Example sentences of "be at [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you leave school at 16 the training should be at least to the standard of YTS . |
| 2 | Yes , do n't think we were n't watching you … measurable weight loss needs to be at least in the region of 2 lb a week in order to provide that reward so essential to sustained effort . |
| 3 | Contents are at least to the fore . |
| 4 | There is , I know , much gnashing of teeth , banging of beer glasses etc. about the non-appearance of the Ogwen & Carneddau and Llanberis guides , but both these tomes are at least on the horizon now . |
| 5 | We are at once in the realm of ‘ when is a monster not a monster ? ’ |
| 6 | When I say " I " and add the past-tense verb , I am at once in the realm of untruth . |
| 7 | Where do we locate political behaviour in what is at least for the moment a mass democracy ? |
| 8 | Marx argued throughout Capital that although slaves might be more at the mercy of the whims and fancies of their owners than wage workers , it was at least in the interest of the owner to ensure the minimum welfare of his slaves , since they were his property . |