Example sentences of "[be] at [art] loss " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them have been accidentally obtained from seeds so they must not be esteemed as different species , therefore I shall only insert their common names by which they are known in gardens , that those who are inclined to collect all the varieties may be at no loss for their titles . |
| 2 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 3 | He found that he could make a speech — that is , he could think on his feet , and not be at a loss for words . |
| 4 | We might expect to find difficulty in relating , for example , the average length of prison sentences to the incidence of the crimes for which they are imposed ; but to be at a loss to trace any clear connection between the prospects of being executed for murder and the prevalence of the crime of murder is startling and impressive . |
| 5 | This would almost certainly be at a loss . |
| 6 | This would almost certainly be at a loss . |
| 7 | ‘ They are anxious that they should not go on running a system which may in the long term be at a loss , ’ he said . |
| 8 | He seemed to be at a loss . |
| 9 | Still , you will not be at a loss for conversation with such an unusual choice . |
| 10 | Benny realised that there were going to be a great many areas where she would be at a loss . |
| 11 | If someone were asked , ‘ is salt masculine or feminine ’ , they would be at a loss ; the question only makes sense if they are asked to compare salt with pepper . |
| 12 | The rain , however , failed to silence the pen of Parsons ( never one to be at a loss for a line or two of copy ! ) . |
| 13 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
| 14 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 15 | For once he seems to be at a loss for words . |
| 16 | He 'd be at a loss without work . |