Sentence examples for alone dealing with from inspiring English sources

The phrase "alone dealing with" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of handling something independently, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "She felt overwhelmed, as she was alone dealing with all the project responsibilities."
Alternatives: "solely managing" or "independently handling".

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But Brendel, dressed in his familiar, comfortable tweedy attire with a slate-grey jumper which complements his eyes, though he'd probably be appalled at the idea, is alone, dealing with comings and goings himself.

I wanted my narrator to arrive at some kind of open moment, a blank, in whiteness — figuratively and actually — in snow, at the bottom of Mont Blanc, a setting that for me has a poetic resonance (Wordsworth, Shelley), and a personal resonance, too (an entire childhood spend skiing alone, dealing with cold, blizzards, high winds).

With time taken travelling, let alone dealing with translation, intelligence gathering and the many other issues that an inspector has to address, I simply do not think it realistic to expect one inspector to cover 3,500 square miles".

Vinifera grapes have no natural resistance; and in Australia alone, dealing with this disease costs an estimated $100m per year, largely through the fungicidal chemicals that are used to protect vines.

"Another surprising benefit is that you can easily spot other people with diabetes - making you feel you're not alone dealing with this lifelong condition". Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said the announcement would be "welcome news to the many thousands of people with type 1 diabetes whose lives will now be changed for the better by access to flash glucose monitoring".

Another man told us: "There is no doubt the Americans despise other races, even inside the United States, and they do not treat them with respect let alone dealing with the Arabs and particularly the Iraqis".

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At first many staff could not recognise learning disability, let alone deal with it.

In 2014 the Xieng Khouang provincial hospital alone dealt with 14 cases.

In their decade of existence, the Texans had never before reached the postseason, let alone dealt with losing in one.

Every government official I have met says that the country is bankrupt and that there is no money to fight the insurgency, let alone deal with the refugees.

Small-business owners and consumers saddled with debt showed the same inability to recognize their problems in the recession, let alone deal with them.

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