Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting cautiously on the present situation for the newspaper Kultura , the Chairman of the Archaeo-Geographic Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Academician Sigurd Schmidt , has said that he is convinced that a library belonging to the Muscovite sovereigns does in fact exist , and that , wherever it may be located , it will be possible to find at least fragments of what is left . |
| 2 | Therefore it should be possible to measure at least this part of the process by carrying out research into people 's recall of ads . |
| 3 | We felt , however , that the accuracy of the new system , the flexibility of use that the extended range afforded and the improved refit and maintenance arrangements all meant that it would be easier to have at least one boat available at all times , although we were to have only three . |
| 4 | It would only be reasonable to give at least some of the credit for this successful adaptation to de Gaulle 's incessant proselytizing about the necessity of modernization . |
| 5 | If you really enjoy cooking you will probably want to be able to take at least some meals in the kitchen and to have as much space as possible for herbs , spices , pots and pans , cook books and all the other impedimenta collected by the keen cook , quite apart from generous food storage and good kitchen aids . |
| 6 | You should be able to spend at least two or three hours learning with Carrie . ’ |
| 7 | Thus , ME language states , being so variable , should in principle be suited to the same kind of analysis that we use in present-day social dialectology , and by using variationist methods we should be able to explore at least some of the constraints on variation that might have existed in ME . |
| 8 | You may prefer to pay more for a course geared specifically to the needs of health visitors rather than something more general , and may be able to recoup at least part of the costs of attending a course from your local continuing education budget . |
| 9 | It follows that affirmative assessors must be able to discriminate at least between these two types of grief reaction . |
| 10 | If you take advantage of the sales you 'll be able to save at least 20p in the £ on goods which are already at rock-bottom prices . |
| 11 | ( You ought to be able to deduce at least five . |
| 12 | er , that in future , said conference would be able to pass at least one motion to the T U C Congress elect delegates to the same . |
| 13 | It is possible that in the course of time scientific advance will be able to offer at least an hypothesis which will throw some light on the mystery of the origin of the universe and give substance to the belief that life , in some form or other , does have an ineradicable and eternal place in the universe . |
| 14 | Midani would be able to afford at least that , and a general offer would be cheaper for him to fund because of his existing stake . |
| 15 | With the adolescent , however , one will normally be able to communicate at least on a broadly similar level of sexual understanding with one 's own . |
| 16 | Plus points include the availability of a wide range of standard sizes — you should be able to find at least one to fit your site — and the fact that the manufacturers have gone to great lengths in recent years to improve the poor appearance that older prefabricated sectional buildings traditionally suffered from . |
| 17 | I would like to be able to find at least an oddment of eroticism . |
| 18 | The Spanish government may , of course , be hoping in the long term to be able to buy at least part of this collection at favourable rates ; otherwise it must simply be gambling on the Thyssen collection being a sufficiently spectacular and alluring feather in the cultural cap of the capital over the next ten years to make its considerable investment worthwhile . |
| 19 | Second , within five years , we want four out of five 16 to 18 year olds to be able to achieve at least five GCSEs at grades A , B or C , or their equivalent . |
| 20 | I ca n't say I know all about it either ; but I do know enough to be able to tell at least some of the truth about why and how we tell , i.e. communicate , the truth . |
| 21 | Water companies are obliged to give more comprehensive data to local councils , so consumers should be able to get at least the same amount of information . |
| 22 | Helen says she 'd like to go back into space , if that does n't happen she 'll be happy to achieve at least one other mission : to encouraged more young people to take up science . |
| 23 | Now , the paper format has n't quite been decided with reference to whether it will be compulsory to do at least one from each section . |
| 24 | I do n't wish to seem importunate , but if you do intend to sever the agreement I will be obliged to ask at least for the reimbursement of the expenses of my journey . ’ |
| 25 | The trader would be obliged to make at least a bid in one of the generic runs and in a size of at least $5 million . |