Example sentences of "everything [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost everything is worth saying , some of it is fine and perceptive but the notion of less is more seems to apply more to his art than his writings . |
| 2 | Oh , when you 're down there , everything is worth it , everything … |
| 3 | Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board . |
| 4 | ‘ A lover is illicit — the whole point of being married , it seems to me , is that everything is above board and clean ’ |
| 5 | A lover is illicit — the whole point of being married , it seems to me , is that everything is above board and clean . ’ |
| 6 | Everything is above board except the strategy . |
| 7 | Everything is at a standstill and so many people in the underground , just sitting there with nowhere to go . |
| 8 | Everything is at your disposal . |
| 9 | She ca n't reach the shelves , that 's why everything is on the table . ’ |
| 10 | It 's a bird 's eye view as to where everything is on the spreadsheet . |
| 11 | According to the Middle East Economic Digest ( MEED ) of Feb. 2 , a United States official confirmed on Jan. 29 that the USA had cut its grant aid to Yemen for fiscal 1990/91 from US$20,500,000 to $2,900,000 , and that " everything is on hold " . |
| 12 | Buildings , freeways and bridges — everything is on a grand scale . |
| 13 | ‘ So everything is on course , then ? ’ |
| 14 | Everything is on course for Bruce Springsteen to open the National Bowl at Milton Keynes tomorrow . |
| 15 | Our final visit is to Miserden Park , where everything is on a grand scale ; from the borders , which are 100 yards long and 22 yards wide , to the Yew hedges , which take 8 weeks to cut . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll be talking again early next week and until then everything is on hold . |
| 17 | This means everything is to hand and off the floor and she does n't have to keep going in and out of the stable while she gets her horse ready to ride . |
| 18 | Nothing is to be gained by it and everything is to be lost . |
| 19 | Everything is to be made secure ; all gates are to be kept closed and locked . |
| 20 | Your father insists everything is to be done properly , as befits his daughter , of course … ’ |
| 21 | This kind of exercise can build up a certain caution in approaching a document , and a realisation that not everything is to be taken at face value . |
| 22 | Everything is to be produced automatically , without workers or managements , or else is to be made by hand by those who need it . |
| 23 | ‘ Everything is under control , ’ said Major Edgardo Lopez Grimaldo , a spokesman for the PDF and a senior Noriega aide , as the rebels , in civilian dress , were led from the barracks by members of the 2000 Battalion , the general 's elite combat force . |
| 24 | Just as everything is under His power , so everything derives from Him . |
| 25 | There is a real sense of achievement when everything has been ticked off and we can rest easy knowing that everything is under control . |
| 26 | It 's a buyer 's market right now ; everything is for sale , but we do n't want to rush anything . ’ |
| 27 | He set forth an idealistic view of a society in which all privilege would be done away with , and in which wealth and power would be fairly shared , on the basis of competitive public examinations with General Essay papers on EITHER Natural Justice OR ‘ Everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds . ’ |
| 28 | One of the most distressing factors is the ‘ jollying up ’ attitude of staff and their expectations that the patients and their families will collude with the ritual pretence that everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds . |
| 29 | If everything is for the best in Castlereagh , why are there so many out-of-court settlements in actions for damages brought by former detainees ? |
| 30 | Suddenly one has arrived and everything is for real ! |