Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] cost " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 2 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 3 | Radio Burkina said that delegates had agreed on the need to maintain " state capitalism " , but that this did not entail the rejection of private enterprise , which " should be supported at all costs " . |
| 4 | A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked … |
| 5 | Her misery blackened the evening and should be assuaged at all costs . |
| 6 | ‘ This is a very serious question about the methods of funding the expansion of higher education and to say that we are seriously interested in the proposal that fees should be charged at full cost is not going to increase or widen access . |
| 7 | Whilst most recognized the coffin as a means of transporting the dead to an authorized place of disposal , some viewed it as a receptacle for a precious relic — so precious that the very thought of earth or elements contributing to its destruction should be avoided at all cost . |
| 8 | Over-dependence upon the United States should be avoided at all costs . |
| 9 | Although the lights of the pleasure cruisers sparkling from the water make the river look attractive , Baedeker 's advice is forthright : ‘ Bathing in the Rhine should be avoided at all costs . ’ |
| 10 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 11 | The final factor concerns the idea that ‘ being known ’ should be avoided at all costs . |
| 12 | A report in New Cyclist magazine revealed yesterday that York sits proudly at the top of a 150-city cycle league , but Newcastle should be avoided at all costs . |
| 13 | ‘ The role of SSSI is not to say that the rest of the countryside does n't matter , but show up areas which should be preserved at all costs . ’ |
| 14 | Some believe equally that the institutions are decaying and that this is a part of some general drift towards anarchy which must be prevented at all costs . |
| 15 | Tearing out a sheet from his notebook , de Castelnau scribbled down his historic order that Verdun must be defended at all costs on the Right Bank , and handed it to Pétain . |
| 16 | ‘ Lore'n orda ’ must be maintained at all costs , and the riot , if that was what it was , had been swiftly contained . |
| 17 | It was the combination of this aggression with his talent which had brought him so far , and yet while Vitor possessed a professional 's dedication to winning Simon had plainly identified his team-mate as a bitter rival who must be trounced at all costs . |
| 18 | I sympathise with the temptation , but it must be resisted at all costs . |
| 19 | The people who moved the instruments each day to the studio had a vested interest in persuading us that the Philharmonie was no good ; people even said privately that the change must be resisted at all costs because the coffee was so much better at the church ! |
| 20 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 21 | It may be quicker for someone who hears well to reply , particularly when they know the answer and the question is unimportant , but this must be avoided at all cost . |
| 22 | Right from the early 1960s the attitude of local authorities and housing departments has been that ‘ ghettos ’ must be avoided at all costs , and even a handful of Asian families can make an area into a ghetto . |
| 23 | The risk is that a show 's technical and business farming content can be eroded in the process , and that must be avoided at all costs . |
| 24 | Saunas must be avoided at all costs however if your skin is prone to thread veins . |
| 25 | This would lead to conflict with Rome and this must be avoided at all costs . |
| 26 | EC 's foreign ministers , with Britain in the chair , told EC president Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs . |
| 27 | This must be avoided at all costs . |
| 28 | Dotty was n't at all sure the poor woman should n't have been left in the telephone box until the ambulance arrived , rather than carried by George across the square in a fireman 's lift under an old blanket , but Rose had convinced her that a scandal must be avoided at all costs . |
| 29 | Retaliation by loyalist gunmen must be avoided at all costs . |
| 30 | For these people , work is essential and must be retained at all costs . |