Example sentences of "what [be] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , what are all these rumours about you wanting to retire ? ’ |
| 2 | To regard homosexuality as a social construction and nothing more is , potentially , to put another weapon in the hands of those who would like to see it quite literally erased from the world — if it can be constructed , then it can be deconstructed , so what are all those queers still doing here ? |
| 3 | ‘ What are all there cut marks ? |
| 4 | What are all these words ? |
| 5 | But what are all those walls and staircases and ramps and towers ? |
| 6 | ‘ What are all the Post-its , Carl ? ’ we asked . |
| 7 | ‘ Patriotism , propaganda , professional honour , esprit de corps — what are all those things ? |
| 8 | Erm well what are all these funny things , there 're no words in that . |
| 9 | Nietzsche was more enthusiastic about Wagner 's music than ever : " What are all other artistic memories and experiences compared with this latest one ! |
| 10 | But what are all those bedding planes ? |
| 11 | What are all those tomes ? |
| 12 | ‘ What are all these notebooks ? ’ he asks . |
| 13 | What are all the rest of these ? |
| 14 | What are all the asthma sufferers , and arthritis sufferers , and various people going to do ? |
| 15 | You might have ageing parents who you support and god knows how much other outgoings which are hidden and then you have to go down that road and say that you 're going to look at at financial status you 're going to have to say and exactly what are all of your outgoings in and now down going to get real unpleasant intrusion into people 's business . |
| 16 | what are all these bits at the back for ? |
| 17 | What are all those then ? |
| 18 | What are all those ? |
| 19 | Yeah , what are all |
| 20 | What are all those different colours for ? |
| 21 | What are all these questions about ? |
| 22 | What are all these |
| 23 | Well what are all the stories about all |
| 24 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 25 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 26 | ‘ What 's all that about , Sarge ? ’ asked Quince . |
| 27 | What 's all that about then Wally ? |
| 28 | She took a drink of her wine , and then , disconcertingly , asked , ‘ What 's all this about a boyfriend ? ’ |
| 29 | What 's all important is the narrative , the sequence of utterances , rather than the voluptuousness of utterance itself . |
| 30 | And what 's all that on the ceiling ? |