Example sentences of "at [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at least they have sufficient grounding to do so , if they wish . |
| 2 | Since cats can see , hear and smell with more sensitivity than we can , it is reassuring to find that in one respect at least we have superior sense organs . |
| 3 | I did not agree one bit with his speech , but I will say this for him : at least he has political integrity . |
| 4 | ‘ He may be ugly , but at least he writes good songs . ’ |
| 5 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 6 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 7 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 8 | The society 's earlier style of spelling reform was certainly difficult , cumbersome and ludicrous in appearance ; but at least it provided consistent digraphs ( that is , pairs of letters for single sounds ) to replace the traditional ambiguous digraphs sh , th , aw , oo . |
| 9 | Children can be encouraged to look back at how they found particular pieces of information and to ask themselves whether this was done in the most efficient way . |
| 10 | We end by looking at how you embed other people 's words into your own writing , in the form of paraphrase and quotation . |