Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] least [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any mention of radiocarbon dating necessarily involves at least a reference to dendrochronology , and the basic principles of this powerful technique are therefore also outlined ( see p.125 ) . |
| 2 | The customer has relaxed sufficiently to volunteer at least a couple of personal details ( about outside interests , family , etc ) . |
| 3 | He repudiated his first wife and married a recognised Judaic princess , thereby seeking at least a form of legal sanction . |
| 4 | Since the acquisition of premises ( other than where the entrepreneur purchases the premises as a going concern and merely takes over an existing catering enterprise ) normally involves at least a change of use and often the development of the premises , planning permission is required . |
| 5 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 6 | Would normally exclude at least the Executive Summary . |
| 7 | He desperately needed at least a neutral , if not a friendly neighbour to the north . |
| 8 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 9 | H. lapillus will usually spend at least a day on each prey item and in some instances the time may be nearer a week . |
| 10 | Similarly , poster campaigns usually last at least a month , and frequently three . |
| 11 | Concern for the loss of such an important economic resource led to research on population dynamics and resulted in close seasons for hunting , even though all the Canadian provinces and 47 of the United States still allow at least a limited harvest of wild mink . |
| 12 | If there is a doubt as to its meaning , the question will usually have at least a central kernel of meaning that is relatively clear . |
| 13 | The journey was meant to last three hours , but the train always left at least an hour late . |
| 14 | Progress becomes slower as the front face of the square-cut buttress is neared , and the though provoking and insecure terrain usually brings at least a temporary halt to the proceedings . |
| 15 | FEATHERWEIGHT Paul Griffin went through the pain barrier to courageously secure at least a bronze medal in the European Championships in Turkey . |
| 16 | Yet it also represented at least a first step towards an institutional framework for dialogue between State and commoners . |
| 17 | SCOTLAND now has at least a tenuous connection with the WBC heavyweight championship contest between the holder , Lennox Lewis , and Tommy Tucker in Las Vegas in May . |
| 18 | And I now know at least a few words in Greek , Italian and Portuguese ! ’ |
| 19 | You will now have at least a nodding acquaintance with twelve reference books . |
| 20 | Despite the mixed views on the issue , there does appear to be a consensus amongst a wide range of climbers that modern standards and trends now require at least an extension of the current system . |
| 21 | He now faces at least a heavy fine ; perhaps even a jail sentence . |
| 22 | well — there is still some kind of hope ( NOT ! i guess ) — but i still ca n't see why he was not even given at least a whole second-half this season . |
| 23 | The first jobs through the system should be paralleled through the current process as well to provide at least a degree of insurance against total disaster . |
| 24 | It may well take at least the lifetime of a Parliament to put things right , but Labour will start immediately . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 27 | How do you adhere to the HN Unit Specification and yet provide at least a context which makes it fully your own college 's HNC/D . |
| 28 | It was not in fact until a newly legalised Solidarity had been successful at the polls and formed a majority administration in 1989 that the making of public policy began again to command at least a minimum of public acceptability . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | With regard to the first lies my group has come to the conclusion that there is a way in which the employment development budget can be augmented to specifically reserve at least the part of the current posish provision provided by the cooperative development erm we stand by our opinion that there are ways in which that service can be more efficiently administered that this is a sensible way forward . |