Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] for all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world recession has been tough for all of us , at home and abroad . |
| 2 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 3 | Despite the small numbers involved , this work has been discussed at some length because the issues raised are critical for all those who work with elderly people and carers . |
| 4 | The Brockwells had been present for all the evidence at the Palais de Justice in Paris . |
| 5 | Party contributions had been compulsory for all citizens prior to the RPT 's dissolution . |
| 6 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |
| 7 | Conservative Governments have been responsible for all major environmental legislation . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , it 's been tough for all of us . |