Example sentences of "or at the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be treading a tightrope — or at the least could be accused of insensitivity — were I to speak more of this particular sister-in-law . |
| 2 | For young women the disease sanctions were even stronger and tended to be linked with childbearing threats , with the possibility opened up of cancer , insanity and TB , or at the least frigidity or nymphomania . |
| 3 | Almost half of Shrewsbury has Welsh blood , or at the least friends in Wales . |
| 4 | The words in square brackets should , however , be deleted , or at the least the provisions should be amended to " best endeavours " to place a more stringent obligation on the landlord . |
| 5 | Moreover , the two aspects of the debate were not always synchronised in the same people or at the same time . |
| 6 | It is vital for the young cuckoo to hatch either before , or at the same time as , its nest mates . |
| 7 | She is looking for applicants who have some experience in child care and can be contacted today at Belfast 629274 , or at the same number from May 29 to June 1 . |
| 8 | Thus a man who could have done all sorts of good things is rendered useless ; and the same sort of outcome could follow in a case involving not one but two men , or a hundred or more , or even a whole branch of a family ( progenies ) or at the same time a whole province — if you 're not very careful ! " ( c. 31 ) |