Example sentences of "of [noun pl] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | To avoid both this and the possibility of being forced into national level negotiation with Wilson , the Federation Council at a meeting held on 29 November 1912 , resolved " that the state of the shipping trade warrants a substantial increase in the wages of seamen all round the coast from January 1st. next , and that meetings of the district committees to give effect to this resolution be held forthwith " . |
| 2 | It looked like hundreds and hundreds of houses all piled dangerously on top of each other and Endill wondered if it was safe to live in such a place . |
| 3 | Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently . |
| 4 | Mr Stannard was a partner in one of the leading county estate agencies ; his name graced the pages of the local paper each week , spread like a banner above photographs of houses all priced , it seemed to Edward , at a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 5 | Acting as Port Agent for P&O Cruises for the first time , Ellerman & Bucknall were responsible for a range of activities all aimed at ensuring a trouble free visit for Canberra in both Durban and Cape Town . |
| 6 | ‘ During the spring Cry hopes to gather many thousands of signatures all over real Yorkshire in order to convince the Local Government Commission that Yorkshire people wish to see their county made whole again , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Now this situation is multiplied thousands of times all over Scotland ! |
| 8 | You must have had hundreds of mistresses all over the world — ’ |
| 9 | Piles of books all over the floor : Agatha Christie , Dick Francis , P. D. James . |
| 10 | Perhaps you have shelves full of books all over the house . |
| 11 | This set of words is called the word-initial cohort , since it is a set of words all having the same initial sound . |
| 12 | If you ask me , it looks like a load of picture of heads all over the bloody place ! |
| 13 | The unlawful theft of cars all too often leads to injury and death . |
| 14 | At the moment it was the traditional tale of going up to Jackson 's at 10 in the morning after an all-night session at Dobell 's — wine we drank in those days , Poppet , wine that was wine not this filthy MUCK — and demanding double portions of oysters all round and when it came to pay no one had a penny , so Dobell , who even then still had the charm of a boy of twenty , and a slim waist to go with it , said he would bring in one of the engravings from his collection , and Gaston , who always recognised a gentleman — not like the CLODS who run hostelries nowadays — with tears in his eyes said it was an honour , an honour to serve Mr Dobell and his friends . |
| 15 | It was crowded and swarming with school parties , hundreds of schools all gathered together , some in uniform , some not in uniform , some accompanied , some unaccompanied . |
| 16 | However it is not only the famous who give up their time as there are hundreds of missionaries all around the world trying to help people of the same and different religions through worship to God . |
| 17 | ( as if such undesirables were not precisely the sort of candidates all too often put up by parties and elected by voters in both British and Irish constituencies ! ) |
| 18 | With friends , and sometimes with sister Dannii , Kylie , like millions of youngsters all over the world , acted out her fantasies of pop stardom in front of her bedroom mirror . |
| 19 | There then follows a list of matters all connected with ‘ services , accommodation or facilities provided in the course of any trade or business . ’ |
| 20 | When the Prime Minister said in Blackpool recently that the trendy liberals in education ’ have had their say and had their day ’ hundreds of thousands of parents all over the country let out a huge sigh of relief . |
| 21 | Now four English teenagers are dead following a canoeing accident off the Dorset coast , intensifying the concerns of parents all over Britain as they watch their children set off with their mates , while wondering what the chances are that something might go horribly wrong . |
| 22 | A tiny creature which cuts a tracery of lines all over the surface of floating foliage . |
| 23 | You 've used words like death last supper good times sad times , the past couple of days all that Jesus had said and done their betrayal their cowardice . |
| 24 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 25 | Not only can we use the considerable buying power of Guinness to get the best prices , but we can use our knowledge of suppliers all over the world to ensure the highest quality product . |
| 26 | Much of the syllabus has become part of the training of dancers all over the world . |
| 27 | It would take you longer but every doctor is worth may be a couple of ads all right in terms of who he knows or she knows . |
| 28 | ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’ |
| 29 | The systems division is still not profitable after charging research and development expenditure , but services — technical support , third-party maintenance , consulting , are said to be very profitable and represent 30% of receivables all told . |
| 30 | a load of feathers all over his face . |