Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] were all the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their amphibious war were all the hazards of land patrols and raids , with the added uncertainty of a seaborne approach all too easily foundering on an adverse change in the weather or some unexpected shoal . |
| 2 | The words , music and effects for this piece of didactic theatre were all the work of secondary-school pupils . |
| 3 | Carrick then destroyed the Somerset middle order and his next three wickets were all the result of fine catches by Sachin Tendulkar , who seemed to relish the challenge of fielding close to the bat at silly mid-off . |
| 4 | Interestingly enough , after I 'd announced that I was going to do this , my very first clients were all the star names who had asked about the sound I got when I was playing ! |
| 5 | And not nearly as much as we used to get back in the good old days , when alien abductions were all the rage . |
| 6 | But , as producers bowdlerized the romantic stories of Marie Corelli and Hall Caine , as well as literary classics by Dickens , Thackeray and George Eliot , the resulting films were all the evidence one needed that British filmmakers had lost confidence in their own ability to find and develop stories , and exploit the medium 's potential . |
| 7 | Half a dozen wild rabbits were all the stock I observed upon them with scarcely a blade or leaf of herbage to keep even these alive ; doubtless through the folly or madness of the first occupiers ( after appropriation ) in converting them to arable farms instead of sheep walks and rabbit warrens ’ . |