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

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1 She is all style , all form , all impeccably dressed dandy and wit , with never a tear out of place .
2 But she is all wickedness !
3 Eliot does so much , she is all game for it herself .
4 love it until it is all juice .
5 ‘ Paul , I am not your wife yet ; it is all pretence , until something can be arranged . ’
6 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 .
7 It is all supposition ; the gentry may have swung the government against the Act by now .
8 It is all showmanship tonight .
9 It is all judgement and decision , weighing up many factors that all have varying influence , and you do what your commonsense tells you is the logical and rational thing to do .
10 To those outside , it is all nonsense — an observation that Ayer would be the first to corroborate .
11 It is all part of Roddick 's determination to imbue retailing with a higher status in society .
12 It is all part of a revolution in quality in Britain .
13 For it may well be that in America , it is all part of what is considered good professional service that an employee provide entertaining banter .
14 In the end it makes no difference , it is all part of the manifestation of the existence of an area of human life that can not be ignored .
15 It is all part of the countdown process until we get on air in January . ’
16 For them it is all part of a culture and religion which must be tolerated .
17 Experts believe it is all part of a wartime spirit of looking on the bright side .
18 There is also the safety aspect : if you have bad lighting or dangerously worn carpet on part of the staircase , waiting for a few years to tackle the problem because it is all part of the grand plan could prove very false economy indeed .
19 It is all part of the game .
20 It is all part of the job .
21 It is all part of the process of turning the uncivilised and savage little child into a good citizen .
22 It is all part and parcel of the selling technique .
23 It is all intended , it is all part of the plan .
24 When you look more closely at this apparently innocent use of words , it is easy to see that it is all part of a very carefully engineered process .
25 Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis .
26 It is all part of the same problem with you , is it not ?
27 It is all part of living and breathing , doing things that come naturally .
28 It is all part of the psychological phenomenon of coming out of recession .
29 It is all part of our input into the world .
30 In fact , the SDDR , upon which work has progressed well and speedily — it is all part of the relief road system round the city — has started to discharge traffic at a great rate on to the A6 at Oadby , which is seeking to percolate further south on the A6 or further east towards the A47 .
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