Example sentences of "must be [verb] [prep] [det] costs " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some believe equally that the institutions are decaying and that this is a part of some general drift towards anarchy which must be prevented at all costs . |
| 2 | Tearing out a sheet from his notebook , de Castelnau scribbled down his historic order that Verdun must be defended at all costs on the Right Bank , and handed it to Pétain . |
| 3 | ‘ Lore'n orda ’ must be maintained at all costs , and the riot , if that was what it was , had been swiftly contained . |
| 4 | It was the combination of this aggression with his talent which had brought him so far , and yet while Vitor possessed a professional 's dedication to winning Simon had plainly identified his team-mate as a bitter rival who must be trounced at all costs . |
| 5 | I sympathise with the temptation , but it must be resisted at all costs . |
| 6 | The people who moved the instruments each day to the studio had a vested interest in persuading us that the Philharmonie was no good ; people even said privately that the change must be resisted at all costs because the coffee was so much better at the church ! |
| 7 | Right from the early 1960s the attitude of local authorities and housing departments has been that ‘ ghettos ’ must be avoided at all costs , and even a handful of Asian families can make an area into a ghetto . |
| 8 | The risk is that a show 's technical and business farming content can be eroded in the process , and that must be avoided at all costs . |
| 9 | Saunas must be avoided at all costs however if your skin is prone to thread veins . |
| 10 | This would lead to conflict with Rome and this must be avoided at all costs . |
| 11 | EC 's foreign ministers , with Britain in the chair , told EC president Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs . |
| 12 | This must be avoided at all costs . |
| 13 | Dotty was n't at all sure the poor woman should n't have been left in the telephone box until the ambulance arrived , rather than carried by George across the square in a fireman 's lift under an old blanket , but Rose had convinced her that a scandal must be avoided at all costs . |
| 14 | Retaliation by loyalist gunmen must be avoided at all costs . |
| 15 | For these people , work is essential and must be retained at all costs . |