Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] all [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the truncated finale , for instance ( given a puckish rather than a trenchant slant by Kun ) , I was all too conscious of moments when the speed of articulation and lively nature of the acoustic conspired to widen the distance between soloist and woodwind , making for an uncomfortable out-of-phase sensation in their exchanges . |
| 2 | Having known the lack of that luxury herself , she was all too aware of how important it was . |
| 3 | A single kiss never changed the world , and she was all too aware of the reality of the situation . |
| 4 | We were all most impressed with our German hosts and the pride that they obviously had in the town . |
| 5 | But we were all too polite to be honest . |
| 6 | Merymose had asked the questions of fact , at a time when they were all too stunned by the event to react other than practically . |
| 7 | They were all too old for that , and too superior . |
| 8 | They were all too aware of the renewed public campaign for further film censorship but their only response to that was to deplore Hollywood 's all too obviously hasty attempt to wrap its gangster and other city films up in some kind of moral message . |
| 9 | The other villagers , eyeing each other speculatively , saw that they were all too full of pasta for the adventure . |
| 10 | Tonight , though , they were all too excited to be read to . |
| 11 | Lord Justice Slade said that , in the case of ‘ sleepers ’ , it was all too easy to be wise after the event . |
| 12 | Without such basic information we realized it was all too easy for myths and fantasies to develop about the demands of the investigative service . |
| 13 | It was all too easy for the masses to feel humbled by experiences of this kind , and to leave with the conviction that the entire subject matter would be forever beyond their grasp . |
| 14 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 15 | Where democratic institutions were ineffective as in pre-war Japan , it was all too easy for a collectivist tradition to be used to mobilize support for an authoritarian regime . |
| 16 | It was all too easy for opponents of the move towards greater political party involvement in national leadership to label the activities of politicians as corrupt , self-seeking , individualistic and anti-social . |
| 17 | The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work . |
| 18 | At a time when vast tracts were unsettled , it was all too easy for governments to be profligate . |
| 19 | Mr Tweedie said that , at present , it was all too easy for users to be left unaware of the total assets employed in a business , and its overall funding . |
| 20 | It was all too late for the ILTF , however , which , in 1962 , announced that the first Federation Cup would take place at Queen 's Club in June 1963 . |
| 21 | It was all too good to be true . |
| 22 | To Ken , it was all too reminiscent of his own life in the Army , but he enjoyed the filming . |
| 23 | ‘ It was all too obvious to hindsight . |
| 24 | It was all too evident in the red , blistered skin of her shoulders and arms . |
| 25 | It was all too fast for him to take in . |
| 26 | As a former Minister of Defence , Foreign Secretary , and Chancellor of the Exchequer , he was all too familiar with the Defence arguments in the Whitehall market-place . |
| 27 | When he became Prime Minister he was all too aware of the difficulties which British industry was facing . |
| 28 | As he did so , he was all too aware of the ache and stiffness in his injured arm and leg , threatening to handicap him in any confrontation with an enemy . |