Example sentences of "[pers pn] all is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They tell me all is delayed . |
| 2 | He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’ |
| 3 | In the jungle , you need allies you can trust — and the most trustworthy one of them all is ( you guessed ! ) the Bristol & West . |
| 4 | The magic word that justifies those doubts is ‘ phase ’ or ‘ period ’ , as if a stage has been reached where God is no longer necessary : But the key motif in them all is ingratitude , a moral , spiritual and emotional insensitivity to the reality of what we once were and would be now apart from God . |
| 5 | Julia 's devotion to the Brontë legend is a leitmotiv , and behind them all is the all-powerful Wing Commander , the ‘ old man ’ , a sort of ‘ Mr Rochester ’ figure . |
| 6 | Ever since Robert Owen or Proudhon , people have been inventing alternatives to cash ; and the lesson of the failure of them all is that , to have the slightest chance of being useful , they should be local , mutual , voluntary , and , above all , simple . |
| 7 | The important element of them all is undoubtedly the dishonest appropriation of another person 's property — the treating of ‘ tuum ’ as ‘ meum ; ’ and we think it not only logical , but right in principle , to make this the central element of the offence . |
| 8 | Common to them all is the fact that they are acted and are therefore simulations of reality , which may be done with varying degrees of realism or fantasy . |
| 9 | Various authors have contributed to this view of strategic decision making , but the leader of them all is Quinn ( 1978 , 1980 ) . |
| 10 | Common to them all is a need for compact plant which allows improved environmental performance and greater process control leading to better quality and more consistent products . |
| 11 | The best way to help them all is Labour 's way — by increasing child benefit to £9.95 for every child , to reflect 1987 value . |
| 12 | The essential theme of them all is that disorder is all the time increasing . |
| 13 | The most famous extra of them all is Colin Dexter , the author who created Inpsector Morse . |
| 14 | Paul 's not gon na do them all is he ? |
| 15 | ‘ We all is lost . ’ |
| 16 | So I jumped in , eloquently I thought , to second Niall 's resolution , to be released to the press if agreed : that the Labour Party should make annual contributions to the IRA — Yes I did - I was in a wonderful whirl , you see , the whole ant-heap had suddenly become vivid , and , um , deconstructable ; I forgot Wat Tyler and Keir Hardie , and saw rich and poor as it all is today , internationally struggling , the classes — well , you could n't understand … |
| 17 | The upshot of it all is that Major-General Holomisa has made Transkei a haven of sorts , a thorn in Pretoria 's side , for the ANC . |
| 18 | But behind it all is Scott , who is self-appointed and unsalaried producer , director and spokesman for an enterprise that never occured to British sport itself . |
| 19 | Meanwhile more religious Muslim parents are saying that the answer to it all is single sex schools . |
| 20 | O ! how wicked it all is , how far from any beauty or ideal . |
| 21 | How sudden it all is , leaving us no time to make adjustments and to learn acceptance . |
| 22 | The one inescapable impression left by it all is that the canal system as a whole was so run down and dilapidated that nothing short of a central canal authority wiling and able to undertake a vast investment programme could have any hope of making the canals profitable again . |
| 23 | The joy of it all is that this is a resort which is peaceful — you can hear the Atlantic waves breaking on the seashore . |
| 24 | Beneath it all is a growing wave of individual crimes , adding up to a crisis of law and order . |
| 25 | Top level evening is a good illustration of how silly it all is . |
| 26 | The personal side of it all is unbearable . ’ |
| 27 | Whether children will get a better education as a result of it all is by no means clear . |
| 28 | If your idea of getting away from it all is relaxation , the best of English countryside and the good things of life , then Somerset 's the place for you . |
| 29 | Crunching riffs , frantic sneer , a sound so chewy that Rowntrees are currently sticking it under the microscope to see if it can be put into a crisp candy coat , and a bloody horrible noise it all is . |
| 30 | The danger about it all is that Mains and his lieutenants , Peter Thorburn and Earle Kirton , have based their selection plans and playing philosophies on what might later be regarded as insecure grounds . |