Example sentences of "[adj] be all a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is all a far cry from the cosy coffee morning , which is itself shorthand for a vast network of peer support groups in which women , who have ceased to be competitive for the first time in their lives , can find reassurance during a period of mindbending uncertainty . |
| 2 | This is all a far cry from the halcyon days of the mid 80s when investors almost felt they had a vested right to 20 per cent per annum plus returns on a year by year basis . |
| 3 | It 's really funny though this is all a new experience for me , I 've never really , you know it 's quite sort of funny analyzing it all do n't you think ? |
| 4 | ‘ This is all a complete waste of time , is n't it ? ’ she added . |
| 5 | This is all a huge improvement on 10 years ago when the children practised their chess in a two-roomed flat with one wall reeking with damp . |
| 6 | Yet I have known students to suppose that this is all a single problem , to be disposed of in a single breath . |
| 7 | After the drama of Pye 's water wall , this is all a bitter disappointment and something of a disgrace . |
| 8 | This is all a horrible trick . |
| 9 | ‘ At Oxford , people defined themselves in class terms and this was all a tremendous shock to me in many ways . ’ |
| 10 | This was all a glossy shell over an insubstantial interior . |
| 11 | Despite his firm statement on the beach , Laura knew that this was all a dreadful mistake . |
| 12 | React To Rhythm , Superreal , and Spooky are all a sophisticated hybrid of US and European influences , shot through with a dub sensibility and turned into a driving , expanded hypnodance sound . |
| 13 | ‘ That was all a long time ago now . ’ |
| 14 | But that was all a long time ago , was n't it ? |
| 15 | As I told you that was all a long time ago . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , well … that was all a long time ago , ’ Laura said firmly . |