Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] least [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Many employers ‘ contracted out ’ of the Graduated Pension Scheme and agreed to pay at least the same amount as their employees would have received from the State under the graduated scheme , from their own occupational scheme . |
2 | These were also powerfully promoted by domestic service at a time when even the meanest clerk expected to employ at least a resident maid-of-all-work . |
3 | Finally , resolved to find at least a change of heat , I went on to Khartoum , which had the merit at least of being dry in contrast to the swelter up north . |
4 | She had to get her hands back on the reins , had to re-establish at least a degree of control over her own life . |
5 | That was an essential b eventually that was taken away , but the building trade still believed if a building firm wanted men , they had to have at least a thirty two hour guarantee , which is at present still in operation . |
6 | In the meantime , however , the Cubans sought to gain at least a breathing space by making a little known but highly significant approach to the United States . |
7 | The fact that ‘ official ’ criminals were overwhelmingly from the working class and were seen to be responding to the same forces that promoted socialist consciousness tended to favour at least a positive , if not heroic view of their activities . |