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the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
profit is the be-all and end-all of business
How To Use be-all and end-all In A Sentence
- For some people, competing is the be-all and end-all of their running.
- `It's not the be-all and end-all, you know, only getting to number eighteen. MUSIC FOR BOYS
- Her boy-friend is the be-all and end-all of her existence.
- There's this one lone bass oompahing up and down the square, clowning around like we're some sort of marching band instead of the be-all and end-all of big parades and he slips in the elephant dung.
- profit is the be-all and end-all of business
- Still, some evidence suggests that kinship is not the be-all and end-all it is often believed to be. Play’s the Thing
- `It's not the be-all and end-all, you know, only getting to number eighteen. MUSIC FOR BOYS
- No chicken, but chickenhood was far from being the be-all and end-all in this area. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
- Bell said: ‘Once intellectual ability was the be-all and end-all.’
- No chicken, but chickenhood was far from being the be-all and end-all in this area. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE