Example sentences of "to say [art] least " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to genius , ‘ Reynolds ’ opinion was that Genius may be taught & that all Pretense to Inspiration is a Lie & a Deceit , to say the least of it . |
| 2 | But , indeed , the whole general effect is to divorce Resident Tutors from the WEA ; the Resident Tutor would be excluded from urban areas , while on the other hand the WEA would be to say the least of it extremely circumscribed in rural areas . |
| 3 | Friday 6th December : When we arrived , our ‘ stand ’ looked little bare , to say the least ! |
| 4 | This was hard to pinpoint , for as a doctor he was , to say the least of it , a sloppy , unorthodox dresser — a fact echoed by his large airy living-room , with its couple of ceiling fans , lazily turning . |
| 5 | Labour Labour voters were er to say the least dis |
| 6 | The deputy judge commented that Dr. Rao ‘ clearly was very doubtful to say the least that Mr. Winterbone had the necessary testamentary capacity on 18 April . ’ |
| 7 | To say the least it 's horrible , and yet there we were a school and a tannery side by side . |
| 8 | Ouch in spades , to say the least of it . |
| 9 | To say the least of it , this scheme is clumsy and over-complicated . |
| 10 | What with the fog , the rain and the dark it was frightening to say the least ! |
| 11 | Although , from time to time , some of our colleagues on the shop floor who ran into difficulties you know , er sometimes described you as a tool of management , er which was to say the least you know , er entirely untrue . |
| 12 | His presence was disturbing , to say the least of it , and she was relieved when , with an impatient , ‘ hurry up ’ , he strolled out of the room . |
| 13 | It was odd , to say the least ! |
| 14 | In previous years I have n't had a class on the and I thought I had one this year as an experiment and er , pardon me just a second hello yes , that was a little annoying to say the least , cos those students have come in specially for that , yeah , yeah yeah yeah yeah right Oh dear right certainly not well , would it be easier to show them in my office , that 's seven , seven , seven ? |
| 15 | these considerations have produced provisions governing events which take place during the interim period which are to say the least of it , complicated . |
| 16 | Fellow colleagues were surprised , to say the least ! |
| 17 | Port erm , borrowing , and I think some Tory members are being disingenuous to say the least on this issue . |
| 18 | Now , one member of the joint traffic management sub-committee who has been closely associated with all of these three issues is county councillor Tony and I must say , Mr Mayor that I am surprised to say the least by the way in which councillor appears appears to have been treated by some members of the labour party in this city . |
| 19 | I 'm a bit annoyed to say the least , Peter 's |
| 20 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 21 | I find found that absolutely incredible and I thought it was bizarre to say the least , the procedure we had to go through the other er evening erm with two hours of acrimonious debate er a break while you consulted er the officers before we got to some er sensible way forward which is now incorporated in this amendment er to spend a hundred thousand pounds on actually trying to trace . |
| 22 | The value of this work is recognized councils are the local versions of the council aware , however , that in reality , the national cover of active trades councils is , to say the least , patchy . |
| 23 | er There is a hill in St Albans , I think it 's called er St Peter 's Church hill , and it is very , very severe to say the least , and everybody said to us ‘ oh you 're going up the hill ? |