Example sentences of "of all [adj] be [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You say we have as yet only heard the half — and the worse half of all that is to be told ? |
| 2 | Their conspicuous consumption of all that is beyond the reach of most Egyptians and their eager embrace of foreign influences is a breeding ground for political unrest and religious fundamentalism which , increasingly in Egypt , are two sides of the same coin . |
| 3 | The production of hymn books , supplements and small collections is so prolific that it is almost impossible to keep abreast of all that is in circulation , whether in traditional or in more popular vein . |
| 4 | Harrison kept intent on the gentleman but still he noted the two boats on the lake — one had caught what must be a pike from the struggle — heard the chiming axes of the woodmen , noted the flocks on the Scale Force bank of Crummock and , more particularly , a pair of swallows playing beside the water — these and a score of other impressions gave him a richness of context denied Hope who , after struggling with his pipe , battled on , oblivious of all that was about him , to confirm and exercise his new and gloriously liberated Christianity . |
| 5 | She would so like to speak to him of all that was inside her . |
| 6 | The logic of all this is beyond me . |
| 7 | The point of all this was of course to reinforce the belief that the after-life was a paradise , even if only achievable with certainty through death in battle , and thus to improve the combativeness of the assassins . |