Example sentences of "to be [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the modern saloon and hatchback has to be all things to all people . |
| 2 | Politicians have to be all things to all people . |
| 3 | You see the Vox is trying to be all things , but in fact it 's only really good for one thing at a time . ’ |
| 4 | In trying to be all things to all men it became over-complex . ’ |
| 5 | He will have studied human nature and desires to be all things to his parish . |
| 6 | In this sense many of the international firms will try to be all things to all people . |
| 7 | Can he explain that contradiction , or is he just a politician running scared of the electorate and trying to be all things to all people ? |
| 8 | The motion itself is a compromise some on my side have said it 's too much of a compromise they 've said you 're tr trying to be all things to all people . |
| 9 | At its worst this results in a sort of tasteless Euro-soup , which by trying to be all things to all men , ends up being nothing to anybody . |
| 10 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |
| 11 | I do n't want to either , Bill , but I must come back on this , I mean Choppy wants all things and wants to be all things to all men . |
| 12 | The local gentry were prevailed upon to be such things as president , and vice president ; membership fees for ‘ farmers and tradesmen ’ were 3 shillings , for ‘ labourers ’ 2 shillings , and for youths under 16 years one shilling . |
| 13 | Several properly ambitious philosophers attempt to bring consciousness into view by speaking , with respect to a conscious thing , of what it is like to be that thing . |
| 14 | The revelation was that the crowd proved to be those things too . |
| 15 | Let me put this to Geoffrey Hoskin , Professor Hoskin we 've heard of a people ruled by Tsars and then by , is there going to be any thing but anarchy now ? |