Example sentences of "or at [adv] [vb base] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Australia to win ( or at least make the MCG final ) , with Pakistan the other likely finalist . |
| 2 | She would have liked to sit down and enjoy it , or at least take the child early so she had some evening left when they got back . |
| 3 | And these recalls , of even the simplest and least sublime things , a glass of water , the smell of frying bacon , seemed to me to surpass or at least equal the memories of the greatest art , the noblest music , even my tenderest moments with Lily . |
| 4 | The Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) commissioned two reports on global environmental change to guide or at least inform the allocation of research funding . |
| 5 | In Birmingham , local residents are struggling to stop , or at least change the nature of the giant new retail redevelopment , designed by Chapman Taylor & Partners for the developers London & Edinburgh Trust , which is planned to replace the infamous early Sixties Bull Ring . |
| 6 | Both have tried to wield their influence over Jordan and Lebanon , the two weaker states of geographical Syria , or at least deny the other 's interference . |
| 7 | It was rumoured that Frederick had attempted to encourage Alexander to crown or at least support the coronation of his son Henry . |
| 8 | The shareholders are thereby given the power to judge for themselves whether the directors are using their managerial powers for their own benefit at the expense of the company and if this is so to veto the transaction or at least hold the director liable for any profits thereby made . |
| 9 | The image of the CAB is one of action and advocacy — the adviser will ‘ do ’ something for the client or at least tell the client what to do . |
| 10 | Or at least pick the phone up and say erm you know |
| 11 | Continuing parental contact and interest can also eradicate or at least minimize the sense of rejection felt by many adopted people because of the act of relinquishment . |
| 12 | * Explain technical terms , particularly if your writing is not rooted in a specific theoretical or critical tradition ; if the terms you are using seem difficult to explain , avoid them if you can , or at least explain the difficulty ( see p. 81 ) . |
| 13 | True , he needs to be able to read a line on a green , or at least confirm the line into the hole , but getting the yardages right are of paramount importance . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you please stop laughing at me , ’ she told him fiercely , ‘ or at least have the decency to share the joke ? ’ |
| 15 | Or at least have the superintendent put into a straitjacket . ’ |
| 16 | Critics of the programme , who were numerous in the USA as well as in the Soviet Union , maintained that it would violate the ABM treaty and therefore undermine the whole concept of deterrence by allowing a first strike to be delivered from behind a space ‘ shield ’ which would prevent or at least reduce the risk of retaliation . |
| 17 | Often it is easier to shape and mould the individual pieces before the whole is glued up , but sometimes , where the mouldings run across joints , it is better to glue up , or at least assemble the part first in order to get a neat run of the moulding over the joint . |
| 18 | The Commission responded by urging Contracting States which had made the Reservation under Article 23 to withdraw it , or at least adopt the language of the United Kingdom Reservation . |