Example sentences of "[verb] at least the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His best-known work , Tetbury church , Gloucestershire ( 1777–81 ) , is one of the most elegant examples of late eighteenth-century Gothic and was widely admired at the time , the poet William Mason [ q.v. ] , for example , commenting that it gave him ‘ the very highest opinion ’ of Hiorne 's ‘ Gothic taste ’ ; and his approach to Gothic design also appears to have embraced at least the rudiments of scholarship as well as its decorative appeal . |
| 2 | McHale has been told that he must put together a side capable of reaching at least the play-offs next season . |
| 3 | B : There 's a yellow VW outside Sue 's house Here B 's contribution , taken literally , fails to answer A's question , and thus seems to violate at least the maxims of Quantity and Relevance . |
| 4 | The G M B and the trade union generally need to have at least the resources the management have . |
| 5 | The prisoners welfare group Nacro , says every prisoner leaving jail should be given at least the basics to make a fresh start . |
| 6 | 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 . |