Example sentences of "[pers pn] all is that " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The joy of it all is that this is a resort which is peaceful — you can hear the Atlantic waves breaking on the seashore .
6 The outcome of it all is that Wainwright heads the points table with 55 and is followed by Karen Cross with 48 .
7 As early as May 1910 , the local WFL organiser , Madge Turner , commented more in sorrow than in anger on the dispute , admitting that " the saddest part of it all is that the majority of women in all the departments are supporting the men .
8 The remarkable thing about it all is that he had already caused significant bad debts when his Pergamon Press failed in the seventies .
9 The irony of it all is that Jim does not eat fish .
10 The implicature we can draw from it all is that Anderson 's enthusiasm for the topic overrides his concern for his positive face , but that the conflict between these two concerns remains , and is visible in the nervous flaws in his linguistic performance .
11 Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her .
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