Example sentences of "[prep] all is a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Of what value after all is a power which one could never use , or at any rate did not know how to use ? |
| 2 | The effectiveness usually lasts for some weeks , but is variable , depending largely on the amount of new growth being produced , and therefore the rate at which the toxic content is being diluted , and the speed of living — called the metabolic rate — which affects the rate at which the plant is able to break down and divest itself of what after all is a ‘ foreign body ’ . |
| 3 | One of the reasons is clearly the cloying sentimentality with which all things Irish are viewed by so many Americans : DEC after all is a Boston company , and Boston has a large population that traces its roots back to Ireland . |
| 4 | Er , an analogy that I think helps to make this clear is that the ego after all is a managerial agency . |
| 5 | Best of all is a series of self-mocking ballads to himself , The Eight Voyages of Sanctimonious Bones , whose multi-rhyming stanzas seem inexhaustible : ‘ O take your soul , like a goldfish bowl and place it on your head , Then think not of loss but intrepidly cross the dangerous road , ’ it said . |
| 6 | But best of all is a fine flock of over 150 golden plover which , along with a score of curlew , are feeding on the close-cropped turf of a hayfield near the churchyard . |
| 7 | Most enjoyable of all is A swan ( ‘ En svane ’ ) , always a favourite of Flagstad , where the glorious voice peals out as if in its prime . |
| 8 | What he likes most of all is a good traffic jam on his way home . |
| 9 | Most expensive of all is an all-risks policy which also gives wide cover against accidental damage . |
| 10 | Politicians tend to act from baser motives , of which the strongest of all is an instinct for their own survival . |
| 11 | The biggest risk factor of all is an inherited predisposition , which is why life insurance salesmen run a mile when they hear that your dad died of a coronary at 35 . |
| 12 | Most enthralling of all is an international link that promises the prospect of travelling and getting to know a foreigner who 'll change your life . |
| 13 | ONE BALANCED DIET FOR ALL IS A MYTH |
| 14 | Palmistry For All is a fun program for anyone who likes to dabble in the art of palm reading , or even for those of us who would like find out a little more about ourselves . |
| 15 | But what Yorkshiremen want above all is a winning team . |
| 16 | That the building exists at all is a wonder , as it was very badly damaged in World War II . |
| 17 | The very fact that some of the critics got their letters published at all is a demonstration of ZZAP ! 's commitment to its readership . |
| 18 | Such successes may be short-lived , but the possibility of it happening at all is a dimension to be considered by the major political parties . |
| 19 | Encompassing such a range at all is a considerable achievement , and its value will no doubt be reflected in the increased skills of both the students and tutors who use it . |
| 20 | But taking them at all is a special achievement . |
| 21 | That J&F Johnston find themselves in the Middle East at all is a testament to the good works of Scottish Trade International , the joint Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Office agency . |
| 22 | Unification if it happens , is likely to be a slow process , but the fact that the visit took place at all is a dramatic break through on one of the last frontiers of the cold war . |
| 23 | That it is here at all is an act of faith on the part of the Academy 's management , who were well aware of the political overtones the show carried in the States and has inevitably brought with it to London . |
| 24 | In this perspective to set up as a writer at all is an extraordinary act , while artist becomes a word only to be invoked only of others , never about the self . |