Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [adv] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows them to be produced at virtually any size and in a number of different styles as required . |
| 2 | represents a future to be avoided at almost any cost . |
| 3 | For decades the revolutionaries had rejected outright capitalism , the bourgeoisie , and the Western path in general ; they had seen the creation of a propertyless proletariat as a disaster to be avoided at almost any cost and had sought to move directly to socialism based on the commune . |
| 4 | The Countess , like the Merry Widow , could be played at almost any age providing she was elegant . |
| 5 | Evaluation is situated outside the central pattern and can be inserted at virtually any stage during a narrative . |
| 6 | The recent nomination of a woman as Assistant Bishop of Massachusetts , and the remarks of one diocesan bishop that ‘ the ordination of women to the priesthood must be achieved at practically any cost ’ will cause great despair and lead to grave questioning of all that the Church of England has stood for . |