Example sentences of "all [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I mean , look at the hours we 're supposed to keep — Parliament is all about being a gentleman amateur , and absolutely nothing to do with working mothers or the demands of a family .
2 There needs above all to be a consistency in the whole chain linking nature conservation policy with action on the ground .
3 Looking back on these years , he remembered lying in the sun , his face covered with a straw hat : ‘ Other boys were always talking of when they would be men ; he did not want at all to be a man , or to possess things , but to remain as he was , in the same spot , and to know no more people than he already knew . ’
4 In 1930 he was the youngest member of the Reichstag and was considered by all to be a high-flyer .
5 ‘ I would like this all to be a bad dream .
6 If it does turn out after all to be a growth , and the chances are high , then the chances of there being secondaries will be even higher .
7 She wanted to hear Oliver say no , for it all to be a mistake .
8 And finally , staying with generalities on migration , I think it behoves us all to be a bit cautious because I see quite a lot of fantasy and fiction around in in this E I P and I 'd be guilty of it myself at times .
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