Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of this popular support is all the more remarkable , given the devastating economic and political damage inflicted on Palestinians as a result of the Gulf crisis . |
| 2 | Sometimes the impact of regulations on imports is straightforward : foreign rice is all but banned . |
| 3 | They can be subjected to verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment is all too common . |
| 4 | They say using old material is all right but it must not burn . |
| 5 | Empirical justification for this gloomy remark is all too evident in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 6 | The remaining evidence is all later than this , ranging from late classical law ( Ulpian ) to the fourth century , the early post-classical period of the Epitome of Ulpian and the sententiae of Paul . |
| 7 | Relying on the moral relevance of one 's consent and exaggerating its moral significance is all the more tempting when doing so serves one 's own interests . |
| 8 | ‘ A time of swift , sometimes brutal change when the old established order is all but over , ’ he says . |
| 9 | The destruction of Amazonian forest is all too familiar a story . |
| 10 | His left leg is much better than it was , but his left arm is all but useless and he ca n't really grip firmly . |
| 11 | The picture of an economic and political system in which social exclusion , however unfortunate , is somehow a remediable affliction is all but required . |
| 12 | The success in putting behind American bars an odious dictator is all the more remarkable because it also neatly winds up the threads of the Iran-Contra scandal . |
| 13 | You do not need a thermostat , so a pond or even a brewer 's immersible heater is all right , connected to the mains with outdoor quality cable and plugs — via a circuit breaker for safety . |
| 14 | It 's got these tight sleeves that look too short and the bottom bit is all bunched up so when she turns it all billows out . |
| 15 | One of the difficulties with classical theory is that there are so many other interacting ‘ imperfections ’ at work that to measure the impact of a single tax is all but impossible . |
| 16 | Mr Calfa , aged 43 , is a Slovak , as is President Gustav Husak , whose imminent departure is all but certain given his association with the Warsaw Pact invasion of the country in 1968 . |
| 17 | In these instances the problems of balance are avoided and the emphasis becomes an awareness of matching the blocks in some way , and the need to encourage the development of relevant vocabulary is all the more pressing . |
| 18 | At the 1985 Women 's Hearings on Reproductive Technology at the European Parliament , Theresia Degener recognised the difficulty , saying ’ fear of the birth of a handicapped child is all too justified because for mothers it usually means isolation and discrimination , giving up their jobs and/or poverty … |
| 19 | That Darren 's car has been such a loyal servant is all the more surprising when you consider that it spent its first 50,000 miles in the hands of a company rep and was then driven for 22,000 miles by a builder — two occupations hardly renowned for lavishing care and attention on cars . |
| 20 | This parallel and overlapping protection is all the more relevant in the computer industry . |
| 21 | Although we will go on to think about what is commonly thought of as spiritual healing in a later section of this book , true healing is all around us . |