The phrase "all the settlements were" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the status or condition of multiple settlements in a past context.
Example: "After the storm, all the settlements were left without power for several days."
Alternatives: "all the settlements had" or "all the settlements existed".
Institutions using several brokers would find it a nightmare to reconstitute trading records to show that purchases and sale of shares tally with the publication of flawed research.Merely keeping up with all the settlements is a job in itself.
Abraham H. Foxman National Director Anti-Defamation League New York, June 22 , 2009 To the Editor: Tony Judt does a wonderful job of clarifying why all the "settlements" are illegal and stand in the way of peace in the Middle East, and of explaining how the small but significant political constituency in Israel prevents meaningful change from taking place.
It is now clear to most Israelis that if there is ever going to be a final political agreement with the Palestinians, it will require that some, if not necessarily all, of the settlements be dislodged and evacuated.
The 500 residents, who have suffered frequent attacks by Palestinians who live on all sides of the settlement, were united in refusing to negotiate with the government for new homes.
But all that was left of the settlements was ruins.
A Housing Ministry spokesman, Kobi Bleich, said the settlements are all within "the Israeli consensus," meaning that Israel wants to annex them in any future peace deal.
The settlements are all safe, even mega-settlement Ariel, smack dab in the middle of the West Bank.
All the women involved in the settlements are bound by nondisclosure agreements.
"The settlements are expanding all over.
But at the base of all those settlements was the grand bargain, which, in addition to preserving the museum's vaunted collection, allowed Detroit to grant all of its retirees a better deal than first expected.
