Example sentences of "to be [det] thing to all " in BNC.
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1 | Thus the modern saloon and hatchback has to be all things to all people . |
2 | Politicians have to be all things to all people . |
3 | In trying to be all things to all men it became over-complex . ’ |
4 | In this sense many of the international firms will try to be all things to all people . |
5 | 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 ? |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |
9 | I do n't want to either , Bill , but I must come back on this , I mean Choppy wants all things and wants to be all things to all men . |