Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [be] all [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is going to be all forms of Jihad all over the world because there is a sacred element , there is an element erm of er which is the presence of a foreign non-Muslim force in the Holy Land ; this is a very explosive element . |
| 2 | In trying to be all things to all men it became over-complex . ’ |
| 3 | Can he explain that contradiction , or is he just a politician running scared of the electorate and trying to be all things to all people ? |
| 4 | The motion itself is a compromise some on my side have said it 's too much of a compromise they 've said you 're tr trying to be all things to all people . |
| 5 | At its worst this results in a sort of tasteless Euro-soup , which by trying to be all things to all men , ends up being nothing to anybody . |
| 6 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |