Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music for entertainment … seems to complement the reduction of people to silence , the dying out of speech as expression , the inability to communicate at all . |
| 2 | His black hair sprouted at all angles from his scalp and he still had n't found time to shave . |
| 3 | Mr. Burke submits that if judicial review lies at all , then it is not possible to pick and choose between Lord Diplock 's three categories : it must lie on all three grounds or not at all . |
| 4 | The most obvious incentive towards entertainment was ‘ the fact that the industry stands at all times in the presence of a high court with unlimited jurisdiction — the people before the box office ’ and from that court ‘ there is no appeal ’ . |
| 5 | At its most extreme limits of informality the interview could be carried out with the interviewer taking no notes or tape recording at all . |
| 6 | Are the college involved at all ? |
| 7 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 8 | AIDS strikes at all |
| 9 | These mounds are not really lava flows at all ; they are the lava domes ( sometimes also called tholoids ) that were mentioned earlier in connection with the eruption of nuees ardentes and the destruction of St Pierre . |
| 10 | It is obvious that our conclusion is limited by cell cultures only and is not equivalent to the general conclusion that there is no cell aging at all . |
| 11 | Looking at things from this viewpoint , it is perhaps surprising that the " invisible hand " theorem works at all . |
| 12 | I did n't make our hair feel at all greasy and we 'd definitely recommend it and use it again . ’ |
| 13 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 14 | The people were all obviously successful , a scene duplicated at all the tables of The Magpie : success in the City , in Whitehall , in the Ivory Towers of the great teaching hospitals , and at Lincoln 's Inn . |
| 15 | ‘ The Government said that it wanted development work to continue at all pits , not investment , which implies new projects and new money . ’ |
| 16 | Satirical description of a type found at all social gatherings ( in this case a group of habitués of a public-house parlour ) who holds forth in an oracular manner on public affairs . |
| 17 | The Technical Committee looks at all aspects of brewing and serving beer . |
| 18 | And with a miserable face like hers I 'm surprised you ever get any work done at all . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ On the other hand , if she were here I would n't get any work done at all . ’ |
| 20 | Early on , working in tandem with John Higgs , he had brought in the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and the Nature Conservancy Council to look at all the farms on the estate to make sure they were farming with conservation in mind . |
| 21 | After a succession of these experiences their capacity to cry at all may even dry up , along with the relationship between themselves and their partner . |
| 22 | When the Israelites go out to gather it , each of them gathers exactly the right amount for himself and his family ; on the sixth day of the week a double portion is given and collected so that the sabbath rest can be properly kept ; on the sabbath , appropriately , no manna appears at all ; while any kept at the end of any of the first five days goes bad overnight , the half of the sixth day 's gathering put aside for the sabbath keeps perfectly fresh . |
| 23 | Some interpretations of modern astrophysics go so far as to suggest that a conscious observer is necessary for the physical universe to exist at all — the observed needs an observer . |
| 24 | Staff at Harwell 's Lloyds Bank were asked to nominate the customer who in their opinion had smiled and been the most cheerful during an eight week ‘ smile ’ campaign run at all Oxfordshire branches . |
| 25 | ‘ It has no lampposts , roads or markings , maintenance of any highway controls at all . ’ |
| 26 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |
| 27 | MESSAGE from the Young People of the Diocese read at all Masses on National Youth Sunday , Feast of Christ The King , 22nd November , 1992 . |
| 28 | No new generic names has been proposed fro " Ophiophthalmus " partly because there has been no opportunity to look at all the material but mainly because it remains to be demonstrated that it is distinct from the genus Ophiomitrella as stated before . |
| 29 | Ultimately , only the strength of the denial system enables the sufferer to function at all . |
| 30 | That the building exists at all is a wonder , as it was very badly damaged in World War II . |