Example sentences of "[verb] at least the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon the big stories were written in the knowledge that readers would know at least the bare bones from a news bulletin , and the 24-hour cycle of the daily paper lost much of its point as a news medium . |
| 2 | Authorisation is in the hands of the Department of Trade and Industry and depends upon a trust 's deed meeting at least the following conditions : |
| 3 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 4 | Further good news is that more and more survivors are regularly meeting together , often to unburden themselves , sometimes to experience at least the psychological satisfaction of knowing that they 're not alone . |
| 5 | Every school is required by law ( Education [ School Information ] Regulations 1981 and Education Reform Act 1988 , Circular 1988 , Circular 14/89 ) to produce a prospectus which must contain at least the following information : |
| 6 | An adequate extrapolation theory must have at least the following features : |
| 7 | The patients studied had active ulcerative colitis affecting at least the left side of the colon . |
| 8 | Devlin 's argument is that ‘ exploitation ’ and ‘ corruption ’ are such nebulous terms that almost any field of morality could be defined in a way to allow at least the theoretical intervention of the law . |
| 9 | Some outlandish schemes did reach at least the experimental stage , such as catching a landing aircraft in a glorified tennis net , strung between two posts . |
| 10 | If modernization means the differentiation of fields , postmodernization means at least the partial collapse of some fields into other fields . |
| 11 | High farce was reached when a union official declared : ‘ Every worker should get at least the average pay rise . ’ |
| 12 | The income trust will invest in between 60 and 70 UK stocks — mainly blue chip companies like ICI — and will seek to maintain at least the current dividends levels in all but ‘ the worst possible economic circumstances . ’ |
| 13 | It is hard to believe that Thucydides when he wrote these words had not lived to see at least the Spartan Thibron 's Asian expedition of 400 . |
| 14 | The recommendations are contained in section five and five one C effectively impress the assistance of Policy Committee in addressing the need to sustain at least the current level of spending of three point nine million on these small but vital schemes throughout the period of the medium term plan . |
| 15 | One may anticipate the conclusions of the following discussion of the fifteenth-century Muftilik by saying that while both traditions are less than satisfactory and while , in the present state of knowledge , there are questions of considerable importance which remain unresolved , on the particular point of the origins of the institution there is some evidence to support at least the broad outlines of the Mustakimzade tradition , however vexed the details may be ; whereas , on the other hand , not only is there a lack of positive evidence to support the Katib Celebi tradition , there is also a certain weight of evidence , largely of a negative nature , against it . |
| 16 | Before a module is accepted by LIFESPAN , its header is checked to ensure that all its constituent keywords are present and that they contain at least the minimum amount of information required . |
| 17 | Both the diffusionist and the evolutionary methods contrast with the structural-functional , which is above all contextual , and seeks at least the primary significance of the present in the present rather than in the past . |
| 18 | We have at least the mental equipment to foster our long-term selfish interests rather than merely our short-term selfish interests . |
| 19 | The energy and enthusiasm black youth have for certain sports and the disproportionately high number wanting to take up sport as a career provides at least the initial indication that they see in successful black sportsmen models for themselves . |