Example sentences of "least some of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least some of the extra cost of stockholding is likely to be passed on to the caterer . |
| 2 | So , I pull handfuls of weed and leave it near the water 's edge , giving at least some of the creatures the chance to nip back into the water again . |
| 3 | But witnesses later said they saw employees beating at least some of the birds to death , while the report found that the shed , which could properly hold only three birds , had been packed with 72 . |
| 4 | Friends of Knighton believe he is close to putting together a deal which would see at least some of the shares resold within four months of a take-over . |
| 5 | Charity takes the form of talented young illustrator David Hughes who will be touring at least some of the 17 showrooms on Saturday ( 9.30-10am Baumann Kendix ; 10.30-11.30am , Herman Miller ; 12-1pm OMK Design , 2.30-3.30pm Vitra , 4-5pm Erco Lighting ) and offering to draw gently satirical on-the-spot portraits at £25 a throw . |
| 6 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 7 | Menus are totally incomprehensible unless you understand at least some of the language . |
| 8 | Like much of the Marcos story , at least some of the paintings are thought to be fakes . |
| 9 | This book does not have a polemical purpose , but the author has not been able to escape the conclusion that at least some of the customs and habits of mind of the earlier period tended to induce healthier attitudes , both among those on their death-beds and those left behind to mourn . |
| 10 | Why should n't the dirty and degenerate suffer at least some of the consequences of their thoughtless self-indulgence and needless promiscuity ? |
| 11 | It has been called the ‘ British Problem ’ , brought into being by a combination of renewed English ambition and , for the first time , a new attitude among at least some of the Scots to their southern neighbour . |
| 12 | What is more , at least some of the extras that typically appear at funerals may not be fully covered in the plans available . |
| 13 | Michael Maloney 's appealing , rather elfin Hal finds in Falstaff at least some of the humanity lacking in Patrick Glover 's Victorian father of a king . |
| 14 | As a result , at least some of the Bill 's dire consequences were mitigated . |
| 15 | With the benefit of five years ' hindsight and analysis , it is possible to understand at least some of the political consequences of that sort of robust egalitarianism . |
| 16 | In this study 70% undertook at least some of the paperwork though , in many cases , it was clear that the farmer retained part of the paperwork to himself . |
| 17 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |
| 18 | Few under 75 had spent any time in such homes but more than half those dying when they were aged 85 or more had spent at least some of the last year of their lives in one . |
| 19 | There is also the additional factor that the analyst who has an interest in the data will often have some idea about values expected for at least some of the samples analysed . |
| 20 | This intrinsically interesting statement does serve to demonstrate the nature of the botanical information in at least some of the early accounts . |
| 21 | It takes a hard heart not to get involved in at least some of the games and sports on offer — especially when everything 's free — and even aerobics taken on greater appeal when there 's an inviting pool to plunge into to cool down . |
| 22 | Their directives pre-empt the force of at least some of the reasons which otherwise should have guided the actions of those people . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , efforts were made to persuade Israel to accept back at least some of the refugees . |
| 24 | This strategy was transferred to the successive discrimination , and for at least some of the animals allowed immediate solution of that test — an animal that had learned to turn away from white in the left arm , say , would already be equipped to solve a successive discrimination in which it was rewarded for turning left when both arms were black and right when both were white . |
| 25 | At a time when new stations elsewhere meant bus shelters , fine new stations which retained at least some of the spirit of the old were provided at Taita , Palmerston North , and Rotorua , among others . |
| 26 | I hope that at least some of the national representatives on the Commission ( two each from Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , and six from England ) will also be directly elected , but that 's the decision of the national associations . ’ |
| 27 | The best thing is to discuss the situation with your doctor , social worker and family , and see if you can organize help for at least some of the meals . |
| 28 | There is an enormous gap between what is required at school and what is required by at least some of the courses at university . |
| 29 | All Key classified holiday homes will provide at least some of the facilities found in those of a higher classification . |
| 30 | Please bear in mind that all Key holiday homes will provide at least some of the facilities and equipment of a higher classification . |