Example sentences of "[verb] at least [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Draize test and the LD50 , which has at least stayed the course since 1927 , are both relatively straightforward and easy to regulate . |
| 2 | We maybe in the depths of the recession but the Maastricht treaty has at least opened the way for one enterprise … and it has n't been ratified yet . |
| 3 | Each has at least had the consolation , if that is the appropriate word , of seeing some of his worst fears come to pass . |
| 4 | In that space , a realistic attempt to produce serious Israeli-Arab negotiations could have at least begun the process of denying figures such as Saddam their greatest propaganda card . |
| 5 | It would have been far better to have at least made the attempt — even if it might have ended in disaster — than be left with such intense regrets and nostalgia for what might have been . |
| 6 | Erm tt er when it came to the children erm and he did n't know the date of birth erm you should 've at least got the ages of them |
| 7 | The so-called Helsinki warning , also dismissed as unreliable ( and apparently for better reason ) , had at least saved the lives of those who would otherwise have occupied the vacant seats on Flight 103 . |
| 8 | It is unlikely that either side in this arrangement had much hope that it would last , but it had at least enabled the government of Louis-Philippe to avoid an embarrassing public debate , which a trial might well have become . |
| 9 | I had hardly even drawn before ; my attempts were inept , but I fumbled on until I had at least mastered the proportions of the human body ’ . |
| 10 | Those who could feed themselves had at least had the choice of not eating the tapioca that they disliked and going hungry . |
| 11 | She had assumed , when she was told that Mills ' murder had been checked thoroughly for any spying connections , that the enquiry had at least had the semblance of efficiency , if not diligence . |
| 12 | Feeling pleased that I had at least negotiated the day 's essentials , and the afternoon being well advanced , I thought it would be good to have a more leisurely look round Wenceslas Square and find somewhere to eat . |
| 13 | plus at the end of the day when he comes in , you 've at least got the chance to say right , you 've got your homework to do , switch every thing off , sw put all these machines away and |
| 14 | By choosing a relatively small company , we have at least avoided the complications of group or consolidated accounts ! |
| 15 | Their handheld CD audio players have at least familiarised the market place with both the concept of CD information on the move and the broad physical appearance of the player . |