Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] at [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question we must now turn to is : can one of the subsidiary arguments for the justification of authority supplement the main argument and show that at least the authority of relatively just governments is as wide as they claim it to be ? |
| 2 | An immediate yes or no can often result and at least the individual will be forewarned when the profile arrives on their desk . |
| 3 | The fact that the police are positioned as at once the backbone of the State and a pariah within civil society in a way that is similar , though not identical , to that of the working class adds a further twist to the tale . |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard Co has had to delay shipment of its new LaserJet 4L printer because of a defective part , US PC Week reports : the printer , originally set for general release May 3 , has been delayed until at least the end of this month , and possibly until mid-June , because of a flaw in the paper sensor , the company said ; the faulty sensor , which sits under the paper tray , causes the printer to communicate a ‘ paper out ’ message and stop printing , even though the tray has paper in it the firm said . |
| 5 | But then , unexpectedly , he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colours , full of delightful prospects . |
| 6 | The Bishop said the translator had attended very carefully to all the criticisms and it now seemed likely that we would have to wait until at least the end of the summer before the English edition appears . |
| 7 | A thin line of light around the edge indicated that at least the range was alight , even if nobody was sitting by it . |
| 8 | mm , you saying that at least the future , you doing it , do it uniform |
| 9 | Clearly therefore a bare majority of DGMs believe that at least the threat of competition is necessary to exert leverage , even if , as the case studies show , they do not contemplate moving much business from their main providers . |
| 10 | Benelux in particular objected to the vigour with which de Gaulle and France were pushing the Fouchet Plan , and argued that fundamental decisions such as those raised by the plan should be deferred until at least the question of British membership of the EEC had been resolved . |
| 11 | Life may indeed have been nasty , brutal and short a few hundred thousand years ago , but there are those who claim that at least the shortness was a benefit in comparison with modern human existence . |
| 12 | She knew that at least the dress — given to her by Monsieur de Levantiére as a farewell gift — looked right . |
| 13 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 14 | The Committee would have liked to secure legislation which ensured that at least the existence of every computerised system handling personal information was known : such provisions apply in other Western democracies , but the British tradition of shielding National Security matters even from Parliamentary scrutiny militated against such disclosures here . |
| 15 | Practise stepping quickly from one stance into another , always ensuring that at least the width of a fist separates your leading guards . |
| 16 | The class had just begun to read the play which I had chosen when at 11am the radio relay came to life with an announcer saying : This is London ’ , followed by the announcement that the King had died in the early hours of the morning and proclaiming the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne , ’ recalls Mr Dowling of Staindrop Drive , Middlesbrough . |