Example sentences of "a least [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PGCE Method Course in TEFL started in 1977 , when it mainly attracted graduates in Modern Languages who wished to teach overseas for a least part of their career . |
| 2 | W : Every non-empty set of positive integers contains a least member . |
| 3 | Proof of Theorem 1.2.9 unc [ Here we wish to show that every non-empty set of positive integers has a least member so … ] assume [ to the contrary ] that there is a non-empty set T , say , of positive integers such that T has no least member . |
| 4 | If unc then [ S is a non-empty set of positive integers and ] principle W asserts that S has a least member . |
| 5 | Invoking principle W we see that S contains a least member — let us call it c . |
| 6 | Then the set unc is non-empty and so [ since we are assuming W holds we can conclude that ] T has a least element t , say . |
| 7 | The first point to make is that because all the possible histories for the universe are finite in extent , any quantity that one uses as a measure of time will have a greatest and a least value . |
| 8 | There is the hypothesis that these input systems do not themselves fully specify the information we derive from them , that there is subconscious guesswork involved in acts of seeing , hearing and language processing : the mind is constrained to operate on a least effort principle , imposing the first interpretation it can , commensurate with providing adequate information ( SPERBER and WILSON 1986 ) . |