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Sentence Examples He is the perfect example of a teenager that is all but screaming aloud for help. It definitely had looked like him, and the walk and the manner had seemed all but the same. The streets were all but empty throughout the day and apparently there was a high level of absenteeism. In all but the most one-sided encounters, however, the ascendancy shifts between the teams. They were all but exterminated by the Jedi a thousand years ago, but the evil order continued in secrecy. However, in 1998, I changed my wayward behaviour and, within a few months, closed all but one account. Numair applied all of the salve for the bleeding that he dared, but Kefari's blood all but refused to fully clot. She was in her sixties and wore her thinning gray hair pulled back in a loose bun with all but a few strands secured by bobby pins. Railway sidings have all but disappeared and the few that remain are rusted, weedgrown and disused. Now all but the most unquestioning loyalists are having serious second thoughts. These ISPs charged all but nine of the defendants as John Does at the time the suits were filed. At the middle of the 20th century, the Wendish settlement was all but unknown except to a few historians. There, the strains of the hymns all but drowned the chaffinches and the cries of the whaups. The wheel well all but disintegrated and the already broken front axle shattered to pieces that fell at odd angles. The Indian wars are all but over, and the West has been tamed, or destroyed, whichever you prefer. Neighs, whinnies, and snorts, along with the clip-clop of hooves as the horses tore through the camp, made it all but impossible to hear. Mothers find their pups among the many whitecoats on the ice floes by scent and reject all but their own. An airman inspector noticed the starboard aft wheel was missing all but one of its lug nuts. Despite negotiations to lower the price of imported medications, they remain out of reach to all but the very richest. Their songs have a certain keening shrillness that will leave all but the hardiest nerves frazzled and jangling. Show More Sentences Solano has played in all but one Villa game so far this season and has lost none of his skill and crossing ability with age. Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment. By Wednesday morning all the properties had been visited again, and all but 54 premises, where householders were not home, were reconnected. Yet every time Tariana Turia tried it, the worm all but committed hara-kiri. The wolves that remained wild find themselves all but exterminated in the lower forty-eight states. Unfortunately, their advance has caused the decline of Britain's native red squirrels, all but eliminating them in the south of England. Modern refinement and processing of foods originating a century ago all but eliminated lignan ingestion in the daily diet. A minute later Sylvain Wiltord's strike hit Ian Baraclough to wrong-foot Ludek Miklosko and the game was all but over. When we started we genuinely could not play at all but we all enjoyed it so much we carried on regardless. Mayo fought spiritedly, and gave it their all but the strength, balance and passion which underlines Tyrone football just now told in the end. Tans have been all but forgotten in popular literature, but that suits us just fine. She hasn't been on a train for 4 years and that was all but forgotten so she was a bit excited. He added that he had all but forgotten the murder, but the long arm of the law had an even longer memory. His practice time was all but wiped out because of the demands of the media. They may be all but forgotten now but that doesn't mean they should not be left in peace. Those who brandish or discharge firearms in a public place would, in all but the rarest cases, be locked up. The plant is easy to grow in sun or partial shade and will tolerate all but chalky soils. The trust has strongly denied all but one of the allegations and has received no complaints about hygiene. It would keep us on our toes and discourage all but those with the most urgent banking business. Indeed, there are Hindu temples which have in the sanctum sanctorum no image at all but a yantra, a symbolic or mystic diagram. Show More Sentences Besides the rasping Cobain-like vocals any other trace of the alt-rock anthem of yesterday has all but faded. Profanity, vulgarity, bad language and all such other improprieties of speech were things that just might cause him to all but faint. Twenty minutes later, the TV cameramen all but ambushed Camilla and Charles as they emerged from the Guildhall as man and wife. He latches on to Dan one evening, all but inviting himself to the man's home for dinner. All parts are printed in clear, easy-to-read notation, and all but the piano and conductor's score are reproducible. The historic Mission grape, whose ancestors were planted by the early Spanish settlers, has all but disappeared. It survives all but the harshest winters, and even then reseeds itself very effectively. It took yards of line off a hard-set drag, and it all but pulled me off my ledge. I have a research collaborator who believes that companies are so busy trying to return big profits that innovation has all but died. Another hour and the virtually constant stream of questions, revelations and personal admissions had all but dried up. Significantly, the corporate media has all but completely ignored the revelations of wrongdoing by Immigration Canada officials. Not all but most fandoms are dominated quite heavily by women when it comes to writing. The musical revue may have a place in the theatre, but it has a far cosier one in the kind of late-night club that has all but disappeared. The festival will have something to tickle the interest of all but the staunchest anti-intellectuals. Finally the cat was hauled free, with all but one of her nine lives intact. Ultimately, it ended up exceeding the expectations of all but the most ridiculously optimistic. He had all but forgotten what a smile was until he saw Maria give him one of hers, how it seemed to lighten up her face and spirit. Traffic crews then had to block all but one lane of the bridge while the crane righted the container. Except for eight privately-owned towers, all but a handful of Maine's lighthouses now have local support groups. A crescendo rises and threatens to explode, but vanishes, leaving all but a ripple of sound. Show More Sentences However, all but the most severe apraxic children, if given the appropriate therapy, will eventually be competent oral communicators. In April, all but two wards in York voted to contribute funds towards such officers. At the end of the Anglo-Saxon period they were pursuing red deer and roe deer, animals which are all but absent in earlier bone assemblages. They found no trace of any agents, though all but Rohypnol would have passed through her system in that time. In all but one case, permits did not specify whether or not standing dead plants or plant litter should be included in estimates of cover. When the revolver was examined it was discovered that all but two of the gun's chambers contained live bullets. Of the government defeats in the division lobbies in this century, all but a handful have fallen in this category. She was having such fun, so much that she all but forgot that Terel was following her on her roundabout joyride against the wind. Since they began their direct action the arson attacks, break-ins and rowdy behaviour of recent weeks has all but stopped. The names on the eroded headstones were all but illegible, so in the waning light the artist made rubbings of the markers. Their hosts were obviously trying to show off for them, not realizing that their gestures were lost on all but Meredith. In other words, India was assured of all but one medal even before the event commenced. Apparently, low-life scum hurled stones at it till all but one of its 10 rings had been smashed. In practice, this meant all but the most atrocious offenses got mere wrist slaps. In any case, superficially Sirk's work has a pokerfaced luridness that has all but disappeared from our movies. Over the last two decades the Republicans and Democrats have all but eliminated the social safety net. The indigenous peoples, Carib, Arawak, Taino, all but disappeared under the impact of Spanish conquest. The colour from her tan had all but drained from her, her limbs were heavy and powerless, but she was by no means dead. Besides a Downy Woodpecker here and a Tufted Titmouse there, avifauna was all but absent. A leaf spring consists of a number of leaves, all but one of which should have their taper already formed. Show More Sentences The closures would eliminate all but one at-grade crossing in the city along the railway company's main line. The principal adversary and all but a few of its satraps gave up the conflict. For all but the very wealthy, the tax break from dividends would be meager. The castles were all but impregnable and served as Norman anchors in a Saxon sea. The elimination of all but minimal stage props and scenic effects places the emphasis squarely on the actor and the word. In both normal-length and elongated telomeres, telomeric turnover was found to involve all but the innermost few repeats. The process of his transformation from English public schoolboy to American citizen is all but complete. To obtain larger cut flowers, remove all but the terminal bud of each stem on the plant when the buds are small. Generally, however, Scots was displaced in all types of writing by English and even the traces of it all but disappeared by century's end. Most frustratingly for the school chancellor, this made it all but impossible to fire terrible teachers. For many years no distinction was made between Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay since the two varieties can look very similar to all but the keenest ampelographers. Staff shortages and the poor utilization of support staff inhibit the provision of clinical pharmacy services in all but the main tertiary care hospitals. The integrating theme behind individualist anarchism was the primacy of the individual and the commitment to rid society of all but defensive force. The authorities have all but ruled out rabies as a cause of death. After 10 minutes or so, all but the dementedly committed grown-ups will feel they have done their duty to democracy. City's misery was all but sealed on 71 minutes when Edmondson received his marching orders for an unsavoury outburst directed at the referee's assistant. Here are some genre-busting King titles that may have slipped past all but the most ardent fans. In rural Henan, Pai meets the coal dealer Da Cai, one of five brothers, all but the youngest of whom left their native village. That confrontation all but ensured that their bill would have trouble getting enough Republican votes in either chamber. We are aware that loss adjusting and economic damage calculation is not an exact science at all but as a relative indicator it can work very well. Show More Sentences It didn't seem like a very big deal at the time, and in fact I had all but forgotten about it until I woke up this morning with a pronounced limp. He had been all but ignored during his career and was resurrected only a decade after it by tiny yet earnest coteries scattered around Europe and America. My wife and I find that the crickets are nosier than the frogs, and best of all, the mosquitoes have all but disappeared from our macadamia orchard. We advise against all but essential travel to all other parts of Iraq. Of these twenty-seven pages, all but one and a half have been redacted. Reassured in his belief that Beacon International was just a scam, Fox all but forgot the entire ordeal, he told The Daily Beast. Recruitment drives all but disappeared this year, with all companies preferring to retrain and rotate staff in an effort to maximise existing company resources. Amy all but slammed the door shut again before relocking it. But, however badly we have managed things up to now, there is still no doubt in my mind that the answer is not no management at all but better management. Until the completion of the new institute, Queen Mary's scientists were scattered across seven different sites, which made such collaboration all but impossible. Keeping all his constituents happy is an all but impossible task. Weighing in on the matter, they have all but tried and convicted Wayne Gretzky as a domineering dad in the process. The kitchen sink emptied straight into a ditch, and there was no garden at all but for an overgrown orchard with a few apple trees and wild cherry seedlings. It also will benefit from the spillover of violence that is all but inevitable from Syria into Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan. The hay was belt-buckle high when rain let up, three days' sun baked stalks dry, and by midday all but the far pasture was mowed and raked into windrows. And, sorry about this kiddiewinks, all but one of these events were more than half a century ago, when your mums and dads weren't even thought of, never mind you. An attempt at tragedy in the book's last quarter all but tips the book into oblivion with the revelation of a family secret so silly that Sunset Beach would reject it. The homebound father of three now believes that escalation is all but inevitable. If not for movies like dazed and Confused, hemp would have all but disappeared from American discourse. The trail down to the foot of the falls was all but vertical, a white-knuckle descent by means of chains and old drill bits hammered into the rock. Show More Sentences The fighting on Guam was all but done when he arrived, and he was able to play baseball between patrols. But again this will be clawed back sharply for all but the lowest earners. As shadows fall and flesh goads, we all but hear the frenzied rutting amid the sirens. Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown. Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels. The cavalry rode on special saddles that effectively locked them in place as they rode and all but allowed them to keep their arms free to fight with. Oregon's lighthouses were all but inaccessible when they were built in the 19th century, near shoals and sandbars, treacherous offshore rocks and reefs. But at one point in Cupertino, all but five pawns were on a card or in a boxcar. Her house in Donetsk, she says, has been taken over by rebels and her family is now all but homeless. Coral fish such as groupers and wrasses have all but vanished from some waters, especially off the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Mr. Sorensen, a longtime friend of the Petersons, was recovering from a recent stroke and had all but lost his eyesight. Another has Mubarak deputize his vice president and step down in all but name. She kept news of her illness from all but her family and closest friends. Over head I could hear the builders doing their best to work through all but the worst of it, repairing to the shelter of the garage when it got too bad. Having all but the mizzen sail reefed, he bade Lasky a goodnight. He sings in his usual reedy voice, sounding all but lost in the swirl. The name is deceptive because this dish isn't tofu at all but consists of cream cheese cubes topped with green onions and bonito flakes and is eaten with a smidgen of wasabi. Petraeus, the long-suffering hero of the Surge, now transcends all but the most churlish criticisms. As unyielding as any of the cold war communist regimes, it is neither economically liberal nor politically democratic, but has ruled for all but one of the past 46 years. He employed all his skills to induce their consent and was apparently successful with all but Becket. Show More Sentences That led to a gradual decline in the use of the subjunctive, and it has been all but lost entirely in modern Dutch. Shortly thereafter he announced the adoption of Trajan as his successor, and with this decision all but abdicated. By 1450 it had lost contact with Norway and Iceland and disappeared from all but a few Scandinavian legends. By 1300, the wager of combat had all but died out in favor of trial by jury. At the height of European colonialism in the 19th century, Portugal had lost its territory in South America and all but a few bases in Asia. Within a couple of generations, large swathes of the central Maya area were all but abandoned. Smith lost his bid for a third term even though he carried all but eight counties. In the ensuing chaos, it is reported that all but three men on the Russian side were killed, including Yermak. Gradually the Chinese kilns recovered, and by about 1740 the first period of Japanese export porcelain had all but ceased. Hunting was an important source of protein but the scarcity of game has all but extinguished this practice. The treaty took effect on 28 March 1997 after all but one of the member states had ratified it. They help illustrate the similarities and differences between languages, but are not real in all but a handful. Despite the variability, all but four presidents have been able to appoint at least one justice. Involuntary manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. The native population may be excluded from all but the lowest level of the colonial government. Their marriage lasted until her death 48 years later, and the couple had 15 children, all but one of whom lived to adulthood. These findings suggest that the divide between fresh and saltwater departments has all but disappeared. The ideological battle is over. The pub was empty of all but the most dedicated drinkers, shambolic figures huddled over bottles. With lessons in good behavior all but forgotten in many homes, must teachers now be supernannies? The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium. Show More Sentences Thus, the best approach against him is to take his pitches the other way or else you will all but certainly be way out in front. By Wednesday night air supremacy was all but assured and aircraft were able to operate by day as well. It might be supposed,' he wrote, 'that traditional selenography was all but redundant. I think Land Rover would argue against that as all but the Defender have a monocoque chassis. Even with a six footer at the wheel, there's enough room in the back for all but the rangiest adults and the boot is a prodigious size. By falling five games below the Lakers and Denver for the final playoff spot in the West, the Clippers are all but mathematically kaput. Though emails and texting have all but obliterated cursive writing, a fashion backlash is evident in the revival of monogramming. And the Tory Cameron's leadership of a Conservative-Liberal coalition has seen loss and stagnation for all but the higher salariat. Well, mark your calendars, because the low-carb craze appears all but dead. But her real name was all but wiped from history after Florence Nightingale branded her a brothel-keeper. AmpliVox's premium sound system can be added to all but one of the Da-Lite lectern lines. Craig Brown last night vowed to regroup his side for a Scottish Cup assault after all but kissing goodbye to their top-six hopes yesterday. And though his money was now gone again, all but a sovereign or two, yet that troubled him but little, in the first flush of being at sea. Objection is sometimes offered to this system upon the hypothesis that all but the rich or fullhanded, are excluded from our sanctuaries. But the visitors' win was all but sealed when Diouf was hauled down by Tamas as he raced towards goal late on and the Romanian was duly sent off. The UK halved their force and were slowing withdrawal with all but two bases being closed down. However, it all but confirmed the partition of Ireland between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. The Abbasids built their capital in Baghdad after replacing the Umayyad caliphs from all but the Iberian peninsula. Fearing the worst, the Romans began a major mobilization, all but pulling out of recently pacified Spain and Gaul. North of Ardnamurchan, the place names that existed prior to the 9th century have been all but obliterated. Show More Sentences A religious polemic of about this time complains bitterly of the oppression and extortion suffered by all but the richest Romans. But in his insensate passion for revenge upon one who had all but murdered him, he had forgotten all else but the moment's specious opportunity. When Spain failed to maintain the Continental System, the uneasy Spanish alliance with France ended in all but name. By now, the imminent threat of invasion had all but passed as the Luftwaffe had failed to gain the prerequisite air superiority. Second, Cromwell gave a huge degree of freedom to his parliaments, although royalists were barred from sitting in all but a handful of cases. After the conflicts with the Danes, and following the 1088 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed by Odo of Bayeux. Previously, all but the Peak District and the Lake District were governed by the local county councils. Henri Lebesgue invented measure theory and used it to define integrals of all but the most pathological functions. By a constitutional amendment adhering to EU law, Malta gives the right for the freedom to any religion or none at all but de jure not de facto. Elagabalus was an incompetent and lascivious ruler, who was well known for extreme extravagance, that offended all but his favorites. The action is so spontaneous, so all but inevitable, that only the most compulsive theological case against it would deter me. In the 15th century, its three windows were all but blocked up because of the expanded keep. Anthony Powell mentions in his review of that biography contains that in his view Belloc was thoroughly antisemitic, at all but a personal level. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplays for all but the fifth film, which was penned by Michael Goldenberg. Wales, including as Great Britain, has competed in all but the 2008 tournament. Grand slam for all of the tricks, in contrast to small slam or little slam for all but one, dates from early in the 19th century. This change in voting system saw all but five councils end up with no one party in control. In all but five of the years since this rule has been in place, the winning country has hosted the show the following year. By the end of the 15th century, central English authority in Ireland had all but disappeared. However, over time the Russian monarch reduced Polish freedoms, and Russia annexed the country in virtually all but name. Show More Sentences In 1610, all but three of the survivors of the Sea Venture sailed on to Jamestown. When created, all but two had the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies. During this era, all but 11 of the 149 UUP Stormont MPs were members of the Orange Order, as were all Prime Ministers. It was apparent to all but himself that what was once idle curiosity had become a monomania. The loss of all but one of the Chinook helicopters being carried by the Atlantic Conveyor was a severe blow from a logistical perspective. For almost five millennia, the geocentric model of the Earth as the center of the universe had been accepted by all but a few astronomers. That year, he also scored Robots, going on to score all but one of subsequent films by Blue Sky Studios. Although all but Jonny had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, On a Friday continued to rehearse on weekends and holidays. Kuwait has a robust public sphere and active civil society with political and social organizations that are parties in all but name. In 1834 all but two of the bishops of the Church of England confirmed that they would accept holders of Durham degrees for ordination. California's population is greater than that of all but 34 countries of the world. By the time the Old Pretender arrived in Scotland the rising was all but defeated and he returned to continental exile. In 1406 the Duke of Albany became Regent of Scotland, making him the most powerful man in Scotland, king in all but name. There they remained all but forgotten in a chest until 1818, when a group of people including Sir Walter Scott set out to find them. Of the eight tournaments that have been held, all but one have been won by a national team from the southern hemisphere. Eight of the nine who got damages were not worth a dime, and all but six of those who failed to sustain their suits were worthless. The Puritan toleration lasted six years, and included all but Papists, Prelatists and those who held objectional doctrines. After facing Marciano, with the prospect of another significant payday all but gone, Louis retired for good from professional boxing. She held discussions with fourteen music labels, rejecting all but one as she believed it was the only one which would not dictate her image. The red-sided garter snake, while harmless to all but the most ophiophobic of humans, is a fearsome predator of frogs, salamanders and slugs. Show More Sentences Today, traditional Danish dialects have all but disappeared, though there are regional variants of the standard language. In the 20th century they have all but disappeared, and the standard language has extended throughout the country. The very light wind rendered manoeuvring virtually impossible for all but the most expert seamen. The authorities in Alderney, having no direct communication with the UK, recommended that all islanders evacuate, and all but a handful did so. Guttural grunts and posturing is used with all but the most determined of predators with great effectiveness. They prefer warmer, tropical climates but are adaptable and can live in all but the most extreme environments. The USA Today report includes a number of documented in-air incidents that should give all but the most hard-headed lamebrain pause. It is messy enough to be fork-food for all but the most dexterous eater. Distorted inheritor of the Mobius Strip, all but invented by one group of teenagers. It is an elegantly simple machine, devoid of all but the most essential instruments and controls. This is a higher level of relative poverty than all but four other EU members. Still, the Seca II isn't meant to be a racebike, and power is adequate for all but the most banzai backroad blitzing. The smaller crew was possible because the battleship was stripped of all but her big guns. Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist. So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now? And although the Chelsea boss is the kind of man who would inspire fury in all but the saintliest of football supporters, on this occasion his assessment was spot on. His manager for all but his last five fights was Terry Lawless, who signed him as a professional shortly after he had become ABA heavyweight champion at the age of eighteen. But last season's quarterfinalists Rubin, who were knocked out by winners, Chelsea, were still able to triumph 3-2 away from home to all but confirm passage to the next round. The Jedis are all but extinct, the Old Republic is in turmoil and the threat of the Death Star is looming in ''Rogue One,'' fans learned at Star Wars Celebration on Sunday. For all but these festive fixtures the past 12 months have been an annus horribilis but the year has finished on a ding-dong merrily on high note. Show More Sentences Residents of Fukushima, 240 km north of Tokyo, overwhelmingly backed the zero option, with all but one of the 30 who were picked in a draw to speak backing a swift exit. Le Nour displayed its les Royales de Zaria line of oversized handbags in neon colors, which were all but hidden by black lace embroidery and Swarovski gems. Sloan, in contrast, all but erased the social importance of the Koshare as mischief makers and satirists, instead presenting only their more serious religious function. He is trying to read the stone but decades of exposure to wind, rain and sun have severely weathered it, erasing all but the sketchiest of details. Oregon lost all but three of its all-Americans from last year, including sprinter English Gardner and distance runners Jordan Hasay and Alexi Pappas. Owning a DuGyte PCS also seriously reduces the amount of guitar cables and power leads, and all but eliminates the need for wall warts and power strips. Williams won the first five Grands Prix, Hill winning all but one of them. The road I traveled is all but impassable to motorized vehicles, excepting a trail bike driven by someone who knows how to negotiate mammoth mudholes. Haynes's formulation all but conflated middle-class status with moral integrity, as he implied that by their nature, the better classes were more selfsecure. Anne's boat was lost and all but two of the Southport crew were too. If the establishment of other non-native species such as flathead catfish is any indication, it seems all but certain that blue catfish are here to stay. After the Roman Empire, the use of burned lime and pozzolana was greatly reduced until the technique was all but forgotten between 500 and the 14th century. However, by 1670 the sea had encroached upon the town, destroying the port and swallowing up all but a few houses so that nothing was left but a tiny village. By December 2008 more than 10,000 people had been infected in all but one of Zimbabwe's provinces and the outbreak had spread to Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. A portion of Grainger Town was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Eldon Square Shopping Centre, including all but one side of the original Eldon Square itself. Fifteen delegates made statements about the power of the federal courts to review the constitutionality of laws, with all but two of them supporting the idea. Finally, between 1880 and 1900, an explosive burst of experimental activity at last drove home the truth of germ theory to all but the most purblind of critics. In the Hellenized east, ancient civilizations like those of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Judea and Syria, effectively resisted all but its most superficial effects. The boat crashes and all but Mordred, who later kills his father, perish. Modern German remains moderately inflected, retaining four noun cases, although the genitive started falling into disuse in all but formal writing in Early New High German. Show More Sentences The Eastern Romans, or Byzantines, partially recovered lost territory on numerous occasions but gradually lost all but Anatolia and parts of Thrace and the Balkans. By discouraging all but religious leisure activities, it fostered a certain dourness, which was for a long time considered an Icelandic stereotype. Perhaps his most noticeable memorials are several huge pieces of masonry in Binnel Bay, which once formed a harbour which is all but inaccessible from the land. The onset of World War II silenced all but one of the original IBC stations, only Radio Luxembourg continued its nightly transmissions to Britain. After a while he descended the steps into the road again and he stood there and looked all about him and listened for any sound at all but there was nothing. This is all but gone and the major primary industry is North Sea oil. It became apparent in July 2012 that the firm's financial difficulties had made this plan impossible to implement, and initially all but the Esprit project were cancelled. In the early 1950s, it was believed by numerous people that poverty had been all but abolished from Britain, with only a few isolated pockets of deprivation still remaining. In the final, all but three out of 26 contestants had songs in English. The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac. Today, all but one labelling initiative have fully adopted the new mark. The Pictish Saint Drostan appears to have had a wide following in the north in earlier times, although he was all but forgotten by the 12th century. By 1800, all but one Congregational church in Boston had Unitarian preachers teaching the strict unity of God, the subordinate nature of Christ, and salvation by character. In the 2010 House of Representatives elections, seven independents were elected, although all but two joined a political party after the elections. Then in 1558 the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne, survived the 1570 bull Regnans in Excelsis, and all but one of the following monarchs were Anglican. On 15 March 2013 Mr Justice Ouseley rejected all but one of the claims. Throughout his writing career, all but four of his plays were premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in its three different locations. When they returned from the church the dinner was all but ready. Shakespeare's audience, in this view, expected villains to be wholly bad, and Senecan style, far from prohibiting a villainous protagonist, all but demanded it. To overcome that lingering legacy, the younger Bush was all but compelled to become almost hyperauthentic in his Texan identity, and it was a role he took to with much gusto. Show More Sentences The monastery and nunnery continued to be active until the Reformation, when buildings were demolished and all but three of the 360 carved crosses destroyed. His fleet all but controlled two important seas, the North and the Baltic. The attacks on Toulouse made clear that peace between Louis VII and Henry II wasn't peace at all but just an opportunity for Henry to make war elsewhere. In flight, ducks are safe from all but a few predators such as humans and the peregrine falcon, which regularly uses its speed and strength to catch ducks. Whilst negotiating to resupply and repair at the Spanish port, the fleet were attacked by Spanish warships, with all but two of the English ships lost. Reviving this House of Lords in all but name, they argued, was but a short step to returning to the Ancient Constitution of King, Lords and Commons. The Irish Free State distanced itself further from the British state with the introduction of a new constitution in 1937, making it a republic in all but name. At the height of European colonialism in the 19th century, Portugal had already lost its territory in South America and all but a few bases in Asia. The offices were occupied by British Rail, then by Railtrack, and finally by Network Rail, which has now vacated all but a small portion of one of the towers. Examples from Classical Literature The occupant said that his father had manured all but that one with blackfish. They ran until the bulge of the inner globe all but hid the plane from them. Whence our old word beldam, the more courteous meaning of which is all but lost in its ironical one. The advocates of biogenesis in Religion have founded their argument hitherto all but exclusively on Scripture. God had made amy so that she had less trouble from selfishness than all but a few people. The tide was high, and the ragged rocks of the banc des Violets in the south and the Corbiore in the west were all but hidden. The island which for years had been neglected and all but ignored became the chief centre of antillean interest. Of course, every man was on his feet in a second, thinking we were all but afoul of another vessel. In all but a few types of machine the airscrew is now retained in the forward position. That the shore is a place of recreation for all but the bathing-machine horse. At Thirty-second Street he ran into Burman, with whom he had all but cornered wheat. Find more words! 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