Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They are worth bearing in mind as at least a partial explanation of some aspects of credit use , so as to avoid the risk of misinterpreting those aspects as a purely a matter of individual consumer choice . |
| 32 | The Justice Model 's philosophy consequently relied heavily on retribution as at least a partial justification for punishment . |
| 33 | And while Roosevelt was to some extent restrained by the State Department and , even more , after the US had recognized de Gaulle 's government in October , 1944 , by considerations of reconstituting France as at least a European power , there was , on the operational level , a situation developing in southern China , in which the US was involved , which would affect the fortunes of the Vietnamese revolutionaries , their appearance , their standing with other Vietnamese patriots , and their ability to influence future events . |
| 34 | I was quite glad to have it … sending a copy of my book to be signed , and saying he would like to have it back quickly as at least a dozen people were waiting to borrow it … . |
| 35 | Such a course is often open to the construction that nuclear weapons may be developed at some later stage , as at least a secondary objective . |
| 36 | But to a remarkable extent Kilvert succeeded in turning its limitations — its narrow range of vision and the naïvety of his own judgements — into advantages , to give it a vividness and a simplicity shared by few similar journals ; and it seems likely that it will retain its place as at once a major document of Victorian rural life and a minor but moving work of literature . |