Example sentences of "least [subord] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But has it he certainly does , and ‘ if there is some one belief that is essential for possessing our concept of a bone , the preference-belief ‘ has at least as strong a claim to that title as any other belief … . |
| 2 | But who has heard of David Brewster , minor scientist and in his own way at least as powerful a visionary of the new age of science and industry ? |
| 3 | In answer to the third question , the utilitarian might suggest that there is at least as great a tendency to convergence on these bases as pertains to any of the social sciences ( which may not be saying much ) . |
| 4 | Other social pressures , chief among them that of patronage in an age in which patronage had unprecedented importance in Roman society , must have had at least as great an importance . |
| 5 | Traditional friendships and rivalries played at least as important a part in this process as purely financial considerations . |
| 6 | In Chapter 3 we identified ten ‘ generic activities ’ which we found to underpin primary classroom practice regardless of the subject labels used by the teacher , and argued that these activities therefore constitute at least as important a curriculum reality — certainly for children — as terms like ‘ topic ’ or even ‘ language ’ . |
| 7 | And indeed when we ponder the relationship between DNA and proteins , we see that co-operation has been at least as significant a force in evolution as has competition , and at the most fundamental level . |
| 8 | They quickly discovered that daylight bombing without fighter escorts was not on , and were also surprised to find that the RAF Lancaster was at least as formidable a fighting weapon as any of their own aircraft . |
| 9 | The State Department appears to have been riven between ‘ Arabists ’ and the few analysts who , like Mr Teicher , considered that Israel might prove at least as valuable a strategic ally as Iran , Iraq or Saudi Arabia . |
| 10 | Teachers ' experience , which is at least as valuable a source of insight , is also readily accessible , but only if those responsible for policy are prepared to acknowledge its validity and are willing to make efforts to bring teachers into the debate . |