Example sentences of "was all [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It was Lawrence who ‘ blew my cover , ’ he said , on finding that Leonard was failing to attend Law School lectures , which was all the more concerning as he had no scholarship to go there , only his family 's financial backing . ) |
| 2 | The result was all the more remarkable as the champion has looked vulnerable in his last two contests . |
| 3 | The disaster was all the more stunning because people had come to assume that such things did n't happen . |
| 4 | She had received no advance warning , and was all the more disturbed when Mr Cheney justified his move by declaring that the threat from the Warsaw Pact was diminishing . |
| 5 | After such a blow to belief in the government 's honesty and in its all-seeing ability to fix things , the leap to anti-communist opposition was all the easier to make . |
| 6 | Brought up in the ethic of duty , this was hard for Jane to get used to , but when she broke out into the sunshine , it was all the more joyous , and she thanked God , or Nature , or Fate , or whatever power there is , that it had happened for her in her lifetime . |
| 7 | This was all the more prominent in operations rather than in childbirth . |
| 8 | Her near nervous breakdown , which took her to the brink of giving up all she had worked for in showbusiness , was all the more surprising to outsiders given it happened in her native Australia . |
| 9 | The scoreline was all the more remarkable considering Villa recently went 578 competitive minutes without scoring a goal . |
| 10 | The pill was all the more bitter for Woosnam because he had begun so well . |
| 11 | Their claim was all the more pointed for it was made in the City of London , in the heart of the constituency of Peter Brooke — replaced last night as Northern Ireland Secretary — who has led , with consummate patience , the process of bringing all the Ulster politicians to the same conference table for the first time in 16 years . |
| 12 | In Lewis the effect of the decline in the inshore fishing industry was all the more dramatic because it looked for a time as if it might be averted . |
| 13 | This was all the more remarkable in view of the fact that : — |
| 14 | It was all the more striking because O had such a body ; he was magnificent . |
| 15 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She could n't cloak her antagonism which was all the worse for the element of truth in what he said . |
| 18 | The bitch had grown up alongside the children , and was all the more charming for it , but bureaucracy had spoken . |
| 19 | ‘ This stream of obscene language was all the more strange coming from such a seemingly innocent-looking person . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And the piece was all the better for it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The pope 's request was all the odder because there was already in existence a special papal commission discussing birth control and related issues . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The achievement was all the more enjoyable for the nature of the cricketer concerned . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And the party was all the better for not being spoiled by a strike by lecturers which had been threatened earlier in the week . |
| 30 | From base camp the summit was barely visible , so on sighting the route our surprise was all the greater . |