Example sentences of "[was/were] all [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 32 | Last week 's starter with Heinz Wolff ( ITV , 13 March ) was all the more impressive for getting off to such a terrible start with the tortuous answer that interviewer Ian Fells elicited to his opener about the meaning of biomedical engineering . |
| 33 | She could n't cloak her antagonism which was all the worse for the element of truth in what he said . |
| 34 | The bitch had grown up alongside the children , and was all the more charming for it , but bureaucracy had spoken . |
| 35 | ‘ This stream of obscene language was all the more strange coming from such a seemingly innocent-looking person . ’ |
| 36 | This was all the more so since the most fervent supporters of the League were precisely those traditional Liberal voters whose vacillations between the parties tended to determine the outcome of inter-war elections . |
| 37 | This was all the more important as many nationalised industries were operating in markets which were affected by long-term decline , where contraction and a low rate of return on capital were probably inevitable . |
| 38 | His goal , which squared the friendly 1–1 , was all the more remarkable considering he had been laid up in bed with flu for most of last week and forced to miss Sunday 's game against Torino . |
| 39 | And the piece was all the better for it . |
| 40 | The impact was all the greater because for nearly two decades industry had benefited from particularly favourable terms of trade for raw materials and food which , in various ways , had moderated production costs and wage demands . |
| 41 | The pope 's request was all the odder because there was already in existence a special papal commission discussing birth control and related issues . |
| 42 | He was all the more striking because the boast that he ran his papers just to make money contrasted strongly with the more complex motives , combining profit with politics , that were still typical of the proprietors of the early 1960s . |
| 43 | The achievement was all the more enjoyable for the nature of the cricketer concerned . |
| 44 | In fact , Somerset 's next match was n't until Thursday of that week at Sheffield , so Hewett 's action was all the more sporting . |
| 45 | And the party was all the better for not being spoiled by a strike by lecturers which had been threatened earlier in the week . |
| 46 | From base camp the summit was barely visible , so on sighting the route our surprise was all the greater . |
| 47 | This was all the more important , by virtue of the fact that he was , in some sense , a usurper — he had toppled a descendant of Hercules and needed some rival god 's support for his own assertions of legitimacy . |
| 48 | The feat was all the more admirable in that the notorious Armstrongs had been among the major headaches in the region under his own jurisdiction , and Willie was among the worst . |
| 49 | But the impact of Japanese competition was all the more severe in Germany by the early- and mid-1980s . |
| 50 | The impact of the ‘ Journal télévisé ’ ( main news bulletin ( and the effectiveness of Gaullist control of all state broadcasting , was all the greater . |
| 51 | But it was the nightmare — she needed the drink to cope with the nightmare , and because the nightmare was an image from her past it was all the more powerful , the images and details razor sharp . |
| 52 | Basil was not a great public speaker but what came through was all the more effective because it had not come easily . |
| 53 | I was able to trace only four survivors , all over ninety ( all of whom have since died ) but their first-hand evidence was all the more precious . " |
| 54 | This poverty was all the worse for the general affluence around it , and until now it had been little noticed by the majority . |
| 55 | His dominance was all the greater after the death of the earl of Warwick in August 1315 , and at the Lincoln parliament in January 1316 he was recognized as head of the council . |
| 56 | In the course of four decades almost half a million pounds were produced for the king by clerical taxation , and in fact its burden was all the more concentrated because of the absence of demands in the 1360s . |
| 57 | Their presence was all the more sinister amidst the approaching thunder of anticlericalism . |
| 58 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 59 | To the peoples of the Aegean islands and mainland Greece ivory was all the more precious for being an exotic material . |
| 60 | Mary Hume-Rothery , for example , stressed that the sexual oppression of poor women brought to light by the acts was all the more reason to give women the vote and extend their educational provision , so that they could exercise formal political power . |