Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [v-ing] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 5 , the Supreme Council adopted a decision nationalizing all fixed Soviet military property on Latvian territory , and declaring void any transactions in army property made since Aug. 24 . |
| 2 | His response was the great ode , ‘ The Wreck of the Deutschland ’ , a masterpiece reflecting all the thinking he had done about poetry , pain , and redemption during his years of silence . |
| 3 | There will be a marked departure from the old concept of a university covering all academic disciplines towards selectivity and specialisation in particular subjects , both in terms of teaching and research . |
| 4 | Frei , replacing Andrés Zaldívar , became the first party leader in the PDC 's 34-year history to be directly elected to the post in a vote involving all party members . |
| 5 | Crouch numbed by a wind howling all |
| 6 | chipped out , aye and of course we had a machine doing all that work , it was no longer done by hand it was done by machine |
| 7 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 8 | This reopened negotiations on all Indian gaming claims ; and the governor , struggling to get the upper hand again , quickly passed a law banning all casino gambling in the state . |
| 9 | A law privatizing all state enterprises except utilities was signed on Aug. 14 by President Ion Iliescu . |
| 10 | This gave us two kinds of ‘ correct ’ lattice : ( i ) a single path lattice containing only the words intended by the speaker and ( ii ) a lattice containing all the homophones and homophonic phrases that were valid under the fine-class description . |
| 11 | Ukraine put forward a proposal making all members of the CIS successors to the former Soviet Union and dividing its property abroad between them , in proportion to their original contribution . |
| 12 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 13 | A disk containing all the example listings used in the book is available at £25.50 + VAT . |
| 14 | In countless ways of ceremonial , preaching , pastoral care , and — not least — as the authoritative guardian of the shrine which housed the relics of the town 's holy protectors , the bishop maintained and fostered the sense of a community embracing all classes , in and outside the town . |
| 15 | The Labour Conference , which described itself as a body uniting all forms of workers ' struggle for their rights , called for a national warning strike which would create local bodies which could participate in the struggle against the current government and its reforms . |
| 16 | Instead , it prefers a body encompassing all institutions offering advanced further education , along the lines of NAB , using a mixed system of funding . |
| 17 | Gorbachev on July 25 issued a decree ordering all illegal " armed formations " to disband and surrender their weapons within 15 days , or face a crackdown by Interior Ministry or even regular Army units . |
| 18 | The NSF Council on Jan. 5 issued a decree amnestying all people sentenced after 1947 for " political offences " as a result of protests against the dictatorships and personality cults of Ceausescu and his predecessor Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , against abuse of power by officials , and in support of democracy and human rights . |
| 19 | Yes that they are beginning a process involving both governments and er naturally er I welcome that very much , because I think the attention of both governments would have to be concentrated on this terrible problem , and of course if they take the trouble to read the statement that Mr Addams and I issued that 's precisely what we said , that the two governments should begin a process involving all parties . |
| 20 | I have a warrant granting all property and chattels , in full , in situ , to IMC . ’ |
| 21 | We were weary and did n't spare a thought for how she must be feeling — sick in the mornings , with a husband flying all the time . |
| 22 | The immediate setting up of a Conference representing all interested parties in the region to bring about a resolution to the Palestinian problem and a programme of disarmament on an equal basis throughout the region . |
| 23 | Include a Lexicon listing all the vocabulary items introduced in the volume , indicating the lesson in which each was first used . |
| 24 | But she had also issued a proclamation forbidding all preaching and teaching . |
| 25 | I have to spend three hours a day doing all sorts of muscle-building and strengthening exercises . |
| 26 | Clicking on an object with the right mouse button brings up a menu listing all the things you can do to it — a feature first seen in Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
| 27 | There are specialist commercial organisations who will , in exchange for an annual subscription , provide a service listing all planning applications and decisions made by the majority of local planning authorities . |
| 28 | ‘ A week wanting all these , and who can tell what tune you 'll be singing ? |
| 29 | ‘ The film shows a woman throwing all inhibitions away , taking the law into her own hands and enjoying it , having fun , ’ says Winner . |
| 30 | A happy home situation does not depend upon there being a housewife in residence twenty-four hours a day , nor on a woman doing all the housework herself . |