Example sentences of "[prep] least a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The religious belief of the time requires at least a substantial part of his property to be devoted to the good of his soul . |
| 2 | Novices who had been in the London Road End for at least a good part of one season displayed quite a detailed acquisition of social knowledge which was appropriate to correct conduct in the Rowdies . |
| 3 | With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux . |
| 4 | She believes that in Newton 's alchemy we can catch a glimpse of ‘ at least a small part of his attempt to reconcile magic and science ’ . |
| 5 | It is my contention that a similar process is occurring for at least a significant part of the people of Tyneside today , although it is not affecting everyone in the same way and involves a complex process of what may be more apparent than real social differentiation . |
| 6 | erm Also while she still lived , he had been of course inhibited from putting down on paper very much of a novel which , now largely formed in his mind , and in which sexual abnormality would play erm at least a considerable part . |
| 7 | He ‘ established methods of work , and initiated courses of improvement ’ under which by 1890 the average general death rate of Liverpool was declared by Sir John Simon [ q.v. ] to have been reduced by ‘ probably at least a fourth part ’ of the rate which prevailed when he became medical officer of health . |
| 8 | Undercutting , polishing and pitting up to about 3 m ( 10 ft ) confirms that wind has played at least an important part in their development , while their restriction to areas of erodible sandstone providing a large amount of material for sand blasting also strongly suggests the part played by the wind . |