Example sentences of "[noun sg] is all that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ownership is all that many Believers understand . |
| 2 | There is a breed of professional understudy , often , if female , actresses who have semi-retired to bring up families , for whom the job is all that they require . |
| 3 | But nectar is all that bees can ‘ talk ’ about — of limited interest to the rest of us . |
| 4 | ‘ Meal-time is all that many patients have to look forward to — it is the highlight of the day , and good food contributes greatly to both their well-being and recovery as much for psychological as nutritional reasons , ’ says Roden . |
| 5 | A Dry White Season is all that we could ask of a Hollywood movie about South Africa . |
| 6 | We make-believe that the dried skull is all that we have from a modern animal , use a plaster cast to estimate how big its brain was from the skull alone , and then check with the real brain to see how accurate our estimate was . |
| 7 | ( Dick reports that the paint is all that he had hoped it would be and more . |
| 8 | So perhaps Mill 's claim is that the pleasurableness of life is all that matters but that this can not always be so well promoted by increasing the quantity of low level pleasure as by obtaining lesser amounts of high quality pleasure . |
| 9 | Though nearly fifty years later I have followed a similar route to Orwell 's , his book is all that we share . |
| 10 | If the amount passes the test of s 11(4) , then that amount is all that the party in breach can reasonably be expected to pay , however much loss the other party suffers , and even for total failure to perform caused by wilful default . |
| 11 | But the bottom line is all that the stock market cares about , and the dividend is only a token penny a share . |
| 12 | Do we want to live in a society in which making money is all that matters , or are there other objectives that we hold more dear . |
| 13 | Such assertions ‘ drive me insane ’ , he says , ‘ the honesty is all that matters . |
| 14 | Unfortunately for competition policy , such evidence will invariably be lacking , and actual conduct is all that the authorities have to go on . |
| 15 | The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket . |
| 16 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |
| 17 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |
| 18 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |
| 19 | If pleasure could be everlasting and if one could always stay young then his retreat would be a beautiful and convincing one but as this world is governed by realities and not the imagination of the individual , momentary escapism is all that Marlowe 's poem can offer . |
| 20 | In some cases inspection of such a table is all that is needed to decide which investment to accept . |
| 21 | In some cases inspection of such a table is all that is needed to decide which investment to accept . |