Example sentences of "[prep] least [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavens above , if we 're not ashamed of these unclean things , at least let's regret the expense . ’ |
| 2 | I personally would like to see the parishes of the towns doing it themselves , I do n't suppose that is possible now , but at least let's have somebody reliable and supervised . |
| 3 | The bond that accompanies sexual pairing is real and strong and when two people who have been bonded in this way break up , one at least may feel great grief and hurt . |
| 4 | In some cases , no doubt , personal or sexual inadequacy leads the paedophiliac along paths where he or she must be the more adequate partner , or at least may feel so . |
| 5 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 6 | Yet the very large concentrations at Faversham ( Harden 1956b , pp. 146–7 ) and the fact that some supposed European types are more common in England than on the Continent , for instance the Kempston type cone beakers ( Evison 1972 ) and bag beakers ( Harden 1978 , p. 2 ) , encourage a view that some at least may have been made in England . |
| 7 | Concentrating on efficiency means that we do not need to select a method of conflict resolution ( or at least may postpone the selection ) . |
| 8 | Arguing that Glasgow wages were already higher than those in Edinburgh , and pointing out that the Glasgow printers had successfully blacked firms trying to employ women , he went on ( in rather clotted prose ) : I am satisfied that the employment of female compositors in Glasgow , while it would increase the total volume of work done there and admit of the natural development of the Glasgow book trade , would not injure the position of the Glasgow men printers , while it would enable the Glasgow printing trade , employed as well as employers , to obtain and retain work which at present ought to come to Glasgow , or at least might come to Glasgow but now goes to Edinburgh . |
| 9 | I 'm certain they at least would refuse a second slice of cake . |
| 10 | That at least would give her one pleasant memory to take away from this whole crazy weekend . |
| 11 | Mr Spedding said he at least would continue the tradition , ‘ while I am able to stagger up the stairs ’ . |
| 12 | Firstly , the proportion of British investment resources devoted to electricity was , if anything , low by international standards , so that , other things being equal , Britain at least would appear to have suffered no greater investment ‘ distortion ’ than elsewhere . |
| 13 | Brother workmen cease your labour , Lay your files and hammers by , Listen while a brother neighbour Sings a cutlers destiny ; How upon a good Saint Monday , Sitting by the smithy fire Telling what 's been done o' t'Sunday And in cheerful mirth conspire The cutler 's wife enters and indicates , by reference to her ragged attire , that she at least would welcome a little less leisure preference and a little more consumer response to monetary incentive . |
| 14 | He at least would go free . |
| 15 | True , in a full-time legislature appearances at least would differ from its feeble predecessor . |
| 16 | The surgeon had sounded a note of amused condescension as though he were betraying a colleague 's unfortunate weakness , wryly observed , which a more prudent man would have detected before beginning his medical training , or at least would have come to terms with before his second year . |
| 17 | In these studies , Bjornsson used groups of 24 or more readers ( of whom half at least would have been native speakers ) and calculated correlations to check the reliability of their judgements , On sets of 100 texts , the correlations were on average 0.99 , which suggests that for adults at least , there is a high level of agreement about what is difficult . |
| 18 | Nithard puts them in 839 : Charles 's mother , and the magnates who had worked on the will of his father to promote Charles 's cause , fearing that if Louis were to die before matters were settled , they would risk incurring the hatred of Charles 's brothers to their own ruin , advised that the father should choose one of those sons to be his helper so that , even if the others refused to remain at peace after their father 's death , these two at least would have been so firmly united that they would be able to withstand the hostility of their rivals . |
| 19 | So Deans record is 2 goals in 13 games — im quite sure that Frank at least would have doubled that if he had gotten the chance . |
| 20 | Some twenty-four people at least would attend these meetings and all would be put up in the château , or its annexe , and provided with lunch , dinner and breakfast the next day . |
| 21 | It was probably the only way he could get one , she thought waspishly ; the law of averages no doubt decreed that one at least would believe him , and how on earth could he want her when he 'd said all those terrible things to her ? |
| 22 | ‘ The secretaries were determined that somebody at least should make use of them , and there was much pressure put on me to do so . |
| 23 | There was a local schoolteacher coming round to give art therapy ; that at least should provide some light relief . |
| 24 | No matter who else gets out of their depth or loses track of what is being attempted , you at least must retain a clear view of the task . |
| 25 | For such a duty to be imposed , however , the corporation must expect the outsider to keep the disclosed nonpublic information confidential , and the relationship must at least must imply such a duty . |
| 26 | In the midst of religious and political wars of startling insanity , the idea that God at least must have created a rational , knowable order must have acquired immense attraction in a world where religion and politics were still inseparable . |
| 27 | Sewell at least must have benefited by the visits , and the varied material he brought home , including books as well as horseshoes , would surely have been put to use in the Veterinary College . |
| 28 | In contrast with their younger counterparts , some of whom at least could hope realistically for the possibility of promotion , the older field men have little ambition , though they retain some sense of mission . |
| 29 | Owen had then Adam and three others still marshalled at his back , not one of them whole , though these at least could stand and go . |
| 30 | Cadfael at least could breathe again . |