Example sentences of "[prep] all [noun pl] had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge indicated that he believed that police of all ranks had been involved in a cover-up of the initial investigation of the massacre and called for a public inquiry . |
| 2 | This was carried out in two centres on an outpatient basis using local anaesthesia and intravenous sedation where indicated at one to four weekly intervals until obliteration of all varices had been achieved . |
| 3 | Surveys had shown that X-ray doses vary by a factor of 20 or 30 between different hospitals , and that about a quarter of all hospitals had been giving patients unnecessarily high doses . |
| 4 | Russian losses were massive — General Falkenhayn estimated human loss at about ‘ three-quarters of a million men in prisoners alone ’ — and artillery and weaponry of all kinds had been taken in great quantity . |
| 5 | On the final day of the war thousands of disorganized Iraqi troops attempted to flee north through Basra but were unable to find a means to cross the Shatt-al-Arab waterway as all bridges had been destroyed by allied aircraft . |
| 6 | reported that a quotation for insurance cover for all members had been obtained at 3.50 per head . |
| 7 | In 1984–5 , most of the courses in all institutions had been running for less than five years , though about a third of courses in Colleges , including nearly half the B Ed Primary courses had been operating in the way described for more than five years . |
| 8 | Their discussions at all levels had been friendly and useful . |