Example sentences of "[pron] at least [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , some general questions to which at least a partial answer can be given . |
| 2 | Burrows was no doubt thinking of the commercial contacts between England and Aquitaine , and the way in which at least a crude comparison might be drawn between English dealings with the greater nobility of Aquitaine — the Foix-Béarn , Armagnac , Albret , Comminges and so on — and British policy towards Indian princes . |
| 3 | This view contrasts with that of a ‘ pool ’ of generalized coelomate ancestors from which at least the main phyla of protostomes were derived . |
| 4 | And not just some great abstract notion either , for the assault bears also on that aspect of language which embodies authority , the rules of language , those terrible received truths , which at least the older ones amongst you will remember . |
| 5 | and then that will take us for a period of about probably three months cos we 're saying we 'll done one at least every six weeks . |
| 6 | Literally hours before the Shah was about to be bundled off to South Africa , the Rockefeller-Kissinger connection had finally found him at least a temporary haven — the Bahamas . |
| 7 | " Take him at least a hundred meters into the jungle , " he yelled as he swung the cane across their shoulders one last time to urge them in among the trees . |
| 8 | The young receptionist gave no hint of recognition , even though she had seen him at least a dozen times before . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the influence of Parliament in this respect could be considerable and the need to give it at least a certain amount of information about foreign affairs could hardly be avoided . |
| 10 | Although medieval students were often noisy and riotous , the aims of their travels were peaceful , and this sets them at least a certain distance apart from the crusaders . |
| 11 | Sometimes conditions could be even worse : Godwin , for example , describes a London court where ‘ the basement story of nearly all the houses was filled with foetid refuse , of which it had been the receptacle for years ’ , and one water barrel of 50 to 60 gallons is intended to serve two houses , containing between them at least a hundred people . |
| 12 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |