Example sentences of "all [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth Grigg of the Family Planning Association , said : ‘ The temptation for women who have their Pills changed will be just not to bother with contraception at all or to use something that 's less effective . ’ |
| 2 | If the constant clock frequency is set too high the motor is unable to accelerate the load inertia to the corresponding stepping rate and the system either fails to operate at all or loses steps at the start of its travel . |
| 3 | Because of their beauty such villages are also more subject to draconian planning policies which may prevent any new development at all or restrict it to only the limited in-filling of low-density private housing . |
| 4 | The remainder of the bureau questioned , around 20% , either had no traditional typesetting or printing background at all or came from the computer services sector . |
| 5 | Definitions of culture are either not provided at all or conflate distinct conceptions such as symbolization , ethnicity and lifestyle ( see the contributions of Lynch and Verma to Parekh , 1989a ) . |
| 6 | ( c ) You may find that Halliday 's model of thematic analysis does not apply to your language at all or does not apply to some of its sentence patterns . |
| 7 | Do you think I ought to finish the ship first of all or do the oil painting ? |
| 8 | In the pellets or scats of many of the predators the teeth are either not broken at all or have only suffered minor damage , and these are for the most part the same species for which little damage to the jaws is evident . |
| 9 | Early retirement and careers counselling have been partially implemented , but the 10 other recommendations have not been implemented at all or have been reversed . |
| 10 | Mhm , going back to the actual erm house itself , you ever had , do you , have you had any problems with repairs at all or have you found them okay when ever you 've had any . |
| 11 | Since you since you came into the flats have you have you been working at all or have have you been erm |
| 12 | Simple denial — the straightforward refusal to accept that something is so and that problems exist at all or have a direct connection with alcohol or drug use : " I can handle it " . |
| 13 | It is almost impossible to form a coalition of interests to get something changed in a statutory instrument or an order , so if there is broad agreement that an instrument is a good idea , one must either take it all or have nothing to do with it . |
| 14 | Edit the RDBI configuration file and ensure that the transfer category specified is either ALL or ONLYAPPROVED . |
| 15 | Transfer category should be either ALL or ONLYAPPROVED . |
| 16 | Sort of , how do you feel about du du du du du du du y'know sort of yes definitely to no not all or y'know kind of does n't bother me to very angry or something like that but given that you 've done it this way , I think it works reasonably well . |
| 17 | I did n't use the toilets between lessons because I hate all that smoke so , by the time Biffo had finished with us , I dashed straight down to them . |
| 18 | At the centre of all that lived and moved in this ghastly universe was the mine . |
| 19 | And in some cultures the phallus even became the sacred source of worship , the sacred source of all that lived . |
| 20 | ‘ Because underneath all that starch there 's a great deal of passion in you . |
| 21 | All that amazed her was that he had not expected that . |
| 22 | But a victory by Elliott in the final event of General Portfolio 's grandly mis-named Mile of Miles series was all that mattered to selectors three days after they chose him ahead of Cram for the Commonwealth Games . |
| 23 | The overemphasis on nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense of conventional forces was seen by many observers , both military and civilian , to have gone too far , too fast , and too soon ; but the political prize of ending National Service had been seized and that was all that mattered to the Macmillan Government in 1957 . |
| 24 | All that mattered was the running , and the voice in his head which sang triumphantly , This is me . |
| 25 | As she bathed him , soaping the fat little limbs with a slow , caressing movement almost hypnotic in nature , she told him how lost she felt , how she no longer knew who she was nor where she was and how all that mattered to her was him . |
| 26 | All that mattered to me , though , was his signature , his handwriting , the fact that he 'd licked the stamp . |
| 27 | All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward . |
| 28 | Indeed , the old common law was not in the least interested in how the police got their evidence ; all that mattered was its probative value . |
| 29 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 30 | Suddenly it was all that mattered . |