Example sentences of "guess at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She confesses her team can only guess at the causes of the bird 's decline . |
| 2 | ‘ I can only guess at the reason , ’ Becker said . |
| 3 | Because so little work had been carried out on Hector 's dolphin before Slooten and Dawson began their studies , it is impossible to even guess at the number of dolphins which had been annually killed before 1984 . |
| 4 | The police can only guess at the scale of the problem , for stealing from gardens is not treated separately in station crime-books . |
| 5 | One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) . |
| 6 | Reservations about this course will already be taking shape , so instead of describing it further I will guess at the two most likely criticisms . |
| 7 | Although he could only guess at the enemy 's destination Hawke did not hesitate , as his despatch to the Admiralty next day confirms : ‘ I have carried a press of sail all night , with a hard gale at south-south-east , in pursuit of the enemy , and make no doubt of coming up with them at sea or in Quiberon Bay . ’ |
| 8 | One can guess at the winner 's reward . ’ |
| 9 | She could only guess at the operation . |
| 10 | The history of my birth is unclear because NHS records have now been lost , so doctors in later years could only guess at the cause of my disability which became evident a few week after I was born . |
| 11 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 12 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 13 | The outside world could not guess at the disturbing cross-currents . |
| 14 | The very unattractive grey flannel trousers , who could guess at the legs they hid ? |
| 15 | We can guess at the relative dating of the units , but unit one makes most sense as a secondary feature , since it seems to be butted on to unit two , with banks overlaid south of the mill . |
| 16 | There was still that bleak emptiness about his eyes , and Lissa could only guess at the torment he was going through . |
| 17 | Only his wife Mary , always calm , and still , at the age of forty , a great beauty , could guess at the real distress which tore at him . |
| 18 | The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation . |
| 19 | ’ We can only guess at the pain and stress those animals suffered . |
| 20 | For one thing , we can only guess at the proportion of actual offences known to the police . |
| 21 | I 'm gon na guess at the size . |