Example sentences of "be [prep] all [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was most anxious to supply the right tools and be of all possible help . |
| 2 | Pete , Peter 's one 's gon na be like all intellectual people |
| 3 | Notice that each successive peak and trough is likely to be above all preceding ones because of underlying growth in the economy 's productive capacity . |
| 4 | As for the second , we have undermined its apparent logic by approaching from the opposite direction ; what is self-evident is that a person should prefer his reaction in fullest awareness , what would require proof is a claim that the awareness should be from all spatial and temporal but only one personal viewpoint . |
| 5 | She heard the amazement , as if what she 'd suggested had to be beyond all rational consideration ; certainly not anything that had ever merited any thought on his part . |
| 6 | In this situation an international socialist conference demanding peace short of victory would not be at all helpful . |
| 7 | The other lesson where I ‘ doubled-up ’ was observed by the Director of Studies , whose presence did not seem to be at all intrusive and distorting in effect . |
| 8 | The transfer price must be equal to the market price if it is to be at all relevant . |
| 9 | ‘ However , in deference to public opinion , the developers have decided to see if it would be at all possible to have the building renovated and brought back to its former glory . |
| 10 | I would n't be at all impressed with it . |
| 11 | I do n't think your mother and father would be at all keen on the idea . ’ |
| 12 | People are avoided if they are likely to be at all stressful ; phone-calls go unreturned ; even social events that would normally be pleasurable and fun may feel like yet more demands on a person 's time . |
| 13 | This was not going to be at all easy . |
| 14 | However , given the weakness of France 's position since 1815 , the task was not going to be at all easy . |
| 15 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
| 16 | If we are to be at all logical in our approach to contemporary ethics , we must accept this much . |
| 17 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 18 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 19 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 20 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 21 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 22 | It is n't designed for high volume output , but I would n't be at all upset to have one adorning my desk . |
| 23 | Secondly it will remain the case that once a species has been judicially classified as dangerous , then , subject to the doctrine of precedent , there is no room for distinctions based upon the fact that some variants or individual animals within the species may not in fact be at all dangerous : in other words , the law continues to ignore ‘ the world of difference between the wild elephant in the jungle and the trained elephant in the circus … [ which ] is in fact no more dangerous than a cow . ’ |
| 24 | Although the Committee hoped that the broadcasters would cover committee work , there was no expectation that this would be at all extensive , and therefore minimum effort and expense appeared reasonable ; in particular , the Committee did not recommend the installation of remote-controlled cameras . |
| 25 | ‘ British Airways will not be at all pleased with me. ’ |
| 26 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know who you think you are , ’ she began , deciding to take the initiative , ‘ but I can tell you that my father wo n't be at all pleased with your attitude . |
| 28 | If he was entertaining visitors , he might not be at all pleased to have her arriving uninvited on the doorstep . |
| 29 | It is only the Lancastrians who appear to be at all sun-wary . |
| 30 | If you want to be at all selective about what is recorded or about what is viewed , you need to be able to edit in some way . |