at a stroke

At a stroke, a rocky transition - only the second since the collapse of the Soviet Union - seems to have been solved.

Don't hesitate to turn to him in time of difficulties, and he can always solve the problems at a stroke .

Her fortune had been made at a stroke, without her having the least idea of the source from which it had so unexpectedly materialized.

But just as that event did not solve the region's problems at a stroke, so it is in Africa now.

Devaluation would, at a stroke, produce a wave of defaults in euro-denominated contracts.

At a stroke they would kill initiative, and send a massive signal to wealth-creators: do not invest here.

To force everyone to say what they have to say in 140 characters deals with the communications overload at a stroke.

It is seductive to think a new technology can solve your problems at a stroke. But zealotry has lately suffered a defeat.

And China's notably top-down planning system allows the creation of these at a stroke.

At a stroke the little woods and copses became a cacophony: a musical celebration of the instantaneous horniness of the turning year.

That would permit a devaluation that would, at a stroke, increase Spain's competitiveness and allow the economy to grow again.

Though such actions will not resolve anything at a stroke, they would over time strengthen moderates in both camps.

That would dispose of ownership and management transparency worries at a stroke.

Some say the crisis could be resolved at a stroke by the issue of eurozone bonds.

Cambridge took eaterfirst, and went evenly along at a stroke of38 to the minute.

Neither grand plans nor vigilant policing of interim agreements will end this tangle at a stroke.

At a stroke, his predecessor Baron de Meyer's soft-focus aesthetic looked outmoded and trivial.

At a stroke, China and India will rival the US and the European Union as key global centres for competition law.

At a stroke, that would curtail many valid forms of online interaction.

At a stroke it will remove fear and replace it with hope, joy and peaceful co-operation between all people.

At a stroke, we would know who was profligate with company money and who was parsimonious .

At a stroke, my specialist knowledge was rendered almost useless.

The Oil Industry will eventually be made redundant, and at a stroke rid you of a major source of pollution.

Almost at a stroke problems such as pollution will disappear, and new sources of energy will be non-polluting and freely available.

The operation was supposed to remove Turkey from the first world war at a stroke.

Several ministries, including transport and environment, lost 5% or more of their planned budgets for 2010-11 at a stroke.

Once completed, it will feature 22 golf courses, at a stroke doubling the number on Hainan today.

At a stroke she lost everything.

At a stroke she had pricked the van der Luydens and they collapsed.

She solved the problem at a stroke.

At a stroke, they will end poor standards of living whilst at the same time massively reducing pollution.

It happened at a stroke.

At a stroke, the Chinese economy shrank, in real terms, by 40%.

ANGELA MERKEL is telling the world not to expect the October 23rd summit to resolve the euro crisis at a stroke;