Example sentences of "[prep] least a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abel Ferrara 's Ms 45 Angel of Vengance is at least a wittier variation on the same theme , played as straightforward exploitation entertainment , with men as most of its victims . |
| 2 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 3 | This ‘ closed drawbridge ’ mentality from those who have safely gained access to the good life , or at least a better life , is itself one of the factors that is having a ‘ ghettoizing ’ effect on the underclass . |
| 4 | The 1966 official report into his subsequent escape has some incredibly tedious and unconvincing arguments as to why Blake was not moved to a high , or at least a higher , security prison such as Birmingham . |
| 5 | The pressures for independence or at least a greater measure of autonomy that emerged in the Baltic republics were the most serious of their kind that the Soviet leadership had to confront in the early Gorbachev years . |
| 6 | In this country where the same vicious law which imprisoned Wilde still operates one looks to those with pretensions to a scientific approach not to be victims of prejudice and intolerance but to give a lead for at least a saner and more comprehensive attitude towards the homosexual in society . ’ |
| 7 | All five troops of the regiment would be involved , with twenty eight rigs in bridge and at least a further six in reserve . |
| 8 | Television income and match sponsorship will add at least a further £30,000 to the day 's takings . |
| 9 | For at least a further two decades that was to be the reality of an intransigent British position . |
| 10 | The Select Committee suggested that these costs might actually be too high and it is true that if our ‘ Safestore ’ strategy is adopted we will be able to reduce the liability by at least a further £500 million . |
| 11 | This requires at least a further hour to be added to the overlap , thus a minimum of 2–2½ hours in total is justifiable in some circumstances . |
| 12 | The ABM treaty was to be respected by both sides for at least a further ten years ( it was of indefinite duration but both sides had the right to withdraw after due notice ) . |
| 13 | Since 1968 , there have been over 60 films ( with at least a further four coming out early this year ) made about the Vietnam war , all carefully examined in a recently-published volume called Hollywood 's Vietnam . |
| 14 | IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE PAYING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AT LEAST A FURTHER YEAR FROM APRIL 1989 , WE WOULD PREFER TO COLLECT THEM BY DIRECT DEBIT , MONTHLY . |
| 15 | A second phase involving a further 1,170 concerns would begin in 1992 , but more than 400 enterprises in key economic sectors would remain in state hands for at least a further five years . |
| 16 | Six patients had a third dialysis after at least a further four weeks . |
| 17 | A younger generation , or at least a younger American generation , has been brought up on a list of acid tests , invented to get rid of the boiled oatmeal consistency of the bad verse of 1900 , and there is no doubt that many young readers seeing Binyon 's inversions , etc. , will be likely to throw down the translation under the impression that it is incompetent . |