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rent and rate rebates , tax relief to owner-occupiers , and exchequer subsidies to local authorities for housing purposes all make a contribution . |
| 2 | There may be , as Paul Hirst claims , different tests for truth in the various forms of knowledge , but at least those different corpuses of knowledge all make a contribution to the total sum of knowledge . |
| 3 | But always there is the implication that , ‘ we all make a bit on the side … know what I mean ? ’ . |
| 4 | I think if you all make a mess you should be severely reprimanded quite frankly expect other people to come round and pick up your mess . |
| 5 | Erm they all make a salt . |
| 6 | And they all make a bee-line for the famous phone box , calling whatever part of the world they come from , no matter what the time difference is . ’ |
| 7 | National government tasks have expanded sharply in wartime conditions , and the growth of welfare state and macro-economic management tasks all place a premium on policy-making at the most inclusive and best resourced level . |
| 8 | Force , oblige , cause , get and occasion , on the other hand , all evoke a succession between cause and effect , the infinitive event being felt to be the result of the previous action of the causal agent . |
| 9 | The mind — if unable to express creativity or creative impulses — exhibits frustration and evokes self-disdain for negative self-images and loss of self-worth ; the emotions — if subject to suppression or repression of essential human responses relating to love , understanding and compassion — are suffocated ; the harbouring and nurturing of accumulated aggressions , rejections or guilts , destroys the human ability to be receptive to positive influences , and depression , grief , hopelessness and helplessness all evoke a desire for self-annihilation if sustained ; the spirit — if unable to establish any connection between its personal nature and those higher elements which nourish it — eventually starves . |
| 10 | But the actual experience of all mystics is strikingly similar : all encounter a reality in the depths of the self , which is , paradoxically , Other and irrevocably separate from us . |
| 11 | The term " data management system " is used to cover a wide range of different systems , but all provide a method for structuring data and facilities for adding , changing , deleting and reporting which are separated from the data . |
| 12 | These structures all provide a means of negotiating changes in land level when constructing a canal . |
| 13 | The darts , the lumps of poison and the raw materials from which it is extracted all provide a challenge for others with a taste ( figuratively speaking ) for excitement . |
| 14 | All provide a leaflet telling you about the range of services on offer . |
| 15 | All provide a leaflet telling you about the range of services on offer . |
| 16 | We all deserve a rest day , and conveniently at the halfway stage is Fort William , the only town in the itinerary thus far , where refuelling and restocking can take place for the second part of the journey . |
| 17 | ‘ You all deserve a drink , ’ said Ricky turning to Miss Lodsworth . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's Gary , Alexei Mikhailichenko , Mark Ha-teley and Trevor Steven and all deserve a place . ’ |
| 19 | A and B , fruit and man ; B and C , man and woman ; and B and G , man and moon , all reveal a score of zero . |
| 20 | These changes , such as the transfer of land to co-operatives and poorer peasants , the literacy campaign and the present drive to clean up the country 's water sources , all demonstrate a thrust of government policy very different from the regime which ended in 1979 . |
| 21 | There were the usual number of new faces to get used to , but they all seem a bit vague to me now , except of course for the one face that greeted me on my arrival in the Guard Room . |
| 22 | They all seem a bit wide , I must admit . |
| 23 | And our other hopeful was the tandem pair driven by Heather Dias from Burford in Oxfordshire … for her driving is a family business … her two ponies are uncle and nephew … and her husband and five children all lend a hand … |
| 24 | Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland all enjoy a species of regional government but it savours more of deconcentration than of devolution . |
| 25 | ‘ Seriously , chaps , you all look a bit squiffy to me . ’ |
| 26 | Dutton and Thomas ( 1984 ) , Ghemawat ( 1985 ) , and Porter ( 1985 ) all describe a range of different ways in which learning can take place . |
| 27 | erm they all give a water apart from the one that 's just with the metal right , so water 's a good bet . |
| 28 | Well they all give a salt . |
| 29 | But but but if you write the formula down let's say let's say you get it all wrong and I say , What happens if you have an acid and an alkali ? and you say , Well I know they all give a salt so that 's a safe bet , so I 'll say they give a salt . |
| 30 | So that gives you this fits with this pattern acid carbonate they all give a salt apart from the hydrogen one they all give water as well and this one gives a C O two . |