Example sentences of "or at [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes he thought that he needed to feel like a woman , a younger woman or at least The Other Woman ; certainly he needed to feel like The Young Man . |
2 | I 'll reiterate here that the complexity — or at least the perceived complexity — of the Alpha 's operation could limit its market as far as first time buyers go . |
3 | A well-established approach denies that the public interest is the relevant standard , or at least the primary standard , by which company law should be assessed . |
4 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
5 | He found it in Protestantism , or at least the Calvinist version of it . |
6 | Such works are not computer-generated , the skill and expertise ( or at least the greatest part of these ) derives from the user of the system . |
7 | Because of the threat which " Communism " , or at least the Soviet Union , is believed to pose to " the free world " , we still need to defend democracy ( it is argued ) , but in real , military and ideological terms , not in theory . |
8 | One way to avoid such discrimination — or at least the legal grounds for it — is to supply a lawyer 's opinion to the effect each edition is libel-free . |
9 | Such banquets are portrayed for us on the Bayeux Tapestry , or at least the early stages of them . |
10 | But for visitors and residents at Weston-super-Mare , and its neighbours , Burnham-on-Sea and Clevedon , the flags are an assurance that all is well with the world , or at least the sandy bit between the town and the sea , for they show that the beaches meet European standards of cleanliness that seem to elude their bigger rivals . |
11 | Two or three times a week after that Bridhe , now alert for her , would notice Luch , or at least the slight bulge in the tapestry where she hid . |
12 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
13 | By the end , or at least the last week , of the tour England ‘ B ’ were looking a much better all-round side than when they started . |
14 | In 1867 Newman Hall visited America , or at least the northern states , where he was assured a warm welcome because of his support of the North during the recent war . |
15 | Since I was living with the most out gay man I know , I was n't short of an opinion on anything to do with anything in faggotdom , or at least the social side of it . |
16 | If the war brought them more into line with popular feeling , then it was not because they had changed , but because popular opinion ( or at least the Liberal-Labour part of it ) had at last seen the light . |
17 | This unique combination led to the rediscovery of the VistaVision process , or at least the old cameras used to achieve it , in the 1970s and '80s as a valuable tool for the SFX cameraman . |
18 | A chapter on homebuilt organisations around the world is instructive , not least to learn that whilst amateur-built aircraft have had official blessing ( or at least the blind eye treatment ) in many Eastern Bloc countries for a decade or more , getting approval to fly a homebuilt in Italy and Germany has been a hard-won struggle against obstinate bureaucracy . |
19 | We purchased our combined Crich/Midland Railway Centre ticket and began our trip into nostalgia , or at least the older members did ! |