Example sentences of "be all [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will have less exhausting and dangerous weekend travel and the cricket they play on Sundays , although some habitual spectators may object to missing their Sunday lunch , should be all the better for the extra 10 overs . |
| 2 | When a research project is written up it will probably not be any grandiose offering ( indeed it will probably be all the better for not being grandiose ) , but if the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy and the statement of results does not go beyond the limits justified by the data then a useful craftsmanlike job of work will have been accomplished . |
| 3 | The game at Twickenham today will be all the better for the inclusion of the National Anthem . |
| 4 | But , if you can contrive it , it will be all the better for being a happy end that will not have been wholly obvious to your readers . |
| 5 | ‘ And if he is n't much good it will be all the better for us . |
| 6 | He 'll be all the better for it , you 'll see . |
| 7 | That was the only Ulster success of the night but the Bily Rock-trained Tadila was always in the leading group before finishing third in the Ardee Hurdle won by Shareef Alliance and should be all the better for the run . |
| 8 | If , by way of consequence , our pastoralist who is punctilious about his execretary functions also develops a characteristic personality trait — the compulsion to hoard wealth — then this will be all the better for his herds which , in a non-monetary economy , are the equivalent of capital . |
| 9 | ‘ Then it will be all the worse for your trenchcoat . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then it will be all the worse for you . ’ |
| 11 | The turbulence will be all the greater because of the confusions of the underlying thinking as it has emerged from the political process . |
| 12 | If the relationship had been especially close and happy , and if parents have continued to be of prime importance in a daughter 's life , then the shock will be all the greater . |
| 13 | The sensitivity of a market to changes brought about by acquisitions and mergers is likely to be all the greater where the market itself is stagnant and without perceived prospects of overall growth in consumer demand . |
| 14 | This information is of obvious value to the Institute in considering policies and services for members , but the value of the information would be all the greater if it could be updated correctly from the ‘ unknown ’ category . |
| 15 | The Council feel that this scheme , with its emphasis on the reformative value of service in association with volunteers , is likely to be a promising form of new non-custodial penalty and that its effectiveness is likely to be all the greater because it involves the positive co-operation of the offender . |
| 16 | These super-energetic , long-lived Cartland ladies need challenging employment , and politics would be all the richer for the involvement of ‘ acid Raine ’ . |
| 17 | The old uniformity is no more and we will be all the richer for it . |
| 18 | Such a deal will be all the easier if Funcinpec , the party he founded , emerges from the election as the leader . |
| 19 | The affirmation will be all the stronger if she acts with self-knowledge and compassion , and even with a certain sense of detachment . |
| 20 | France , especially , has weathered the storm ; from now on confidence in its ERM commitment will be all the stronger , which will also help to lower its interest rates . |
| 21 | These protests will be all the stronger , because the Cabinet has already changed its mind on a number of issues . |
| 22 | The drink , whatever it might be , would be all the sweeter after a run , and maybe the relative peace of Wimbledon Common on a mild and gentle spring evening would bring a measure of tranquillity to my mind . |
| 23 | And if they 're starving , it 'll be all the shorter . ’ |
| 24 | Some thief from the crowd might steal them and we 'd be all the poorer . |
| 25 | If that happens , life will be all the poorer for it . |