Example sentences of "[det] this [be] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I suppose my main concern in all this is that we employ thirty-three thousand people and their lives are being considerably upset by this activity and I feel
2 One of the impressive things about all this is that everyone agrees about his modesty , his lack of show .
3 The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’
4 One interesting side-effect of all this is that I 've seen more of Britain than I ever did before , albeit through the windows of an armoured car .
5 The crucial thing to remember in all this is that you are looking at birds and getting out and about in the countryside — the birds may just be the excuse — because you enjoy it , not to pass an " A " level .
6 The probable significance of all this is that it is mistaken to attempt to generalize about employers ' attitudes to young workers .
7 The slight down side of all this is that your foe will usually know exactly how tough your cavalry is and target them with spells and artillery .
8 The consequence of all this is that there are considerable social pressures towards increased educational provision .
9 The result of all this is that there are two subsets of /Ε/; with very different potentials for variation .
10 The sum total of all this is that there is a black-out , a closed interface , for all Western printed news , scientific , technical and medical journals and books .
11 The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others .
12 One slight advantage of all this was that nobody had time to consider the fate of L Detachment .
13 The result of all this was that I returned to Europe and settled in Paris with her .
14 Of course , the effect of all this was that she did n't like my children very much , and she had some justification for this .
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