Example sentences of "but it [verb] at [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 There are of course endless problems for the analyst who wishes to use the concept of the collective consciousness but it does at least involve an attempt to locate the basis of meaning in a social context .
2 But it does at least prompt the question whether the suppression in them , not now of individuality but of individual interest in the sense of ownership , is only likely to be volunteered where the amount of that interest is seen by the prospective volunteer as marginal to his other interests , concerns and obligations .
3 But it does at least help in seeing why debates among Realists , Pluralists , and Structuralists in International Relations are so hard to umpire .
4 To a certain extent the pamphlet states the obvious , but it does at least focus thinking in a formal manner to the issue of 1992 .
5 It would hardly have been possible for it to support beauty and extravagance and pleasure at the expense of mere survival , but it did at least hint that such a view could be held , and its mere admission of this possibility was to Clara profoundly satisfying .
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