to all intents and purposes

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in all the most important ways We've got a few odd things to finish, but to all intents and purposes the job is done. They redesigned the old model and created something which was to all intents and purposes a brand new car.

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To all intents and purposes the compass was as efficient as before; but, as a matter of fact, the moving of the pointers upon the dials resulted now in no corresponding shift of the mechanism beneath--and the device was set, immovably, upon a destination of the slave's own choosing. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context In the eye of the law she was, of course, a single woman: she was of age; she was, to all intents and purposes, her own mistress. The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context			tip hand tip of the iceberg tip off tip over tip the balance tip the scales tip the scales at tip the wink tip up tip with tire tire of tire out tired tit tit-for-tat tits and ass tittle-tattle tizzy to a fault to a fine art to a great extent to a man to a tee to advantage to all intents and purposes to and fro to be on the safe side to be safe to be said for to be sneezed at to beat the band to begin with to boot to call own to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone			To abate a tax To abate into a freehold To abide by To abound in To abound with To Above To accept a bill To accept service To accept the person To Accept the reality, Experience the pain, Adjust, and Reinvest To Accompany Troops To account of To accredit To act a part To act as To act on To act the part of To act up to To address one's self to To address the ball to advantage to advantage to advantage to advantage To advantage one's self of To advise one's self to all appearances to all appearances to all appearances to all appearances to all intents and purposes To All My Friends To All Our Relations To allow of To amend a bill To and Again to and fro to and fro To Answer Your Question To applaud to the echo To appoint one's self To Approved Purchasers To arm a magnet To arm the lead To arms To array a panel To arrive at To assert one's self To assign dower To assume the calotte To assure upon To authorize one's self To avail one's self of To avise one's self To back a rope To back a warrant

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