Example sentences of "at a stroke " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Liberty and Tyranny have no common meeting place , so protestantism and popery can not be reconciled … popery is tyrannical in every sphere of life … protestantism , at a stroke , cuts down all the shackles of superstition and priestcraft . |
| 2 | That any of our pubs can , at a stroke , be shut down or altered by uncaring owners , without any proper consultation with users or the community , is little short of a continuing national disgrace . |
| 3 | In other words it rendered , at a stroke , conventional Class B circuits obsolete for serious audio systems . |
| 4 | The pivotal notion of Spandau prison being pulled down and replaced by a supermarket was one which greatly excited Brenton , signifying at a stroke both Western Europe 's descent into cynical consumerism and the wiping out of history . |
| 5 | No one could therefore call for the closure of incineration plants at a stroke , because noxious chemicals have to go somewhere . |
| 6 | No doubt it was hard to dismantle , or even dent , the consensus policies of thirty-five years at a stroke . |
| 7 | Paddock opinion agreed that it was ludicrous to imagine that Goodyear would be banned from international racing , a move that would destroy F1 at a stroke . |
| 8 | THE Conservative Party has doubled its headquarters ' office space at a stroke by buying a lease from Thames Water next door . |
| 9 | Man from the FO scuttles two dreams at a stroke Sketch . |
| 10 | PRESIDENT Franois Mitterrand , the first head of state of the wartime Allies to visit East Germany , said yesterday that the existence of two sovereign German states could not be ‘ abolished at a stroke ’ . |
| 11 | At a stroke the government removed about 70% of the local currency from the economy . |
| 12 | This remarkable aircraft , when it joins the air force in about ten years , will render all other fighters obsolete at a stroke . |
| 13 | Using it as fuel deletes transport 's contribution to the greenhouse problem at a stroke , as hydrogen burns to give just water vapour and NOx . |
| 14 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
| 15 | Future pest control at a stroke ? |
| 16 | At a stroke the party managers and fixers have lost their assumption of a divine right to power . |
| 17 | At a stroke , they would lose a flourishing tourist trade and their place on the world map . |
| 18 | His reputation would be lost at a stroke . |
| 19 | The solution to these two difficulties was provided by the trust , which at a stroke solved both the problem of third-party involvement and that of enforcement . |
| 20 | Psychometric testing , at a stroke , chops the onion in half . ’ |
| 21 | His colleagues are usually subordinates with little , if any , spending authority , thus , many of the financial management needs of more complex organisations are eliminated at a stroke . |
| 22 | Merge the funds and the deficit on the Mirror fund could be offset by the existing surplus , increasing the value of MGN by at least that amount at a stroke . |
| 23 | There is no legally guaranteed freedom of speech , no legal right to a fair trial which Parliament could not remove at a stroke . |
| 24 | Comfort AT A STROKE |
| 25 | At a stroke this reduces the marauding husband-kidnapper to an unthreatening figure of fun . |
| 26 | Annabel Hogan looked at Sean Walsh 's concerned face and at a stroke all the careful , calming work of Mother Francis was destroyed . |
| 27 | By specifying one of Vulcanite 's unique Solar Reflective roof finishes you can eradicate these problems at a stroke . |
| 28 | Obviously , when parents are killed a whole generation is wiped out at a stroke . |
| 29 | At a stroke our artistic patrimony has been increased by a treasure which is about to go on display after being unseen for seventy years . |
| 30 | They argued that sinners were quite unable to attain salvation through their own merits or through the long process of confession , repentance , and partial purification , and that justification or redemption was obtainable only at a stroke through the gift of faith from God made possible by Christ 's sacrifice . |