Example sentences of "[noun] of [adj] [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've got a ring of anti-aircraft guns all round them . |
| 2 | Floppy , fair hair of identical length all round , brushed his collar behind and just missed his pale wide-set eyes in front . |
| 3 | His other interest , ethnographical collections , grew through his support of Czech travellers all over the world . |
| 4 | I also kept in touch with the Navy by accepting , every October , invitations from a variety of naval establishments all over the country to propose the toast of the Immortal Memory of Lord Nelson at their Trafalgar Night dinners . |
| 5 | Bring back the express so , it does n't sort of highlight it , because they do n't have tiers of borrowed storage all over the place . |
| 6 | I walked in a daze trying to keep warm as strange fantasies plagued my mind : Selkirk chanting in a field of white roses all stained by blood ; my mother crouching on a step as she used to when I would play and run to her — but , when I drew closer , she was an old cripple , eyes open , face frozen blue . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) ‘ The three [ above ] behavioural changes among great spotted cuckoos in the areas of recent sympatry all led to increased reproductive success of the parasite ’ . |
| 8 | This is because the UK would have to contribute £39 000 a year to a fund to help protect natural and cultural sites of international importance all over the world . |
| 9 | Anne Marriner , 23 , admitted attempting to obtain property by deception and two counts of criminal damage all committed on the same day during January . |
| 10 | When the shift of emphasis from moral to liturgical kingship came , it must be seen in the changing political context of ninth- and tenth-century Europe , and the emergence of new dynasties all over the once-unified empire of Charlemagne ; one of their principal qualifications to rule was their capacity to defeat external enemies . |
| 11 | For some reason quite beyond Harry 's comprehension , somebody had been thrown from a window in Prague in the year of grace 1618 and this had provoked thirty years of bloody conflict all over Europe . |
| 12 | Will there be people of different ages all doing separate things or do you go in for family activities or both ? |
| 13 | They urged that there was a ‘ need for accurate and complete information in an area of social policy all too liable to be affected by partial research , individual cases and anecdotal evidence' ( para. 255 ) . |
| 14 | Apply a bead of non-setting mastic all around the base of rebates on the timber subframe , and across the front sill platform |
| 15 | It 's positioned under the usual plates , ( with flat plate uppermost ) and the outflow from the tank hits the rotating bar , sending a spray of oxygenated water all over the media . |
| 16 | Guests came and went , totally unaware of the intricate weaving of human relationships all around them . |
| 17 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 18 | Sometimes in our rare London travels we had a glimpse of a side street , a row of silent houses all combined as it were into one gray palace , a dark doorway , a gorgeous window , a surprising man disappearing … |
| 19 | That is just 50 of the 100 questions put to members of aquatic societies all around the country over the last year . |
| 20 | Big stars and a Father Christmas and reindeer and it 's all so bright just hanging over my head and stretching all down the road like a tunnel of hot colour all hanging in the sky so beautiful and magic . |
| 21 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 22 | There was a glorious sunset rush of pure-blooded warmth all over her back and right down to her fingertips . |
| 23 | The branch thickens and grows , like the rest of the tree , by laying down a layer of new material all over , under the bark and near the surface , each year . |
| 24 | The setting is perfect : cobbles underfoot , vaulted arches overhead , and the tranquility of Granary Wharf all around . |
| 25 | There are the cameramen , the floor managers , the set designer … and indeed there is a lady with a prompting machine — in short , a lot of skilled people all dedicated to making the show run smoothly . |
| 26 | His death was supposed to have been messy , and there was a lot of realistic blood all over his costume . |
| 27 | Perhaps , but at the same time the means to cope with market movements have developed enormously , bettering the lot of corporate treasurers all around the world . |
| 28 | 4 The same piece of string , 36cm long , can be pulled in to a lot of different rectangles all having the same perimeter , but different areas . |
| 29 | Dr P was asked what effect the growth of English literature all over the world , and the advent of modern literary criticism , had had on English teaching in universities : |
| 30 | A great deal of expertise has been built up over the years in the shipment of petrochemical cargoes all over the world , often in custom-built vessels . |