Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] is said [coord] " in BNC.

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1 It is important to note in particular that although much is said and written about directives ( as indeed will be the case later in this article ) , they are much less numerous than regulations , which appear in effect as the most frequently used Community legislative instrument .
2 When all is said and done , The Bartered Bride is rarely less than enchanting .
3 When all is said and done , the passage is barely understandable .
4 He has had an unhappy life , when all is said and done , unhappy in the personal department .
5 He was , when all is said and done , Dudley 's man .
6 All these thoughts seem right and proper at this time but , when all is said and done , might not much of the above be applied to any institution ?
7 When all is said and done flake foods are excellent as a staple diet .
8 But when all is said and done , the name of the novel game is entertainment , and in that Richard Allen has never failed to deliver .
9 ‘ I do n't wish to criticise your friend but , when all is said and done , what does a half-mad old maid know about anything ?
10 When all is said and done , the modern day season ticket holder or the viewer of closed circuit television , no less than old time slave masters , have decisive effects on the destinies of sportsmen .
11 Personally my advice is as in the diagram above and the box — though when all is said and done , it 's common sense , and you may know better .
12 When all is said and done , we are left with the question , what use is research to practitioners ?
13 But when all is said and done , AT&T will be left sitting with stock valued at $100m more than its current USL holdings .
14 This was , when all is said and done , class legislation : enacted by one class for the betterment of its lower brethren ; not for the correction of its own bad habits .
15 But when all is said and done , what innovation requires is hard , focused , purposeful work .
16 When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour .
17 When all is said and done , there may be no way to avoid the momentary grip of fear descending on you when unusual things start to happen on your computer , but I hope to have shown that this should not necessarily start a panic .
18 When all is said and done , this is just a straightforward crime and we would n't normally put him on to something like this . ’
19 When all is said and done , 60pc of the stallholders are making a living from these sales and are paying a fee to the organisers for the space they have .
20 I think it could be more like £400 when all is said and done . ’
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