Example sentences of "that is [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It will vaguely push to expand trade with South American countries , but that is about it .
2 And that is about it .
3 Lesley 's niece , Beverley Spencer , 18 , said : ‘ She is on a life support unit but you can talk to her and she can flicker her eyes in response but that is about it .
4 I know a lot of people to say ‘ Hello ’ to , but that is about it .
5 They know that the Opposition team consists of a television producer , a psychiatrist , a social anthropologist , a trade union official and a charity worker — and that is about it .
6 If the restaurant in question adds a service charge , then that is between it and the customer .
7 Erm now you 've had a chance first of all I after our chat er par particularly on the phone and I make notes of people who er I think come well across on the phone because you know how important that is to us .
8 Although I agree with the sensible suggestion of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-East ( Mr. Paice ) , does my right hon. Friend agree that we must try to prevent these crimes from happening and that the best way to do that is for him to instruct magistrates courts throughout the country to pass very harsh sentences on those who are convicted of this outrageous abuse of private property ?
9 That is for me to tell the Lieutenant . ’
10 That is for me , ’ said Owen .
11 ‘ All right , Alex , but that is for you to do , I have only to make sure you do it right . ’
12 When he had finished the portrait he looked at it with an expression of satisfaction and said to Indenbaum : ‘ There — that is for you ’ .
13 That is for you to tell us , ’ Goreng said .
14 some do but She said the idea I mean she said about I was asked a question about an American we 've got that is with us but he does n't preach very often , and I said well where is he ?
15 But now that is behind me and we are touring together again it wo n't be long before the old nicknames ‘ Mork and Mindy ’ or ‘ Tweedledee and Tweedledum ’ or ‘ Pinky and Perky ’ surface again .
16 Presumably all that is behind him now , though he may well remember during his tenure that some of the great literary masterpieces started life on toilet paper .
17 ‘ Contemn the world' ’ ( Saith he ) ‘ and count all that is in it vanity and toys ; this only covet all thy life long ; be not over-solicitous in anything , but with a well-composed and contented estate to enjoy thyself , and above all things to be merry . ' ’
18 It is true that God is not yet totally banished from his creation , but having made it and all that is in it , rather like a watchmaker constructs a timepiece , he is felt to be no longer necessary to explain the inner workings of the mechanism .
19 He is totally responsible for the world and all that is in it .
20 This is why Cardinal Newman once remarked , " It is not reason that is against us , but imagination . "
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