Example sentences of "all [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Apart from the general belief of many constitutionalists that all Acts of Parliament should apply to the United Kingdom , including Northern Ireland , that is a real mistake .
2 The head of state is the hereditary monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , all acts of parliament being made in his or her name .
3 The head of state is the hereditary monarch , all acts of parliament being made in his or her name .
4 True , all acts of government policy create a presumption that they will remain in force and are an invitation to the citizen to adapt his private behaviour accordingly ; but the tendency of decisions in the social service field to create vested interests is of a quite peculiar order .
5 Like all acts of faith , it is not capable of mathematical or logical demonstration and can therefore be disavowed by those who do not share it .
6 Not all acts of sabotage ‘ mutilate or destroy ’ the work environment ; some merely cause delays and confusion .
7 Until one is committed there is hesitancy , the chance to draw back , always ineffectiveness , concerning all acts of Initiative and Creation .
8 The principal concern of Edward 's ministers , as always , was to raise money for the war , and they hoped by making concessions to receive the grants the king needed ; but the concession of pardon for all debts of £10 or less was insufficient , and the commons insisted that they dare not grant a tax without consulting their communities .
9 In November 1989 the government announced that it wanted gradually to stop all exports of logs , ostensibly to help domestic enterprises , and it was announced on March 9 , 1990 , that the government would impose levies and quotas on some sawn timber and veneer exports , starting on June 1 .
10 The Burmese government has warned that it may place a ban on all exports of logs to Thailand , in the face of reports that some traders are exporting logs illegally .
11 It follows , therefore , that all programmes of modules or even individual modules , should start with an induction period during which the specific needs of students can be determined and appropriate learning experiences indicated .
12 It was just all snippets of things .
13 I do not want to get involved in the technicalities of such arguments but , for good or ill , the anthropomorphic style of sociobiological interpretation , together with its exaggerated insistence that virtually all patterns of animal behaviour ( including those found in man ) can be explained by evolutionary hypotheses , has lately served to reinforce and extend Darwin 's original Epicurean thesis that the difference between man and other animals is simply one of degree , that there is no natural discontinuity .
14 Now in a language of potentially unlimited generative capacity , I fail to see how this could be achieved for all expressions across all patterns of combination in the first way described above .
15 When flushed , appears a long-winged , long-tailed , hawk-like bird , readily told from all birds of prey by its very short , straight bill , and from juvenile Cuckoo ( p. 175 ) by unbarred underparts and no white patch on nape .
16 Headaches , migraines and irritability are all signs of stress .
17 All signs of conflict are eliminated in the over-smooth workings of the Parsonian social , cultural , personality and organic systems .
18 It was as if some authoritative being had decided that from that moment the names that had applied to such objects as soap , cheese , tree or book were to be exchanged for others , and all signs of delight registered by temper tantrums .
19 The scorpions show divisions only in their long tails ; and most spiders have completely lost all signs of segmentation , only a few Southeast Asian species having clearly recognisable relics of their segmented past .
20 There was an oddly grim note in his voice now , and all signs of humour had vanished .
21 Having decided which , if any , offers to accept , the Bank will publish , as at all times of assistance , the amount and types of bills purchased , with the appropriate maturity bands and spread of discount rates given .
22 Do they feed at all times of night or just after dusk ?
23 Instead , a now very fat Halima would be found at all times of day , demanding oats , by standing deep in the fence with wires right up to her armpits !
24 The Gallery is known as Il salotto di Milano , the ‘ drawing room of Milan ’ , being the traditional meeting place of the Milanese , who use it at all times of day attracted by the city 's best cafés and restaurants , together with a range of fine shops whose windows are dressed by masters in the craft .
25 She says they bark at all times of day and night .
26 He leaned on her unhesitatingly in all times of crisis and disaster , remained all his life proud of her beauty , her birth and her intelligence …
27 All groups of hall users continue with varying fortunes .
28 ‘ These charges , ’ continued McClenaghan , ‘ will affect all groups of companies and will effectively increase the cost of the activities concerned by up to 17.5pc .
29 In order to make clear his claim to the organisation of all groups of seafarers , the title of the Sailors and Firemen was briefly changed in 1899 to " National Union of Sailors , Firemen , Fishermen , Cooks and Stewards ' and special organising campaigns undertaken .
30 On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ , the Lothians Cycle Campaign , I obtained permission earlier this year from British Waterways for volunteers from Spokes to upgrade parts of the Union Canal towpath from Hermiston ( just west of the Edinburgh bypass ) to Ratho , the aim being to provide an all-weather surface , suitable for all groups of users , on a route which will eventually form a continuous link from the centre of Edinburgh to the countryside of West Lothian , and thus provide an excellent means for city residents to enjoy the amenities of the countryside in environmentally friendly ways , ie. by walking and cycling .
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