Example sentences of "[prep] all is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle which would have to be established first of all is that each person in the world ( all those aged 21 or over , suggests Dr Grubb ) would have an equal share in man-made carbon dioxide emissions , regardless of whether he lived in a rich developed country or a poor one which produced hardly any carbon dioxide at all . |
| 2 | He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine . |
| 3 | The biggest irony of all is that probably no single factor proved more damaging than the contribution of the man who we were told was so universally respected and popular that , if he had been Labour leader instead of Neil Kinnock , Labour 's lead in the polls would have been 49 to 33 . |
| 4 | Most likely of all is that we partially trust one another , and each play some mixed sequence of COOPERATE and DEFECT , ending up with some intermediate sum of money . |
| 5 | Perhaps the best protected hole of all is that built by the female trap-door spider . |
| 6 | And I think the most disgusting thing of all is that Alan Sillitoe does n't show that he 's disgusted by his young man . |
| 7 | The saddest thing of all is that it is hard to see how a different outcome was ever possible . |
| 8 | Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them . |
| 9 | What I want to make sure first of all is that erm you understand what has gone on before the scene that we actually want to find ourselves in . |
| 10 | The most damning fact of all is that Seb had been drinking . |
| 11 | The best news of all is that you pay remarkably little for all this bounty . |
| 12 | Most significant news of all is that we 've just won the highly respected Dataquest Customer Satisfaction Poll against competition from the other best manufacturing names in the industry . |
| 13 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 14 | As for the former chairman himself the greatest pity of all is that he found it necessary to go without finding a successor for himself . |
| 15 | The biggest problem of all is that we ca n't look forward and that a lot of the problems , being problems are happening now , and happened since the er the first of January that should of happened they should of happened in th , in th , in the er at least the three months before the end of last year , if not more ! |
| 16 | What is common to all is that as symbols of excellence precious substances embody and display values and it is by entertaining and expressing values that men declare their identity as human beings rather than as mere primates . |
| 17 | Another fact that may not be known to all is that once again we were privileged to have throughout the week the delightful company and invaluable help of several ladies from the Cathedral . |
| 18 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 19 | Hewlett-Packard says the only thing that makes Unix questionable at all is that there is more than one version . |
| 20 | The chief reason for this visit happening at all is that the Soviet Union wants it to ; Soviet Foreign Minister , Edouard Sheverdnaze was in North Korea , putting pressure on his fellow Communists to reform ; the Soviets are fed up with subsidizing them and anyhow , want economic help from the capitalists in South Korea . |