In all some 15 million people live in the selected areas.
There was evidence that thirteen people in all had taken part in planning the murder.
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in all in British English
altogether
there were five of them in all
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in all in American English
altogether; all being counted
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Examples of 'in all' in a sentence
in all
The battle sent thousands of people fleeing in all directions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These come in all sizes and will keep your wine in ideal cellar conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Hackers come in all shapes and sizes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Do you have a service for firms that do not want to invest in all that new equipment?
Computing (2010)
The moon merges with Jupiter to help you get what you want and need in all relationships.
The Sun (2017)
AN elderly woman has lost a legal battle to remain in the house she has lived in all her life.
The Sun (2016)
People turn up in all sorts of things.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In all there were almost a dozen men and women who stood around the kneeling nun.
Christianity Today (2000)
When he goes away he wants to soak in all of the cities he visits.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They had come in all shapes and sizes and from all age groups.
The Sun (2008)
Yet the enthusiasm to know more about the mortgage guarantee seems equal in all regions.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
All parts in all movies are almost anorexic.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They come in all shapes and sizes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She seems to suck in all the air with the energy of her presence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Games come in all sizes and guises.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
Life seemed pretty perfect in all honesty.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
Anxious people come in all shapes and sizes.
Hambly, Dr Kenneth Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life (1991)
The consultants in all specialities lived in because returning to the hospital at night was at times just too dangerous.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
People in all income groups want taxes to be cut and they want these tax reductions to be widely spread.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He wanted it in all situations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People don't want control in all things.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Decide that it was right to leave the place you'd lived in all those years because changeis good.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All in all, come along.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Other Norfolk executives received almost 2 million in all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In all Russia, almost zero percent.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
First there came a flowering of light, quite beautiful, which fled along the ground in all directions from the centre of the old city.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
All related terms of 'in all'
all in
If you say that you are all in , you mean that you are extremely tired.
all in all
You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
all-in-one
denoting a single object or system that consists of or functions as several different items
in all honesty
You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting , and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
in all things
In all things means in every situation and at all times.
all in good time
in due course
all-in wrestling
a competition or race, as in swimming , in which each participant may use a style of his or her choice instead of a specified style
in all but name
If you say that a situation exists in all but name , you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.
in all likelihood
If you say that something will happen in all likelihood , you mean that it will probably happen.
in all my life
You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree .
in all probability
If you say that something will happen in all probability , you mean that you think it is very likely to happen.
in all weathers
If you say that someone does something in all weathers , you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad .
(all) in good time
If you tell someone that something will happen in good time or all in good time , you are telling them to be patient because it will happen eventually .
in (all) conscience
in fairness; on any reasonable ground
all in a day's work
If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult , because it is part of their job or because they often do it.
in one
You can use in one to indicate that something is a single unit, but is made up of several different parts or has several different functions.
chuck it all (in/up)
If someone chucks it all , they stop doing their job , and usually move somewhere else. In British English you can also say that someone chucks it all up or chucks it all in .
in (all) fairness (to)
You use fairness in expressions such as in fairness to and in all fairness when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.
in all one's born days
so far in one's life
all's fair in love and war
said to mean that under difficult circumstances any kind of behaviour is acceptable
comes in all shapes and sizes
If you say that things or people of a certain type come in all shapes and sizes , you mean that there are a large number of them, and that they are often very different from each other.
in conscience
with regard to truth and justice
in good conscience/in all conscience
If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience , in good conscience , or in conscience , you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong .
put all one's eggs in one basket
to stake everything on a single venture
put all your eggs in one basket
to put all your efforts or resources into one course of action with the result that you will have no alternatives left if this fails
something is all in a day's work
said to mean that something that most people would consider difficult , unusual , or exciting is easy or normal because it is part of your job , or because you often experience this kind of thing
to put all your eggs in one basket
If someone puts all their eggs in one basket , they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails , they have no alternatives left.
someone would not do something for all the tea in China
said to emphasize that someone definitely does not want to do something