Example sentences of "least for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This man would forget the purpose of his visit , at least for a brief spell , and the fact that he was on official business , and drink tea and eat a good meal in the prosecutor 's house , crack jokes and make amiable conversation , and sleep through the heat of the day . |
| 2 | ‘ The problem is that Knighton wants to sit in the chairman 's seat , at least for a while , ’ one confidant said . |
| 3 | There seemed grounds for believing that the Thatcher government was , at least for a time , losing direction . |
| 4 | But fundamentalists are also really dangerous , at least for a while , because hypocrites think that everybody is talking double talk , like them , and awful misunderstandings occur . |
| 5 | Middlesbrough v Leeds With Sheffield United off duty until tomorrow Leeds can go top , at least for a day , but have Sterland ( bruised ribs ) and Haddock ( calf ) taking tests this morning . |
| 6 | If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks . |
| 7 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 8 | There is no reason why you should not have a weekly reward for remaining the same weight , at least for a few months after you have attained your ideal shape . |
| 9 | Far from wet blankets , even the most shrewdly commercial member of the Enterprise was touched , at least for a time , by unworldly enthusiasms . |
| 10 | ‘ Reinforcement of the behaviours related to such needs cements the associations at least for a time . |
| 11 | Mammalian faunas on isolated continental fragments could evolve , at least for a time , separately from faunas in other parts of the world , producing a whole series of peculiar animals that have no direct relationships to animals with a similar mode of life elsewhere . |
| 12 | It seems there must have been , at least for a critical short time , a feeling in the company that there should be a positive effort to create a modernised canal route from London to Langley Mill . |
| 13 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 14 | Their protection was , at least for a time , so stringent that significant numbers of poachers were exiled to the colonies . |
| 15 | Even if sympathy was n't forthcoming , she had hoped at least for a little guidance , some clue as to where she had fallen short , or advice for the future . |
| 16 | One type can get away with near murder , at least for a while , and still shed some weight . |
| 17 | Things remained thus for nearly 80 years , and although it became generally recognised that the genus needed to be split-up into several smaller ones , the amount of work required was such as to make the task an almost-impossible proposition , at least for a single revision . |
| 18 | Even Edwards , according to Wood , still presents management ‘ as omniscient , conspiratorial and able , at least for a certain period of time , to get its own way — that is , to solve successfully its problem of control ’ ( Wood 1982 , 16 ) . |
| 19 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 20 | He had a certain number of men-at-arms in the town , who could , probably , contain a revolt of the townsfolk , at least for a little while . |
| 21 | But he was quick to perceive that there was little future in such arguments , at least for a Government Minister . |
| 22 | But at least for a little while Mama would be happy , and keeping Mama happy had become a way of life , almost . |
| 23 | One can only assume that , at least for a while , they were able to survive on fully aquatic prey , such as fishes . |
| 24 | It seems clear that , with careful safeguards , we need some legal machinery , similar to the provision of Place of Safety Orders for children , by which an old person could be received into residential care for their own protection , at least for a limited period of time , which would afford a breathing space for all concerned and enable a proper assessment to be made of the situation — including the wishes of the old person once they were out of the violent or neglectful environment . |
| 25 | Apart from the obvious enjoyment of this extended honeymoon stage , it does mean that the actual hard work of the relationship can be delayed , for nothing the young lovers do could ever spoil the bliss — at least for a short while ! |
| 26 | In the final analysis , it may be that national states and their control agencies are relatively autonomous of a particular social class , and that in that sense could , under the right circumstances , become an instrument , at least for a specific and limited objective , of any particular class or alliance of classes or pressure groups . |
| 27 | There is an emerging argument here , if not for chastity , then at least for a prudent continence and a cool response to such favours , sexual or other , as the world may choose to offer . |
| 28 | A further possibility is that the individual may , at least for a time , hold onto beliefs and values taken without question from others , for example parents , teachers , peers . |
| 29 | By contrast , the consequences and so competences , and hence the adequacies or inadequacies , of natural selection , especially for long-run effects , were practically impossible to decide , at least for a finite intellect ; although the young Darwin himself could consistently suppose that God in choosing this means for adapting life to a changing earth had foreseen all its consequences . |
| 30 | The reductionist position is that , within a system spared down to minimal size , prisons can sometimes , at least for a while , be made reasonably decent places . |