Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at [det] cost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robertson runs the notorious Bruges Group , pledged to opposing European federalism at all costs . |
| 2 | Since Ferdinand 's instructions to the Junta of Government ( which he left in Madrid to govern while he was at Bayonne ) were to cultivate French friendship at all costs , and since these counsels were not modified until after the outbreak of a popular rising , it meant that official Spain could not take the leadership of the instinctive movement against France . |
| 3 | NAFTA has been strongly criticized by environmentalists on the grounds that it will lead to " dirty " US industries moving into Mexico to take advantage of that country 's more relaxed environmental standards , and that other environmental considerations for all three countries will be sacrificed for the principle of free trade at any cost . |
| 4 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |
| 5 | Although I have described the events in terms of the DUP 's success in displacing other Unionist groups , the leaders of the DUP were not fixed on personal aggrandizement at any cost . |
| 6 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |
| 7 | He was set up as the triggerman for the massacre by those forces inside President F.W. de Klerk 's administration determined to hang on to white power at all costs . |
| 8 | The Peoples Democracy Platform , the reformers ' ally , wants to avoid a major split at all costs and are trying desperately to prevent a purge . |
| 9 | This relentless pursuit of growth and increased profit at any cost is questionable . |
| 10 | It may be alleged that such Unionist arguments were specious , that their concern was solely to exploit a winning issue at any cost to the nation , but this would be to misunderstand the Unionists themselves . |
| 11 | Its morale had recovered far too well , in that its officers and instructors were turning to a doctrine of offensive warfare at all costs . |
| 12 | ‘ But the trick is to shoot the fucking tiger at all costs . ’ |
| 13 | She bit her lip , she must avoid financial ruin at all costs , what did she have that she could sell to raise money ? |
| 14 | Elected by the STV an MP would soon find himself under the same necessity as his Irish counterpart to maximize his local popularity at all costs . |