Example sentences of "all [art] [noun sg] it could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that the government used all the influence it could to secure the return of loyal members , and the purges of borough corporations at the end of Charles II 's reign certainly had an electoral impact , but the election of such a loyal Parliament appears to have been more the result of a genuine reaction against the Whigs amongst the electorate than it was of Court manipulation . |
| 2 | Palaeo-biological precedent dictated such an organ be housed in Gavin 's ample rear , and have responsibility for his lower limbs — not to say urges — rather than his arms , but then one never knew , and I reckoned Gavin 's modest forebrain — doubtless fully occupied with the post-modernist sub-texts and tertiary structuralist imagery of Red Heat — could probably do with all the help it could get . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the authority of an ecumenical Council , more representative of the whole world than any previous Council , working responsibly and prayerfully across four years with all the support it could get from the ablest theologians , is clearly in human and ecclesial terms as considerable as can be . |
| 4 | At the same time the Bakufu 's weakness was exacerbated by problems over the shogunal succession ; the selection of the nearest blood heir , a young boy , to succeed to the title in 1858 , highlighted the problems of Bakufu leadership at a time when the institution required all the strength it could muster . |
| 5 | Taken at face value their evidence was a powerful counterweight to the tenuous defence of accident and the defence needed all the information it could get in order to decide how best to attack the Crown case . |
| 6 | It had already shared dinner and such a tough mouse deserved all the nourishment it could get . |