Example sentences of "is all [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Unlike its all-drive namesake , the front-drive GSi 16v is all excitement and very little finesse with wheelspin and torque steer aplenty .
2 The news is all El Salvador and Nicaragua
3 What the Russians thought of their rough but kindly guide it is impossible to say ; but he grinned , and exclaimed in amazement as he tried in vain , with a stumpy pencil to get a list of their names , and then sympathetically remarked , as he looked at their wan faces , ‘ There is no wonder at the chaps being ill ; even their names is all coughs and sneezes ’ .
4 But this is all hair this is .
5 BRITISH actress Emily Lloyd is all smiles after watching the Hollywood premiere of In The Soup — but she 's nursing an aching heart .
6 NO WONDER actress Joanna Lumley is all smiles .
7 COVENTRY boss Bobby Gould is all smiles after watching his Sky Blues roar to the top of the Premier League — after a gritty 2-1 win against his old club Wimbledon .
8 But this is all chance .
9 We would not like to give the impression that Italy is all holiday resorts and art cities alone .
10 This is all holiday dates here though , are n't they ?
11 love it until it is all juice .
12 This is all vindictive-ness by a few individuals . ’
13 But she is all wickedness !
14 ‘ A disaster , ’ is all Alex has to say about the matter .
15 Yet a balanced assessment of Ramsay 's oeuvre leads one invariably to a agree with Horace Walpole 's judgment that Ramsay ‘ is all delicacy .
16 But that is all speculation .
17 Another senior official said : ‘ This is all speculation at the moment .
18 ‘ Paul , I am not your wife yet ; it is all pretence , until something can be arranged . ’
19 On a fast , gusty launch a wooden glider will treat you to a series of creaks and groans , and occasionally bangs , which are alarming until you realize that it is all pretence and that the structure is not in the least danger of breaking up .
20 Kathie is all Nell has got , we 've been told this several times ; he appeals to Nell as the mother of their only child , not to cause her to leave home .
21 She is all style , all form , all impeccably dressed dandy and wit , with never a tear out of place .
22 If you think the world of modelling is all glamour and nothing like hard work , think again .
23 Mike , this is all bullshit .
24 If he ( the magistrate ) is saying that everything is all right , than this is all lies . ’
25 ‘ That is all history , and Paheri must certainly be dead .
26 Hi , Anybody know if this game is all ticket .
27 She is all things to all people because everyday folk easily identify with her .
28 It is all things to all men … and this is perhaps its number one axiom .
29 Food is all things to all people .
30 No-one is all things to all people , and Anthea is no exception .
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