Example sentences of "[verb] at least [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 , however morally repugnant , did at least provide the USSR with a breathing-space in which military preparations could be accelerated ; the pact , however , was broken off in June 1941 when German forces invaded the USSR 's western borderlands , and in the four years that followed the USSR lost over 26 million citizens and suffered material damage on an unimaginable scale . |
| 2 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 3 | But although by themselves they do not take us this far , they do at least point the way . |
| 4 | But it does at least prompt the question whether the suppression in them , not now of individuality but of individual interest in the sense of ownership , is only likely to be volunteered where the amount of that interest is seen by the prospective volunteer as marginal to his other interests , concerns and obligations . |
| 5 | The current afternoon start on Sundays does at least give the players a little weekend leeway and one morning to mow the lawn , lie in , or say hello to the wife . |
| 6 | If the wo n't touch the landowners , it does at least recognise the Army , and no such hands-off attitude applies to the old soldiers . |
| 7 | Whatever one may think of Sex , Lies and Videotape — — and it does n't have to be much — it does at least address the question of the gaze and of masculine sexuality . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , in this day and age that approach does at least have the benefit of novelty , I 'll grant you that , Shannon , my dear . ’ |
| 9 | Butler 's appeal does at least have the merit of being based on an admitted breach of the County Court Rules . |