Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are not at all the same , being invariably grouped into three — Polynesia , Melanesia and Micronesia — on the basis of complicated formulae relating to the race of the islanders , their languages and their geography . |
| 2 | He stood more in the classical Christian tradition , which insisted that self-knowledge and knowledge of God are intimately connected , but that they are not at all the same thing . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not at all a natural mother , ’ said Rachel . |
| 4 | We thought that would be not at all the thing to do , a bit too Disneyland . |
| 5 | w with her having to be out at all the schools and everything . |
| 6 | His newly retired Sonauto Gauloises team mate Christian Sarron will be there at all the grands prix to give wise counsel to his young compatriot . |
| 7 | There 's no bell saying you all have to be there at such a time . ’ |
| 8 | Often those are n't at all the sort of clothes they wore while they were alive , but they think it makes them grander when they start saying " REVENGE ME ! " or " OH HORROR , HORROR ! " and things like that . |
| 9 | Seen in this much broader context the campaign over the peace-tax issue is obviously at most a relatively minor skirmish in a very much larger battle , one that is being fought , as is the peace-tax issue itself , on the terrain of classical political and constitutional theory — namely , the relationship between citizens and the state . |
| 10 | As our Prime Minister is away at such an important summit conference — important for the security of the whole of the western world — does my right hon. Friend think it appropriate at this moment to reaffirm the Government 's commitment to that European pillar , the Western European Union ? |
| 11 | Gould is not at all a hard-sell . |
| 12 | The Lindenhof , in fact , is not at all a bad place to do it , since this is where Zurich 's recorded history begins . |
| 13 | ‘ My father is not at all a well man . |
| 14 | It glamourises what is not at all a glamourous job . |
| 15 | This is not at all an easy task . |
| 16 | The choice to concentrate on this period should not be taken as implying that coin designs are unimportant in the study of other cultures , for this is not at all the case . |
| 17 | One can see from this that random sampling is not at all the same as what we might call ‘ personal choice ’ . |
| 18 | For recognizing the restraints and limitations of the old policies is not at all the same as removing them . |
| 19 | This is not at all the case and if Tam ( who is usually very accurate in his writing ) read the material coming from the European Parliament he would know that this is not the case . |
| 20 | This is not at all the simple task that it may at first seem : we shall see that considerable care must be taken in interpreting the official statistics on unemployment . |
| 21 | She thinks he is not at all the great genius he is made out to be — just possesses a pleasing talent . |
| 22 | ( There may be a difference between such terms in everyday and descriptive use : to argue for a point of view is not at all the same as having an argument , though this is a common confusion . ) |
| 23 | Yes , there is a future for the concept of the mainframe — the centralised repository upon which the whole enterprise needs — but to say that is not at all the same thing as saying that the centralised repository has to be — or even should be — a $50,000 to $100,000 per MIPS machine that runs MVS — or 1100 OS or MCP or BS2000 or GCOS come to that . |
| 24 | After being admitted to hospital where she received treatment for breathing problems , she was said not to need any further treatment ( or was ‘ blocking a bed ’ which is not at all the same thing ) and discharged into a nursing home . |
| 25 | In contrast , it is not at all the formal constitutional duty of judges , at least in Western-type political systems , to serve the purposes of their governments . |
| 26 | Books that set out to give advice to management never fail to point out that a " no " decision is not at all the same thing as failure to make a decision . |
| 27 | Custom that has been experienced as part of daily life is not at all the same thing as custom that is described in a formal interview . |
| 28 | That , of course , is not at all the circumstances now . |
| 29 | As we shall now see , this is not at all the case . |
| 30 | Moreover the meaning is not at all the same as with to + infinitive , as can be seen from the sample sentences below : ( 39 ) For years she had been driving illegally with a licence obtained in Italy where her brother had sent the examiner a case of wine — not necessary , but she had felt bolstered . |