Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] least [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specifically , there was the idea of intervention ; historic doubts about and antipathy towards European colonialism ; corresponding commitment to self-determination and , above all , an impressive self-confidence founded on US power , a resurgence of Wilsonian ideals , and a belief that the principles of the Atlantic Charter and those of the UN should at least inform if they did not determine the foreign policies of the US . |
| 2 | Maybe the correct answer is not the right way to describe it , but natural selection should at least lead us to a set of physical laws that work fairly well . |
| 3 | Before turning to the work of Sayre , Dennett and Sloman , I should at least mention one major question that has been left unasked in this paper , and intentionally so : namely , what properties would a machine have to have in order to be sufficient for us to deem it conscious ? |
| 4 | It may have been because the school was voluntary-aided that the head also wanted religious education to have an important place , not so much in shaping the school but in underlining the requirement that everyone should at least think about his or her religious belief . |
| 5 | A suitable ( although rather conservative ) estimate is that the motor should at least move to the " crossover " position of the BC and Cio torque characteristics ( 81 ) , so that when phases Cio are excited there is a high torque available to continue acceleration . |
| 6 | Parents will not concern their very young children with the details of the doctrine , as that is quite unnecessary for the establishment of the early conscience , but they should at least give them some introduction to it as soon as the need becomes obvious from their inevitable questions . |
| 7 | You may not have anything of significance which you can discover , but you should at least give some thought to it ; for what we are doing is to clear through , in order to clear away , some of the accumulated emotional jumble of the years . |
| 8 | Even if you are mouse phobe you should at least give it a try because you might be surprised at how easy it makes common operations . |
| 9 | The quality of the finished products should at least match the standards of comparable outside bodies . |
| 10 | If not , the reference to the terms should at least draw attention to the fact that the terms contain exclusion clauses . |
| 11 | They stated that adequacy of methods of disposal should at least meet those of the exporting country . |
| 12 | Deciding on your best option is not easy , so before taking action you should at least consult your company pension scheme manager to give you an assessment of the likely value of your pension if you leave it in the scheme . |
| 13 | That 's what they should at least beat him boy . |
| 14 | Students spent a lot of time travelling ( walking and even running ) from one lecture to another in various parts of London , and it was increasingly demanded that they should find within the walls of the College all that they required , or that they should at least pay a fee that would entitle them as of right , rather than for charity 's sake , to enter medical lectures . |
| 15 | There is not room here to discuss these various components , functions and contingencies in any detail , but the model presented in Figure 1.1 should at least suggest some of the ways in which the concept of the curriculum goes beyond mere ‘ syllabus ’ or ‘ content ’ . |
| 16 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |
| 17 | They should at least appear to be attainable , for standards which can be met , if at all , only after massive expenditure might tempt an unwilling discharger to question them by appeal . |
| 18 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 19 | If you can not afford it yourself , you should at least urge your library to buy a copy . |
| 20 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 21 | The five point try should at least ensure that the ball is in play more often . |
| 22 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 23 | Do n't you think that they should at least nod in the direction ? |
| 24 | But this should at least hint at the complexity of a system of intricate , well-ordered ingenuity . |
| 25 | The full traverse of its dizzy crest is best left to the experts , but all active visitors should at least make an effort to see its magnificent eastern corrie , Coire Toll an Lochain , the showpiece of the mountain . |
| 26 | Software manufacturers should at least make it clear on the pack that the programme wo n't work if a disk compression program such as a stacker is in use , and/or you do n't have ‘ X ’ megabytes of memory . |
| 27 | But I think we should at least make him look and smell normal no one else will sit near him or talk to him because he 's like that . ’ |
| 28 | If we are to retain a level of even-handedness when dealing with employers ourselves we should at least make sure our own house is in order . |
| 29 | Against this can be set the fact that the following chapters present very full accounts of their lives and works which should at least allow readers to make their own judgments , especially as we have included ( in an appendix to the book ) details of our ‘ SADS-L ’ procedure . |
| 30 | It seems almost self-evident that a subject catalogue should at least conflate singular and plural noun forms , and remove possessive endings and the English " ing " suffix . |