Example sentences of "at least the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Soviet citizens , however , appeared to have remained loyal to their native language in their domestic and family life , and there was little sign of the disappearance of at least the major Soviet languages , most of which were still spoken by the great majority of the nationalities in question ( the 1979 census found that 62 per cent of non-Russians were fluent in that language , but that 93 per cent of the population identified their national language as their native one ; the 1989 census found that the reported level of knowledge of Russian had actually fallen among at least two national groups , the Uzbeks and Lithuanians ) . |
| 2 | At least the poor bloody infantry in the trenches during the First World War did n't have to put up with that . |
| 3 | Indeed , despite the demands of the councils of Orléans ( 533 , 538 , 549 ) , Clermont ( 535 ) , Paris ( 561/2 , 614 ) , Clichy ( 626/7 ) and Chalon-sur-Saône ( 647/53 ) kings can be seen to have exercised considerable influence in the appointment of bishops until at least the late seventh century . |
| 4 | Western music as a whole , since at least the late Middle Ages , is best seen as a ‘ total system ’ . |
| 5 | This fashion of dimidiation was abandoned by at least the late fourteenth century and replaced by the style of compressing each set of armorial bearings onto one half of the shield — the husband 's being placed on the dexter and the wife 's on the sinister . |
| 6 | These emissaries often bore gifts as well as eloquent words : since at least the early thirteenth century royal pensions were granted to promising or influential cardinalsto eighteen at least of the seventy-two who there were between 1305 and 1334 , to six alone in 1309 when the royal mission secured papal backing for Gaveston 's recall . |
| 7 | There has been a mill on or near this site from at least the early 14th century , when it belonged to the Earl of Gloucester 's Manor . |
| 8 | It would thus seem that something very like the provisions of the Kanunname were in operation by at least the early sixteenth century ; and if the sources are not sufficiently detailed to confirm the operation of the provisions of the Kanunname in every detail , at the same time they do not cast doubt upon any detail . |
| 9 | Those qualities owed little to the opportunities provided by formal schooling or family background : the Pooles had been tanners in the Stowey area since at least the early eighteenth century , and Tom Poole 's father , the eldest of four gifted brothers , ran a large and thriving tanning business from his Castle Street home . |
| 10 | They are then used to support recommendations concerning the organization of society and personal conduct resting on straight matters of fact , or at least the best available opinion on matters of fact , of the one kind around which clear minded people can expect to rally as a basis for human cooperation . |
| 11 | This suggests that the Moon , or at least the outer 200 km or so , has never been flexible enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and therefore that these outer regions have always been cold . |
| 12 | This does not mean however that some valuations are not more right than others ; appreciating at least the following practical points will help make sure that our valuations are ‘ more right ’ than not : |
| 13 | In August 1945 the Leaders asked the Superintendent , the Reverend Ernest Shaw , to allow the Reverend Thomas Kennedy to concentrate on visitation in the Edenderry district for at least the following 12 months in view of the probable building of a new church and the need for special attention to the work of God in the area . |
| 14 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 15 | Evacuation , and the revelations associated with it , ‘ dominated social policy for at least the first nine months of the war ’ and ‘ aroused the conscience of the nation ’ , leading to a much wider debate on the condition of the people . |
| 16 | Do not give the child eggs , fish , chocolate , wheat , oranges , peanuts or other nuts for at least the first six months , and preferably for the first year of life . |
| 17 | For known diabetics the blood glucose can be rechecked four-hourly for at least the first 48 hours . |
| 18 | In any case , ministerial training continues on a less formal and standardised basis for at least the first three years after ordination , in the context of one or more curacies . |
| 19 | The best way to start on this dis section of this discussion may be to erm express the observation that the county council and at least one of the local authorities which is Harrogate , erm are already engaged in have been engaged in for some time a very positive erm activity to try and attract to the county inward investment predicament that the economic development unit of the county council , the economic development of at of at least the one local authority that I have named and erm prospective developers such I 'm representing today , share common predicament , is that the existing structure plan constructs some obstructions , erects some obstructions to the attraction of inward investment into the county . |
| 20 | Thus by overtly infringing some maxim , the speaker can force the hearer to do extensive inferencing to some set of propositions , such that if the speaker can be assumed to be conveying these then at least the over-arching cooperative principle would be sustained . |
| 21 | Issues , topics and solutions relevant for at least the next two decades of practice . |
| 22 | According to Inland Revenue estimates for England some 500,000 businesses , mainly in the South and West , will see their rates bills rise by 20 per cent in real terms for at least the next two years . |
| 23 | And to the east there are vast reserves of coal to supply fuel for at least the next 200 years . |
| 24 | It is clear that LRT is planning regular increases above the rate of inflation for at least the next five years . |
| 25 | The man who hails himself as the ‘ comeback kid ’ will be with us all for at least the next four years . |
| 26 | One tape unit will be required to run this procedure , together with at least the next sequential NEWOED tape . |
| 27 | The three teams relegated to the Alliance League will be guaranteed cash hand-outs from central funds for at least the next three years . |
| 28 | In 1826 she was joined by her sisters-in-law , Sarah and Ann , who had just lost their mother ; the poor relief ‘ Extras ’ list granted them 1s. or 18d. a week for at least the next three years . |
| 29 | Although Sun has re-iterated that it wo n't be doing a 64-bit Sparc implementation itself for at least the next three years — ‘ there is no need for it yet ’ ( UX No 376 ) — the company is seeking to define the space in which some are already working — Hal Computer Systems Inc for one . |
| 30 | However , the timetable may be hampered as the Government intends a dramatic slow-down nationally in the growth of student recruiting over at least the next three years . |