Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] all [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clownfish are all born males and if any two juveniles of the same species are placed together , eventually when they mature , the most dominant individual will change sex to female and a bonded pair will be produced . |
| 2 | The four drawings by Gericault , the rare pastel by Delacroix of the ‘ Education of Achilles ’ and the handsome Daumier are all significant additions , as are the fine Coypel and the ravishing ‘ Music party ’ by Portail . |
| 3 | Claire Rayner , Peter Ustinov , Ludovic Kennedy , Stephen Fry and George Melly are all high-profile members , yet , despite a membership increase of 40 per cent in the past 18 months , the British Humanist Association has just 2,500 people on its books . |
| 4 | Well Co , Miller and Bud are all American beer . |
| 5 | Hom , Eminence , Mariner , Jil , caleçon specialist Coup de Coeur and designer marques like Cerruti and Pierre Cardin are all important sources for British buyers such as Nicky Lovell of Selfridges . |
| 6 | Surrey 's Martin Bicknell , the in-form Glamorgan seamer Steve Watkin and Foster appear to head the list of bowling candidates now that Alan Igglesden , Martin McCague , Dominic Cork and Phil Newport are all nursing injuries . |
| 7 | Millie and the secretaries of Pat Muldoon and Clancy McGillicuddy were all close friends . |
| 8 | Turtles , Bart Simpson or Garfield are all just run of the mill a piece of cake even . |
| 9 | The Humber — into which flowed the Trent , Calder , Aire , Don and Yorkshire Ouse — the Severn , the Cambridgeshire Ouse and the Thames were all major highways for much of their lengths . |
| 10 | Formed this spring , in a bid to break down such oversimplifications , the members of the Bibi Crew are all experienced performers — including actress Judith Jacob ( Carmel in EastEnders ) and Janet Kay , singer of lover 's rock anthem ‘ Silly Games ’ . |
| 11 | Gumbo , rice dressings and Jambalaya are all one-pot dishes , which are perfect for feeding large numbers . |
| 12 | Hamlet cigars , Cadbury 's Creme Eggs , Heineken , the telephone service , Persil liquid , Ferrero Rocher are all recent examples of successful , humorous advertising . |
| 13 | And , because its aristocratic bloodline is implicit , it does n't have to shout or pretend : the Blower Bentley is all studied understatement and coolness of brow . |
| 14 | Most interest will be on Kawasaki 's new 900 , its challenger to Honda 's all conquering FireBlade . |
| 15 | How could he say that God was all vague promises , and small print on guarantees that no one knew if He ever kept ? |
| 16 | But North Down have earned a lot of respect with their performances this season and Robin Haire , Adrian Semple and Charlie McCrum are all potential match winners . |
| 17 | Government and commercial organisations in the US , West Germany and Japan are all developing Stirling engines . |
| 18 | I 'm not suggesting that Paul Rideout , Tony Cottee , Maurice Johnston and Stuart Barlow are all bad players , but they do not give Everton that extra option someone like - dare I say it again - Graeme Sharp would offer . |
| 19 | Crewe , Wolverton and Eastleigh were all new railway towns , while Doncaster , Swindon and Ashford became major engineering centres . |
| 20 | NME hacks have spread through the world of pop journalism like a virus : the current editors and/or publishers of Q , Vox , Select , The Face and Arena are all ex- NME grunts . |
| 21 | Kitson , Crick and Clarke were all talented individuals who disagreed strongly with the prevailing establishment views in their field . |
| 22 | Charles was all welcoming smiles , ‘ You 've just missed a board meeting , old man . |
| 23 | Marchant , Dean Inge , Mandel Creighton Bishop of London and Canon Lyttleton were all prominent hygienists , equally committed to eugenics . |
| 24 | ( See John Rockwell 's All American Music . ) |
| 25 | Aileen Gillies was all brisk agreement as she wrapped up some food in a cloth and gave it to them while her husband busied himself with laying the fire . |
| 26 | The Flemish cities , Laon , and Toulouse were all commercial centres of more than local importance before they launched their campaigns for privileges ; and if their leaders were not highly educated men at the beginning of the century — it has been suggested that the reason why weaving was concentrated in towns in Flanders was that illiterate merchants could not keep the complicated records necessary for a scattered cottage industry — then they rapidly acquired learning along with their corporate awareness in the course of the century . |
| 27 | ‘ Why did no one ever tell me Dublin was all one-way streets ? |