Example sentences of "[verb] at least the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One must , I think , start from the general premise that the protection of the child 's welfare implies at least the protection of the child 's life . |
| 32 | For a moment the Emperor would notice at least the aftermath of Lexandro 's existence … before what had been Lexandro dispersed . |
| 33 | Unless means can be found for experienced teachers to have at least the equivalent of a whole year studying for a Master 's level retraining , the partially sighted will be leading the blind . |
| 34 | The clear inference must be that the average knight was expected to have at least the £120 a year postulated by Smith , and indeed the median of twenty-three in Buckinghamshire , Suffolk and Sussex in 1524–5 lay between £120 and £160 , while nationally the median of eighteen feodary surveys works out at £204 . |
| 35 | The G M B and the trade union generally need to have at least the resources the management have . |
| 36 | If they have n't remained constant over our sampling period , right , then there 's no point in making our sample predictions , alright , we 've got to have at least the confidence that our model is re relatively stable over our small sample , right , in order to make any sort of predictions about the behaviour of the dependent variable that we are looking at and the parameter of interest out of sample more often than not when we have parameter instability that does n't always signal a change in government policy , it often signals the fact that you 've got a very poor model , a model er is mis-specified and so if we detect a structural change in our model , we first of all try and explain why it may come about |
| 37 | To the inner city local authority it offers at least the promise of retaining some economic activities that would otherwise leave the area ; and to the inner city resident it offers the prospect , as well as often the reality , of countryside recreation and relaxation . |
| 38 | I do not claim any more for these criteria than that they raise at least the possibility of a belief being affirmable . |
| 39 | The prisoners welfare group Nacro , says every prisoner leaving jail should be given at least the basics to make a fresh start . |
| 40 | What the verdict of ‘ lack of care ’ presupposes is that some other persons had at least the opportunity of rendering care ( in the narrow sense of that word ) which would have prevented the death . |
| 41 | To say that the Crown had the right of appointment is to say only that it had at least the possibility of a voice , not that it necessarily exercised any real right of selection . |
| 42 | The lucky recipient of an Indian cadetship had at least the prospect of returning home as a wealthy senior officer , assuming of course that he survived the very real hazards of life in the East . |
| 43 | The United States had entered the Second World War with a very limited overseas basing system , but by the close of the war had acquired a massive global basing network ‘ derived from a combination of conquests , agreements with allies , and temporary arrangements with neutrals and exile regimes that had at least the potential for post-war renewal and extension ’ . |
| 44 | By the end of the 1960s , most comprehensive schools were offering at least the core of a common curriculum to most of the pupils in Year One . |
| 45 | Hibs , while not exactly setting the place alight , have at least the comfort of knowing that a win would lift them above St Johnstone and back into the top half of the table . |
| 46 | Evil men may be reborn as sub-human animals , but virtuous men have at least the prospect that they may escape from the cycle of rebirths into the nirvana of final extinction . |
| 47 | He worked in a fair frenzy for two hours , making demands of the paint he 'd never made before , plastering it on with palette knife and fingers , attempting to capture at least the shape and proportion of the thing 's head and neck . |
| 48 | Graham , John Taylor and I spend at least the equivalent of a day a week on cycling matters . |
| 49 | Whether or not he will please at least the business community we will know this afternoon . |
| 50 | By the end of the 1950s , however , the failure of autarchy as an economic programme had made it necessary to seek other options , and these implied at least the modification of the existing political framework . |
| 51 | From the early days , the children destined for university would have acquired at least the rudiments of Greek and perhaps even a little Hebrew : books in all three languages had been left to the School by William Nicholson , the Master , in 1597 . |