at a single stroke

This was three times that, and at a single stroke.

These are people who can destroy a country's economy at a single stroke?

But you can do the lot at a single stroke."

No, he had been right to set the trap and end it at a single stroke.

It would be a pleasure to solve all his problems at a single stroke.

The evolution of such a plant could not have been achieved at a single stroke.

At a single stroke, you've added a whole new treasure house of iron to the world's resources!

All those who'd administered justice for a quarter of a century - gone, at a single stroke.

Two such important and effective leaders dead at a single stroke,- a strong man must be found to fill the void left by their passing.

"He wanted to accomplish everything at a single stroke.

"Under pressure of the emergency, the tax laws were reformed at a single stroke.

And an all too familiar aspect of British weather was recreated at a single stroke.

He could not throw away thirty years of his campaign against evil, at a single stroke

But everything must be there at a single stroke, in which the essential element is the inorganic organisation of memory.

They are not so strong in Asia, but at a single stroke, we could have them in a million shops."

And through her, when she does my bidding, two houses will be obliterated at a single stroke."

Harry would soon be viewing the entire lot, all in one place where they could be rescued at a single stroke.

In this way, the risk that the entire treasure could be lost at a single stroke of misfortune was greatly reduced.

Your father would be trying to restore his reputation at a single stroke, Harkness mused.

His competitors would be beggared at a single stroke, their houses and slaves put up for auction.

Barnum saw here a great opportunity to squelch a rival and increase his own fame at a single stroke.

In his Principia, Newton created the science of dynamics at a single stroke.

At a single stroke, the state called Bosnia would pass from a tenuous idea to something with a semblance of physical coherence.

Now at a single stroke I can restore our status - or at least give us a fair chance to halt the erosion.

King Ferdinand then in 1811 imposed the first taxes, at a single stroke alienating his aristocracy.