Example sentences of "all a [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | There is friendly gossip and fun in conversation , and above all a sense of caring and looking after each other . |
2 | Nevertheless what was being demonstrated in the course of 1945 was that — whatever the feelings of affinity that might exist between Britain and the United States — a substantial relationship could not endure without a strong sense of common interests and above all a sense of exposure to common dangers . |
3 | The beautiful floating Moluscas ( Portuguese Men of War ! ) and the luminous species which bispangle [ sic ] the water at night are to a lover of Nature all objects of interest , not forgetting the most beautiful of all a Shoal of Flying Fish . ’ |
4 | It was all a mistake of course . |
5 | It 's all a mistake of calculation from when the government nationalised further education . |
6 | However , life in such a group is not all a bed of roses ( seriously ! ) , and , for me , the downside was the leaking from ‘ certain sources ’ that the future of inference skills in assessment was far from assured . |
7 | ‘ Of course , it 's not all a bed of roses , ’ she could hear someone say . |
8 | I have friends who worry that I do n't eat well and regularly enough but I suppose it is all a continuation of the habits formed when I was a one-woman farmer . |
9 | It 's all a question of what a writer can use , what the work in hand will let him use . |
10 | ‘ It is all a question of mind over matter , ’ Davies says — ‘ just like Last Suspect . |
11 | But we 're not slaves to healthy eating — it 's all a question of moderation . ’ |
12 | It 's all a question of the rate of your personal metabolism . |
13 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
14 | It is all a question of time . |
15 | ‘ It 's all a question of market , of you negotiating your deals in an appropriate way . |
16 | Perhaps it is all a question of timing , and that summer afternoon in 1921 was the moment when the linear impulse started its break through to public awareness . |
17 | Barn owls are popular as pets , though , and a good breeding pair can produce four clutches of eggs a year in captivity , which again keeps the price down — it 's all a question of supply and demand . |
18 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
19 | " It 's all a question of the difference between the epic and the tragic , " he said , when she expressed a preference for heroes that die . |
20 | From now on , it appears , it is going to be all a question of fighting for market share . |
21 | It 's all a question of luck , really . ’ |
22 | And it is not all a question of which policy will provide homes for the future . |
23 | ‘ These days it 's all a question of money , ’ Lorton said . |
24 | To strive , to seek , to butch it out- it 's all a question of willpower . |
25 | ‘ It 's all a question of balance , ’ Edward muttered . |
26 | It was all a question of balance . |
27 | Well , maybe it is all a question of time . |
28 | It 's all a question of who you know ’ — and got a job as a DJ on a Detroit radio station on a show called Streetbeat . |
29 | I suppose it 's all a question of balance as Mark says . |
30 | It is all a question of respect and reputation — not just of the plaintiff as a human being , but as a worker — a public official , business executive , professional or performer . |