Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , assuming formal church marriage was intended at all . |
| 2 | The differential was too small to have a big impact , and , when it was publicised at all , was accompanied by assurances that the cost would be cancelled out by the lower summer charge . |
| 3 | He proved the point again this time , first by personally ensuring that the Alliance ( of three pretty diverse parties ) was formed at all , then by drawing huge crowds on his six election stomps through East Germany . |
| 4 | Rostov 's authority was limited at all times by the secrecy requirements which surrounded every incomplete survey , and he had already concluded that his presence on the mission was actually of questionable value . |
| 5 | William Penn , who founded Pennsylvania , was baptised at All Hallows , and John Quincy Adams married there in 1797 ; he was later to become the sixth president of the U.S.A. |
| 6 | The manager had explained to him when he was taken on that the insurance people insisted the wharf was guarded at all times before they would agree to give cover . |
| 7 | There was only one peg that was ice-free and I predicted that if anything was caught at all that peg would be the last to produce . |
| 8 | Er only if erm the mother was torn at all or , or if you did n't think the baby was coming as it should , there was problems there , then you , you would . |
| 9 | Here police monitoring of the large crowds was facilitated by ‘ sophisticated radio equipment supplied by the Army , hot lines to the White House and the Pentagon , and an 8 by 12-foot map of the city , complete with a zoom-lens television camera for closeups , that could show where every police officer and other security force was located at all times ’ ( Farber , 1988:159 ) . |
| 10 | Vincent 's work was found wanting — when it was noticed at all — by a sniffing , word-of-mouth criticism that condemned him as too literary . |
| 11 | So convinced was she that ‘ Love conquers all , that she was prepared at all times to forgo conventional ties if they interfered with his development . |
| 12 | Obviously the stamp of personality was felt at all levels of the BBC . |
| 13 | That HIDDEN AGENDA was made at all is remarkable in the current state of British film production . |
| 14 | Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator . |
| 15 | Harvey was armed at all times , forever primed in case of unexpected noise or movement in the house . |
| 16 | Looking at City 's first-half performance at The Dell , he must have wondered if any change was needed at all . |
| 17 | However , the fact that the issue was raised at all by a US President , and in such an unequivocal manner , was widely considered to be of great significance . |
| 18 | In those countries which have generally been regarded as well-established democracies , manhood suffrage was only achieved in most cases between the end of the nineteenth century and the First World War , while the attainment of universal and equal suffrage came still later ( in Germany in 1919 , Sweden in 1920 , France in 1945 , Britain in 1948 ) while in most of the rest of the world universal suffrage , where it was introduced at all , came only after the end of the Second World War . |
| 19 | In 1911 Law was known — in so far as he was known at all in the parliamentary party — as a spirited debater . |
| 20 | This institutional framework was imitated at all but the lowest levels of the party hierarchy . |
| 21 | If he was hurt at all , it was but a minor hurt — he walked where he was led . ’ |
| 22 | Although , the increase in biliary bicarbonate was observed at all intracerebroventricular doses of neuropeptide Y , no dose-related response of bilary bicarbonate was shown , presumably because of the inherent variability in normal bile bicarbonate concentration . |
| 23 | Biliary lipid composition was not altered significantly but bicarbonate output was increased at all doses tested . |
| 24 | He added NCP was represented at all site meetings . |
| 25 | He added NCP was represented at all site meetings . |
| 26 | However , I have made some very unusual designs in which very little colour was involved at all , and sometimes I have used only cream , beige , white and the occasional touch of grey to make solid designs that rely on texture rather than colour . |
| 27 | Maxim asked : ‘ How did they know Blagg was involved at all ? ’ |
| 28 | That was it , that was how it came , nothing was touched at all . |
| 29 | Lambeth Council in south London was criticised at all levels over a ‘ succession of failings ’ in the district auditor 's report prompted by allegations of irregular spending on highways contracts in 1991 . |
| 30 | In this instance the case was dismissed but the fact that such action was taken at all was profoundly significant . |