Example sentences of "is [verb] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , QC , as Chairman of the Race Relations Committee , is channelling all requests for reconsideration back to the CLE . |
| 2 | However , if the celebration is to continue all evening and the tea and coffee and wedding cake are to be served later , it is possible to delay the cutting of the cake until after the speeches which conclude the meal . |
| 3 | To submit to unemployment or slums or want , to let children go hungry or sick and old unattended , for fear of increasing the internal national debt , is to lose all sense of proportion . ’ |
| 4 | Now while it is plausible to argue that consumption expenditure will partly depend upon the real value of private sector net worth , to concentrate all attention on a tiny fraction of this magnitude is to lose all sense of proportion . |
| 5 | The role of the state is to enable all persons to express their nature and pursue their own autonomously conceived conception of the good and plan of life . |
| 6 | Three pounds is goes all weekend . |
| 7 | The homosexual is implicated all ways round , and according to some fairly crude psychoanalytic binaries . |
| 8 | Every man who can beat me to the Windmill is excused all fatigues . |
| 9 | Their role as financial information providers is permeating all aspects of business . |
| 10 | It is ending all manufacturing apart from the VS line , which means that most of the 1,000 remaining manufacturing jobs are at risk . |
| 11 | Apart from this summit meeting of minds there will also be the chance for other boffins of the black and white board to take on past champion John Hegarty , who is challenging all comers . |
| 12 | A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct . |
| 13 | While the matter is under discussion ministers can air their views but once the matter is decided all members of the Government , whether within the cabinet or not , must support it . |
| 14 | Sgt Biggs is urging all anglers to keep an eye open for anything suspicious . |
| 15 | The purpose of the census is to list all men over 20 fit for military service . |
| 16 | If the court is closed all cases will be heard at Fleetwood . |
| 17 | Her normal hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm daily except Sunday and Wednesday when the shop is closed all day . |
| 18 | Sadberge will be congested with heavy traffic on Sunday as the A66 Sadberge bypass is closed all day while high voltage electricity wires are put up . |
| 19 | In the case of the House Dust Mite of course , this airborne allergen is produced all year round . |
| 20 | Viking is recalling all stock of Sex Art and American Culture by Camille Paglia , which was due to be published on 7th January . |
| 21 | Chris is going all weekend . |
| 22 | In the preface to his Guide he claims that ‘ all ( his drawings ) were entirely finished while the subject was before him , for he conceives that studies are lessened in value by being retouched in the house ’ ; but a Miss Weeton who knew him well , and was godmother to one of his children , says that ‘ he is employed all summer in taking sketches , and all the winter in finishing them . |
| 23 | The fine weather enjoyed by the island ensures that cricket is played all year round . |
| 24 | People are flocking to the churches and the number of baptisms , confirmations and weddings is breaking all records . |
| 25 | The task of the authorities is to manage all water services within a geographical area determined by river catchments . |
| 26 | The reason for the exception is to give all shareholders an opportunity to participate in large share purchase operations . |
| 27 | Editorial policy is to publish all contributions received below 300 words ( subject to the scrutiny necessary to avoid , for example , defamation , libel , sexism , racism or identifiability of subjects involved in studies … ) . |
| 28 | Editorial policy is to publish all contributions received below 300 words ( subject to the scrutiny necessary to avoid , for example , defamation , libel , sexism , racism or identifiability of subjects involved in studies … ) . |
| 29 | To deny this is to abandon all hope for liberal education , and to condemn the schools to a narrow policy based on vocational training . |
| 30 | It might therefore seem that the best , and the only rational , solution is to abandon all references to identity in connection with meaning . |