Example sentences of "[adv] at a loss " in BNC.
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| 1 | His immediate superior and his superintendent had departed ten minutes before for a conference at Lewes and he was more than somewhat at a loss . |
| 2 | Silence descended in a cloud of universal embarrassment , even the urbane Moreau seeming somewhat at a loss . |
| 3 | One is therefore somewhat at a loss whether to regard the Committee or the House as voicing the correct view and the matter remains somewhat uncertain . |
| 4 | She sat with her back to the window and Lee felt somewhat at a loss faced , at last , by the elderly woman in the opaque , black-lensed spectacles and the expensive , rather drab suit , framed by sun-rays admitted through the tall crimson-curtained opening . |
| 5 | Evidently he had been expecting Hazel to speak first and was somewhat at a loss . |
| 6 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 7 | The Sandinistas in government are somewhat at a loss for their own charismatic figure , but continue to draw amply on the ( revised ) ideology and mythology of Sandino himself and of the martyred heroes of the revolution . |
| 8 | when the business of the partnership can be carried on only at a loss ; |
| 9 | If , however , the seller has been able to re-sell the goods elsewhere only at a loss ( i.e. for less than the buyer had agreed to pay ) the seller is entitled to deduct that loss from the refund . |
| 10 | Watch makers were forced at one time to accept either bread tickets or else take payment in cheap watches which they could sell only at a loss . |
| 11 | It surely could not be that McNab was confounded , utterly at a loss , for surely almost anyone could string a few medical terms together ( enough to convince the survivors of Krishnapur if not the Royal College of Physicians ) and save face . |
| 12 | The deep voice was at once familiar and yet strange and Jenna was utterly at a loss as to how to answer . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , if Qaddafi shows himself limited by this commonplace either-or , he has a decided advantage over West European or American anti-statesmen , who are generally at a loss to say how a society with only families will organize itself : what is to make the linkages among families ? — the market ? — a mafia ? — a telephone company ? |
| 14 | ‘ Easy , old man , easy , ’ Colonel Windsor urged , momentarily at a loss . |
| 15 | Momentarily at a loss for words , her carefully prepared introductory speech departing to leave her mind a blank , she could only stare wide-eyed at the apparition before her . |
| 16 | Mandy seemed momentarily at a loss for words . |
| 17 | ‘ How do you do ? ’ she said shyly , since both women seemed momentarily at a loss for words . |
| 18 | In this labyrinth the Friar was not at a loss but strode on purposefully . |
| 19 | You are not at a loss and can choose , from the textbooks to hand , the derivation that looks best , or that is closest to that of the lecturer . |
| 20 | By this time Ruth was so shaken , so deeply at a loss , she could have wept . |
| 21 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 22 | Hazel was more at a loss than ever . |
| 23 | Nenna saw that the point had come , perhaps exactly as she tied up , when he was more at a loss than she was . |
| 24 | The mounts , suddenly lightened and without hand on the rein , wheeled and circled curiously in the heaving bushes and trampled grass , more at a loss than frightened . |
| 25 | She was completely at a loss to know how to deal with this man — even more at a loss to know just why he was affecting her this way . |
| 26 | He was always at a loss when people acted like this . |
| 27 | The other soldiers had wives and families to go to , but I felt slightly at a loss away from the TA . |
| 28 | Owen waited as usual for her to recover , talking quietly meanwhile with Jane Postlethwaite , who stole a glance at her from time to time , sympathetic and concerned but also slightly at a loss . |
| 29 | Feeling slightly at a loss , Edward said : ‘ But how do you see your part after that ? ’ |
| 30 | She was partly at a loss to account for her fear of the man , which was surely irrational . |