Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] 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 | ‘ The Government said that it wanted development work to continue at all pits , not investment , which implies new projects and new money . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ultimately , only the strength of the denial system enables the sufferer to function at all . |
| 8 | Bad planning ; failure to plan at all |
| 9 | Trouble was , if she appeared downstairs too soon it would look as if she was cadging a lift , and if she arrived too late they would have gone without her — and then how would she summon up the courage to go at all ? |
| 10 | He could only guess that the mood was one of retrenchment and retreat , with a desire to preserve at all costs a ‘ rather narrow , English concept of academic excellence ’ . |
| 11 | I wondered if this had been the right place to come at all . |
| 12 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 13 | A tentative hypothesis is that this relates to real differences in the means by which knowledge is disseminated in the scientific and non-scientific disciplines — the large numbers of scientific journals as compared to those in the arts , and the pressures on the scientific community to publish at all costs . |
| 14 | As the enclosure movement gained impetus towards the end of the eighteenth century , many of the poor could not afford the fences necessary to confirm their claim to the land , and therefore sold it to the wealthy ; those who could were often unable to raise a living on the poor land they acquired , and sold it too ; those who were squatters had no right to land at all and none to sell . |
| 15 | Incorrect pricing , or failure to price at all , can result in lost profits . |
| 16 | She felt no desire to move at all . |
| 17 | In another there will be no need to speak at all . |
| 18 | Communal organisation must still have been necessary , however , for the system of clearing and farming to occur at all . |
| 19 | About half of these had been won from the moderate middle-class parties and were augmented by the vote of about 6 million new voters , half of whom were young people voting for the first time , and the other half of whom were people who up to now had been too weary , cynical or lacking in hope to vote at all . |
| 20 | For some , in fact , this meeting may be the only evening out they have during the month ; and it is often the encouragement and moral support they get from the group that gives them the resolve to come at all . |
| 21 | 's headed er ball down , just inside the penalty area on the right hand side was picked up by , skipped past a defender , used the ball well , picked out , the Pisa defence was n't in position , was and a r really fierce shot into the roof of the net and did n't have a chance to save at all and had got the important early breakthrough . |
| 22 | He might die before he had a chance to speak at all . |
| 23 | I could also see something I had absolutely no wish to see at all , which was Quigley 's bottom . |
| 24 | In 1890 , Beatrice Webb referred caustically to ‘ individualists , reinforced by a batch of excellent ladies ( eager for the Right of Woman to work at all hours of the day and night with the minimum space and sanitation ) ’ who opposed any attempt to regulate conditions in workshops and the homework trades . |
| 25 | The careless , the not-very-bright and the indifferent ( if they took the trouble to vote at all ) would record preferences with a similar lack of understanding of their implications . |
| 26 | I mean Adam 's lucky in that respect , I could n't smoke when I was pregnant , I , it made me feel sick , I could n't stand the smell of it , I had no urge to smoke at all , I went right off smoking , I respect , I was lucky , but I do feel sorry for these people that smoking at present cos it must be ever so hard . |
| 27 | Since dogs are so easily manipulated , it is perhaps surprising that two of the most common problems we hear from doggy ‘ specialists ’ ( dog breeders , for example ) concern eating — like how to get a show dog to eat on the road , and how to get a recalcitrant dog to eat at all . |
| 28 | Mrs Cossins ' solicitor , Jeremy Hardy , of Darlington-based Walton , Hardy and Clough , said : ‘ I have no comment to make at all . ’ |
| 29 | Ken Murray , the Bank of Edinburgh 's principal founder was not available for comment and Graeme Knox , deputy managing director of Scottish Amicable , the biggest shareholder with 39.2 per cent , had ‘ no comment to make at all ’ . |
| 30 | For this reason they are often seen to be weak ; yet it is this very willingness of the subordinates to shift their own goals in order to preserve the harmony of the team that makes it possible for the group at the top of the hierarchy to perform at all . |