Example sentences of "[prep] all [was/were] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest error of all was for investment ; the Treasury expected a fall in volume terms of under 1% , but in the event it fell by 12% . |
| 2 | Lastly the worst of all was on p 456 calling the former British colony ‘ Vanuata ’ instead of ‘ Vanuatu ’ . |
| 3 | The most scary task of all was on nights of thick , low cloud when we had to use the cloud searchlight , located on the far side of the airfield , to work out the cloud height . |
| 4 | Once again the Padre urged his listeners to repent because now the most dangerous time of all was at hand , and he repeated the words he had read earlier : " His fan is in his hand , and he will purge his floor , and gather his wheat into the barn ; but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire . " |
| 5 | Perhaps the most remarkable inch loss of all was from Mollie Slack , one of my early volunteers from Radio Nottingham . |
| 6 | Josiah 's most famous commission of all was in Queen 's Ware , a dinner and dessert service for Empress Catherine II of Russia . |
| 7 | For the most part , high levels of distraction were found where work levels were tow , and the highest distraction levels of all were in tasks involving writing , drawing/painting , and reading . |