Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is to happen then there must be far greater participation than there has been hitherto by all members of the school staff in the establishment of general philosophy and purpose of the school . |
| 2 | Take the example of Italy , where proportional representation has created permanent instability , with a series of coalition governments that have had to depend on several minor parties whose influence has been out of all proportion to their success in the polls . |
| 3 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 4 | But just how genetic , organic and social factors interact is not at all clear . |
| 5 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 6 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 7 | This process is controlled in the plant by substances called ‘ auxins ’ though how it is done is not at all clear . |
| 8 | Yeah , I would like to do is just mention that it 's so surprising really that er the resources used are out of all proportion to what we used to er do on it , on the other central panel . |
| 9 | There is a danger that a freelance programmer will try to hold his client to ransom if he later realizes that the value of the software he has produced is out of all proportion to the payment he received for writing it . |
| 10 | Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all . |
| 11 | I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan could n't have been offside at all . |
| 12 | Pumpido had to make two saves while neither of the Italians need have been there at all . |
| 13 | At the very genesis of all feeling and awareness one thought held sway which should not really have been there at all : that to be grown-up , to be a man , meant losing a great part of me . |
| 14 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 15 | But you had to remember the circumstances they were there under — they should never have been there at all . |
| 16 | Joking was n't at all romantic . |
| 17 | ‘ I must confess , the news it contained was not at all what I had been expecting . |
| 18 | But she was an orphan , and the uncle and aunt with whom she lived were not at all well off . |
| 19 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 20 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 21 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 22 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 23 | You 've been round to all the branches ? |
| 24 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 25 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 26 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 27 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 28 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 29 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 30 | Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment . |