Example sentences of "[noun sg] is all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beauty of the plan is all the options that are available with it . |
| 2 | Lingerie that doubles as clothing is all the rage : a bustier under a suit ; a bra as a bikini . |
| 3 | ‘ Finding another post is all the plan I have , ma'am . ’ |
| 4 | Tapestry is all the rage at the moment , and experienced needlewomen and nervous novices alike will love Primavera 's new range of fruit and flower tapestry kits . |
| 5 | A word group is all the most usual forms of a word ; so table / tables , look / looks / looking / looked , go / goes / going / gone / went are each a word group . |
| 6 | But the point is all the old grudges churn round in her mind , and she looks at me and fancies all sorts of things . |
| 7 | Inorganic chemistry is all the rest . |
| 8 | The observer pegs one end of a string of length r to a fixed point O and then makes a circuit round O so that the string is all the while fully stretched , but of course confined to lie in the surface . |
| 9 | For some , a break from stressful routine is all the therapy required . |
| 10 | Tap water is all the Steamatic needs to operate effectively on practically any household surface , from the floor to the ceiling , from inside the cupboards to the front steps outside . |
| 11 | This is clearly wrong : if anything , the evidence is all the other way ( Ucko and Dimbleby , 1969 ) ; in most cases agriculture preceded herding . |
| 12 | Average is all the tests added together |
| 13 | But from each gene 's point of view , perhaps the most important part of its environment is all the other genes that it encounters . |
| 14 | The trouble is all the coloured doctors have got arranged marriages over there they only |
| 15 | ‘ That an old man is all the ‘ friend ’ Matthew has ? |
| 16 | Part of the fun of the poem is all the crazy things that " I " suggests Grandad may have lost . |
| 17 | The essential theme of them all is that disorder is all the time increasing . |
| 18 | The paradox is all the stranger because the power shortage has had predictably grave consequences for economic growth . |
| 19 | The cost of sending a child to a private , fee-paying school is all the things that you ca n't afford to buy as a result : the new car that you ca n't afford , the holidays in the sun that you ca n't afford ( if you 're so rich that you can afford all these things easily , the opportunity cost , to you , of sending your child to a private school may be next to nothing ) . |
| 20 | A 61-year-old French elephant is all the rage : Babar is back . |
| 21 | But th the problem is all the shortcuts are g gon na reduce the quality of service we give to the client . |
| 22 | On the cassette is all the encoded information for your favourite film . |
| 23 | Rhino horn as a homeopathic rheumatism cure is all the rage in the East ( and some nearer to us here like to use it for adornment as dagger handles ) and the cost of collecting this cure was infinitesimal compared to the poacher 's gain — so the black and wide-lipped rhino are threatened . |