Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] all over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : |
| 2 | No large-scale drilling would be allowed without on-site inspections ; any large commercial explosions would have to be notified and inspected ; a highly sensitive seismic and radiation-detector network would pick up seismic activity all over the world ( useful for earthquake prediction too ) and satellites would keep a close check on suspect areas . |
| 3 | The three principal features in this work are panelled decoration all over the building , in windows , wall and buttress alike , an increasing area of window space and consequently development of the flying buttress ( much later than in France ) and roofing by means of the fan vault . |
| 4 | In my wanderings to the Staff Colleges and branches of the Royal Aeronautical Society all over the world , the USAF Academy , Colorado Springs , and also that incredible edifice of aeronautical and technical learning — the Smithsonian in Washington , the main question that always crops up and in almost entirely the same way is " how was it possible to maintain morale ? " |
| 5 | and the hydraulic hose on the back of the dustcart broke there was hydraulic fluid all over the |
| 6 | Ever since I can remember there have been little stickers of white paper all over the house with neat black-biro writing on them . |
| 7 | We are proud to keep the national composition all over the world |
| 8 | ‘ I had on this little dress , smock it was , with this pretty embroidery all over the bodice , sort of Heidi , and Mum and I did my pigtails . ’ |
| 9 | well he likes marshal art do n't he ? we wo n't tell daddy that you knocked a full on the table of black currant all over the carpet will we ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So surveyors were in great demand all over the country . |
| 12 | They are in great demand all over the world . |
| 13 | ‘ Our frantic scuffle all over the bedroom ! ’ |
| 14 | There is a great view all over the forest from the Ridgery , I 've been told . ’ |
| 15 | Jones has given talks about muon catalysed fusion all over the USA and in Europe , so it is ironic that it was after speaking at his new home institution , Brigham Young University , on 12 March 1986 that the seminal interaction occurred with Paul Palmer . |
| 16 | It 's advisable therefore to assume a sociable demeanour and tolerate the company of your fellow man , rejoicing in his plain humanity all over the path . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I best not tell Nancy , or she might come up and 'ave a jealous fit all over the room . |
| 19 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
| 20 | His target was ‘ the spate of mean building all over the country that is shrivelling up the Old England — mean and perky little houses that surely none but mean and perky little souls should inhabit with satisfaction ’ ( p. 15 ) . |
| 21 | so you 've got your hot doodah all over the top . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They 're smart , they 're a bit I do n't like those they go slippy slidey all over the place with those but these are nice . |
| 24 | They are terrified by Labour party proposals to create a great new machine spitting out red tape all over the countryside . |
| 25 | Aim for 1.2 cm ( ½ in ) thick layer all over the outside , over the lip and all the way down the inside surfaces . |
| 26 | Think , instead , of a large population in which there is not much movement , so that individuals tend to resemble their immediate neighbours more than their more distant neighbours , even though there is continuous interbreeding all over the whole area . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ There was stale wee all over the floor . |
| 29 | Pure silk , as so many of Faye 's clothes were , and shimmeringly black with rich , patterned beading all over the bustier-style bodice and tiny bolero jacket . |
| 30 | Outside Formula One , you have a huge sport all over the world , particularly outside Europe , really just beginning in many countries . |