Example sentences of "all the [adj] [noun] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a waste of all the good work that has been done in India ! |
| 2 | ‘ It was a way of giving thanks to all the good things that had happened , like the album and the fact that , even though I see Cam every day . |
| 3 | Thus the expedition is neatly manipulated to include many of the requirements of the national curriculum : ‘ We are very keen to make sure that we do n't lose all the good things that have been going on in schools , ’ she says . |
| 4 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 5 | ‘ Scientific ’ tests for cognition can be conducted not on social groups and individuals as such , with all the political implications that involves , but on a newly constructed , asocial category of ‘ literates ’ and ‘ non-literates ’ , as though the culture they belonged to were incidental . |
| 6 | The post-war trend in evening papers , then , was a clear-cut elimination of towns with more than one locally based paper ; the establishment of papers in perhaps 20 towns that did not have them in 1945 ; and the survival of all the existing papers that faced no home town competition as early as 1945 . |
| 7 | What differentiates them are all the extra functions that have been bolted on , and this is what I 'll be concentrating on in this review . |
| 8 | With its spectacular sunrises , fresh mountain air and inspiring tranquillity , early morning is the perfect time of day to explore all the outdoor pursuits that abound in Royal Deeside … |
| 9 | Of all the roles she had played in the theatre , of all the great works that had come her way , she was fated to be remembered mostly for how she pronounced the rhetorical question , ‘ A hand-bag ? ’ |
| 10 | Even the grass makes more grass , and all the small things that live in the grass reproduce their kind , until summer is over . |
| 11 | At a turn of the clockwork motor of the bulky camera , Leavitt had proclaimed that this submission to the seasons , to the rains , to the predations of lions , to the pasturing of cattle and all the placatory rituals that went with it , was unnecessary . |
| 12 | Always consider all the possible crimes that have been committed , by all possible persons , and all the possible defences open to them . |
| 13 | Nearly all the undesirable changes that go on in food after it is harvested make it less pleasant , or decidedly horrible , to eat . |
| 14 | Statistics show that typically it only accounts for two per cent of all the verbal behaviours that take place in a conversation . |
| 15 | past all the new houses that have been built , past the playing fields |
| 16 | The sorry tales of sodomy and mutiny , of yard-arm justice and abrupt changes of command , and all the other trials that attended the Armada on its path south and west across the Atlantic , do not belong here . |
| 17 | And , you 've got your working day to keep you busy and all the other things that keep you |
| 18 | She confirmed to McIllvanney that the weather-fax machine and the Loran and the Satnav and the radar and all the other things that hummed and winked and glowed in the night were working properly . |
| 19 | And there 's no relationship at all between those projects and any other part of the system in terms of , costings and all the other things that happen , and the project review will happen on the monthly data collection and not on individual projects . |
| 20 | They stowed Tal behind their seats , with her bag and all the other stuff that had accumulated there . |
| 21 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
| 22 | They do n't know a great deal at the moment about competitive strategies , marketing strategies , organisational analysis and all the other issues that keep chief executives awake at night . ’ |
| 23 | Not to mention all the other expenses that arise just when you can least cope . |
| 24 | That w that is exactly at twenty five , and that is allowing a doubling of the housing area to allow for all the other features that come within the new settlement . |
| 25 | This kind of no-strings-attached use of sex seems to combine the best of both worlds , leaving a woman free to pursue her career and a man unshackled by the commitments of a heavy mortgage and all the other responsibilities that go with a family . |
| 26 | He wrote that ‘ all the activity on the beach had a great fascination for me — the nets hanging out to dry , people mending them , various types standing round watching , all the usual incidents that happen in a fishing village . |
| 27 | And Hilary had dash , and style , and good looks — all the usual things that make a schoolboy hero . |
| 28 | That 's why people invent gods , even vicious , vengeful ones , to account for all the awful things that happen . ’ |
| 29 | This is the second year in the life of this photo diary and all the painstaking work that went into launching the publication appears to be appreciated . |
| 30 | This enormous gift that , despite all the trying things that went with it , Phoebe had received ; this capacity to look at a thing and know that , because it must be done , it is the doing of it that brings freedom and salvation . |