Example sentences of "[verb] at least [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence is that at the present time there is a serious lack of resources to care adequately for the number of sufferers living in ordinary housing , and that this mismatch between numbers and resources is likely to increase at least to the end of the century . |
| 2 | At the time of the explosion , he had been trapped at least by the legs in a corner where his shoes were found and some debris had fallen on him . |
| 3 | Olivetti ( Italy ) , Bull ( France ) and STC-ICL ( Britain ) were showing modest success compared at least with the disasters earlier in the 1980S . |
| 4 | And yet [ wa ma'a thaalik ] , it is impossible to draw a full picture of Arab political humour , reflecting the psychology of the Arab peoples , their way of thinking , and their politics without casting an overall glance on Arab history , beginning at least with the rise of Islam . |
| 5 | Right from the very start it will help if you can decide at least on the number of main meals you will have each day and on the number of snacks , if any . |
| 6 | Although during the winter there had been no running water this had been restored at least in the centre of the town . |
| 7 | Obviously if you have an essentially period home it is good to keep at least within the spirit of the place , although conversely , one old piece in a very modern hall can look stunning . |
| 8 | I think there is a moral obligation on the E C , not necessarily the Americans because it is a European problem , to intervene at least to the extent of ensuring protection for ordinary civilians and ensuring that they get food and medical s provision . |
| 9 | But we should distinguish at least between the meaning of an utterance and what the utterer meant by it . |
| 10 | Alan says : ’ I was amazed at the advice I received because their Mitchell Philpott told me not to transfer at least for the time being . |
| 11 | Eurotunnel 's only hope seems to lie in satisfying the banks ' technical adviser that his forecast can be reduced — which means at least to the contractors ' £7.5bn , if not to Eurotunnel 's own £7bn estimate . |
| 12 | This may have been true also of part at least of Surrey and conceivably part at least of the kingdom of the East Saxons . |
| 13 | However , we see the thesis as overambitious since it only holds for certain groups and issues and for a particular period of British politics — and that period , may have passed at least for the moment . |
| 14 | Letter prices were last increased in September 1991 and the Post Office 's latest pledge will remain at least until the end of August . |
| 15 | The manufacture of pottery seems to have begun there as early as AD 40 and continued at least until the end of the second century . |
| 16 | The Poles hoped at least for the award of Danzig , the nearby town of Elbing , the Vistula delta and the tiny republic of Memel . |
| 17 | It is expected that this trend will continue at least until the turn of the century : indeed forecasts suggest that between now and the year 2000 , the 70 year old ex-Service population will nearly double , while by the end of that period some 500,000 ex-RAF personnel will be over 80 years old . |
| 18 | It is expected that this trend will continue at least until the turn of the century ; indeed forecasts suggest that between now and the year 2000 , the 70 year old ex-Service population will nearly double , while by the end of that period some 500,000 ex-RAF personnel will be over 80 years old . |
| 19 | I do n't wish to seem importunate , but if you do intend to sever the agreement I will be obliged to ask at least for the reimbursement of the expenses of my journey . ’ |
| 20 | According to the Financial Times , such a move represented an attempt to create a " two-speed " CIS , with states like Ukraine , which wished to go ahead in the near future with the introduction of its own currency , " pushed at least to the edge of the CIS , if not out of it entirely " . |
| 21 | In the other two scenes , what is involved is not much more than a relatively conventional dramatic mechanism : in the Sunday Morning scene ( Act Two , scene one ) the music in church provides a kind of running commentary to the developing quarrel between Ellen and Peter ( in the manner of countless 19th-century operas from Faust to Werther ) , while the barn dance of Act Three similarly updates an ironic tradition stretching at least from The Marriage of Figaro to Wozzeck . |