Example sentences of "[prep] least [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten years at least may be needed . |
| 2 | ‘ Gavin , I am in a transport of delight , or at least shall be shortly after one o'clock this afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | This is a pity , because the few scientists who have gone into the matter in rigorous detail have concluded that there at least might be something in it . |
| 4 | And suddenly we 'd all be in Amsterdam or Paris or something like somebody 's idea of America for the evening , or else it would still be our own dear city , but from very definitely another era , all striped Regency wallpaper and framed Angus McBean photographs of Vivien Leigh ; or another time there 'd be nothing but opera on the sound system for a whole week , there 'd be complaints of course but Madame would say , I 'm just trying to give you boys an education , and Gary at least would be very happy . |
| 5 | Secondly , many people who take out credit arrangements would with good reason judge themselves to be relatively free from the risk of unemployment , or loss of earnings through illness — or at least would be ready and able to weather their financial difficulties in the event . |
| 6 | Once again , it is fortunate that the theory was not abandoned in the face of falsifications by measurements of the specific heats of gases , as the naive falsificationist at least would be forced to insist . |
| 7 | Imagining that four male admirers at least would be waiting outside Miss Grey 's room , be already inside … |
| 8 | ‘ That at least would be human , ’ he growled . |
| 9 | In the wild they are found in shoals so ideally a group of four or five individuals at least should be kept together . |
| 10 | But , whatever happened to the Germans , McCreery was suggesting that the 200,000 Croats at least should be sent back to Tito . |
| 11 | In order to facilitate this process the following , at least should be developed and agreed with all parties : |
| 12 | A battle for power in the English shires has reached Westminster , where one MP has argued that his city at least should be allowed to govern itself without interference . |
| 13 | He 's determined , despite the distortions of his daily existence , that his writing at least should be undamaged . |
| 14 | Sergeant Carr — a tall regular Royal Engineer — went back along the caisson , found the hatch still unopened , and decided the wreath of underwater charges at least must be blown . |
| 15 | This means that something at least must be said about alternative types of ambiguity , although a detailed treatment would be well beyond the scope of this book . |
| 16 | Perhaps the aspect of the postwar settlement to which he could most easily reconcile himself was decolonization , because that at least could be understood within a fundamentally nationalist framework . |
| 17 | It seems probable that , with the loosening of marital and family bonds , adultery is on the increase or at least can be more openly admitted . |
| 18 | Old textbooks should not be thrown away , since they may have material ( sources , illustrations , diagrams ) that at least can be used in a " cut and paste " session to produce new teaching material . |
| 19 | We know that some at least will be cornered in dead-ends by ferrets , but not all the rabbits remaining underground will have been trapped in this way . |
| 20 | It is hoped that the church at least will be ready in time for the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of Dresden 's foundation in 2006 . |
| 21 | Mr. Robert Hughes : If the Minister will say that , once all the companies have been sold he will publish the individual price , I at least will be willing to meet him halfway and accept that . |
| 22 | This is a convenient practice as it avoids the need , for example , for speculation as to how the injured person 's condition will develop from the time of the initial injury or for speculation as to what his financial loss up to the date of trial at least will be . |
| 23 | They 've told the couple that if they take the house the windows at least will be repaired . |