Example sentences of "[subord] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quality of the build shows that some care has been taken in its assembly — for instance , where at all possible , input and output ports have been mounted on the case rather than taking up usable expansion slot space . |
| 2 | Rather than at all , where would you be |
| 3 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 4 | If anyone receives any enquiries or complaints , please refer these to the Fundraising department ( Bob Hough or Helen North ) , if at all possible . |
| 5 | It sounds impressive and the major advantage is that use of drugs is minimal , if at all . |
| 6 | So many books , to pick up a point once made by Malcolm Bradbury , are published primarily to be stored , moving smoothly from publishers ' warehouse to library stacks without arousing much disturbance on the way , and are discussed , if at all , only in scholarly journals . |
| 7 | Reigning in their verbal and facial expressiveness to play a character so damaged that a big speech is possible ( if at all ) only at the end , they subsequently receive an award from a jury awed that they were clever enough to play so dumb . |
| 8 | Still , it would probably be futile to look for another increase in base rates immediately , if at all . |
| 9 | For the artist , it is certainly worthwhile watching the video 's budget and not spending excessively if at all possible . |
| 10 | The labour which rural families can devote to export crops will not grow significantly as a proportion of the total and — except where export crops have a very high value , as in the case of horticulture — they will grow only slowly , if at all . |
| 11 | As the urban economy grows the official export of primary agricultural commodities will increase only at a very modest rate , if at all . |
| 12 | If at all , they are allowed in only as temporary visitors . |
| 13 | Consult your doctor if at all in doubt . |
| 14 | However , with parts of the new Soviet constitution not yet in place , it was not immediately clear how — if at all — the Soviet leadership could enforce such a ruling if the republics refused to toe the line . |
| 15 | But , with parts of the new Soviet constitution not yet in place , it was not immediately clear how , if at all , the Soviet leadership could enforce such a ruling if the republics refused to toe the line . |
| 16 | Now , with the division of Germany almost at an end , there are uncomfortable questions about the future of the two alliances , and how , if at all , they can be fitted into a Europe that includes a re-unified Germany . |
| 17 | The price includes a dedicated cassette recorder , the C2N , which does n't work particularly well , if at all , with today 's fast-loading games . |
| 18 | Dissident Tory MPs ’ hopes that their 57-60 votes against the Prime Minister in Tuesday 's leadership election would prompt her to trim her Euro-sails are unlikely to materialise quickly , if at all . |
| 19 | The stockmarket crash of 1987 is remembered , if at all , as proof that governments have learnt to protect the ‘ real ’ economy from upsets in financial markets . |
| 20 | The traditional markets of western equipment companies are growing slowly , if at all . |
| 21 | One of the few luxuries within their reach is ceviche , a delicious mess of chopped raw fish with onions and lemon ; since fish feed near sewers , and are caught by people who wash ( if at all ) in sewer-water , they are perfect for spreading infection . |
| 22 | However , continue to weigh each day if at all possible . |
| 23 | Divisive questions like the Boer War were carefully avoided if at all possible . |
| 24 | They would certainly have thought that such events were unlikely to happen for millennia to come — if at all . |
| 25 | Instruments will monitor the speed and motion of the coaches while surveys provide information on passengers ' age , sex and health as well as where they were sitting and how sick they were , if at all . |
| 26 | OBLIGED to vote ( if at all ) in an English seat , I wish I had a vote in Northern Ireland , especially in North Down . |
| 27 | This produced a defensive posture at the gateway to the system : admission was to be avoided if at all possible , and only used as a ‘ last resort ’ . |
| 28 | Indeed it illustrates its ‘ worst case , scenario with the observation that the ‘ major changes ’ in farming would ‘ benefit water quality little if at all in the short to medium term ’ . |
| 29 | In the Palaeozoic , corals looking generally similar to living reef corals may be only distantly related , if at all , to our present day fauna . |
| 30 | Their history goes back at least to the Ordovician , although some of the Palaeozoic asteroids are distantly related , if at all , to the living species . |