Example sentences of "[prep] all sorts " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the space of a mere fifteen years , in the sixties and seventies , and in spite of all sorts of elaborate rules supposedly designed to protect that great view , your predecessors , as the planners , architects and developers of the City , wrecked the London skyline and desecrated the dome of St Paul 's . |
| 2 | In the 1760s the Lake District with its rugged and dramatic scenery began to be all the rage with artists of all sorts , and in their wake , as usual , the dilettanti rich followed limply behind , thinking there must be something in this search for the sublime through unadulterated nature . |
| 3 | This last project is an embarrassingly inappropriate tribute to a man who could not identify any plants , trees or birds that he saw on his journeys except by such vapid statements as ‘ big and little birds of all sorts ’ , ‘ trees very green ’ , and ‘ many trees very different from ours . ’ |
| 4 | The broadcasting directive will allow cross-border advertising of all sorts of alcohol . |
| 5 | By the door that Lee had left open were walking-sticks of all sorts , and umbrellas . |
| 6 | The prose throughout is animated not only by dozens of animals but by machinery of all sorts : gears , superchargers , power drives , X-ray chambers . |
| 7 | By the 1860s in Britain , people of all sorts were becoming increasingly concerned about the ‘ residuum ’ , the body of paupers being supported by the Poor Law who not only persisted but steadily increased . |
| 8 | The spread of multimedia is bound to create a huge demand for peripheral equipment of all sorts . |
| 9 | After due consideration the Company levied high subscriptions on members to help with garden maintenance and decided to plant ‘ Nectorines of all sorts , Peaches , Apricocks , Cherryes and Plumes ’ , as well as herbs specifically for medicinal teaching . |
| 10 | His nursery being fully stocked with flowering shrubs , of all sorts that can be pictured , with these he borders the outskirts of all his plantations and he continues , annually , raising from seed and layering , budding , grafting , that twenty thousand trees are hardly to be missed out of his nurseries . |
| 11 | Sue Jennings ' ( 1973 ) approach to Drama Therapy is a good example of all sorts of group and individual game-like experiences being referred to as drama . |
| 12 | Here near to Foxton are examples of all sorts of things that excite the blood of the canal enthusiast : a delightful cut through the centre of the village taking the boatman to the once prosperous wharves and building yards of Market Harborough ; a wonderful hand-operated swingbridge allowing the more adventurous visitors to negotiate Swingbridge Lane on their own ; visible and tangible memories of boatmen 's inns . |
| 13 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 14 | The incessant shuttle of railway speed , the myriad daily encounters of all sorts and conditions of men owing to this cheap expedition , the resulting flux and murkiness in place of definite conviction , the unambitious content as long as one can find some modus vivendi amongst such heterogeneous diversity — this peculiar characteristic of the time ( its weakness and its strength ) is the special outcome of express trains . |
| 15 | The Bright Lights of India is an exhibition of all sorts of mouthwatering things from that country , which is being staged by Liberty , Regent Street and all of its 21 branches . |
| 16 | The popular wisdom disapproves of favoritism for blacks and of too many written-in rights for minorities of all sorts ’ ( Murray , 1984 , p. 146 ) . |
| 17 | With a brave shudder Nelly poured the water on the tea leaves , comforting herself with the thought that boiling water killed germs of all sorts . |
| 18 | Moreover , when one group of enterprises is given the privilege of retaining foreign exchange while others are obliged to apply for administrative allocations , which they know that they will frequently not receive , or to buy foreign exchange on the black market at a high price , the latter enterprises begin to think of all sorts of reasons why they too should receive part of the foreign exchange proceeds of exports . |
| 19 | Those who have it will be better at forming relationships of all sorts because they do not find it impossible to believe that other people could actually respect them and care for them . |
| 20 | In the 19th century , the heyday of element hunting , enterprising geologists and chemists culled a rich harvest of new elements from minerals and industrial residues of all sorts . |
| 21 | Emily 's first book , ‘ Klee Wyck ’ ( Laughing One ) went into three editions and was followed by ‘ The Book of Small ’ and ‘ The House of All Sorts ’ ( Emily 's experiences with a rare assortment of characters while managing a guest-house ) . |
| 22 | Although Scottish goalkeepers have been accused of all sorts of malpractices , troilism is rarely mentioned . |
| 23 | Mucus of all sorts . |
| 24 | Complaints coming from overindulgence in food , drink , spicy foods , stimulants of all sorts or from mental overwork |
| 25 | Complaints coming from overindulgence in food , drink , spicy foods , stimulants of all sorts or from mental overwork . |
| 26 | In those days , I think the Home Office and the Foreign Office were full up and we were getting people from universities and some of them were pretty useless , heads full of all sorts of knowledge but no common sense . |
| 27 | Partnership structures — in industry , education , physical and community development of all sorts — may possibly be the last chance to catch up before it is too late . |
| 28 | There are also local art centres , wanting help with running workshops of all sorts — for instance , pottery , drama , or photography . |
| 29 | People of all sorts of colours , shops selling chapattis and second-hand shirts . |
| 30 | Upheavals of all sorts , which need not concern this column , have regrettably seen Kent perform inconsistently and only occasionally anywhere near their full potential during the last two seasons . |