Example sentences of "at least the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A linguistic item must in general have at least the complexity of a simple sentence to show such properties . |
| 2 | You should always , for example , try to make sure that at least the text in the columns lines up across the page-headings and sub-headings may well not but the text really should . |
| 3 | The selection of the lead cases was aimed to ensure that the great majority of the very important points of law which are at issue in all cases are authoritatively decided , and it is hoped that , as a result , clear guidance will be given to the large number of remaining cases which are stayed , leading to settlements ( or at least the elimination of some issues common to the lead cases ) and the avoidance of a multiplicity of litigation . |
| 4 | The Committee would have liked to secure legislation which ensured that at least the existence of every computerised system handling personal information was known : such provisions apply in other Western democracies , but the British tradition of shielding National Security matters even from Parliamentary scrutiny militated against such disclosures here . |
| 5 | At least the existence of a range of alternative modes of provision as between one local authority and another widens the choice available . |
| 6 | And it was to restore order , as much as anything , that a nominally Vietnamese administration provided at least the façade of an ‘ independent ’ Vietnamese government . |
| 7 | And referee trying to prize them apart , to keep at least the pretence of a fight going . |
| 8 | ‘ The Shiah , for example , or at least the ones in Iran , believe that the Twelfth Imam — who disappeared in mysterious circumstances over a thousand years ago — is going to come back with a huge army and take over the world . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bertram explains the male 's tolerance of cubs at kills by the fact that there is a high probability that it is his child or at least the child of the other male , which is itself closely related to him . |
| 11 | The retention of title is an arrangement whereby the seller of goods retains title to the goods until at least the buyer of the goods pays for them . |
| 12 | The same author goes on to say that there are cases where land reform , or at least the break-up of large latifundia or estates , had actually accelerated environmental decline , as in Bolivia in the 1950s or after the emancipation of serfs in Russia in 1816 . |
| 13 | By the end of the 1960s , most comprehensive schools were offering at least the core of a common curriculum to most of the pupils in Year One . |
| 14 | Er reading this article or at least the heading from it and the bit in the paper , you got the impression that solicitors were as bad as banks . |
| 15 | They were the citoyens who paid at least the equivalent of three days ' work in direct tax . |
| 16 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 17 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 18 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 19 | Unless means can be found for experienced teachers to have at least the equivalent of a whole year studying for a Master 's level retraining , the partially sighted will be leading the blind . |
| 20 | Graham , John Taylor and I spend at least the equivalent of a day a week on cycling matters . |
| 21 | It is a formulation of the objectives of an assessment scheme , classifying what is to be assessed and possibly how the assessment is to be carried out — or at least the constraints within which choices of assessment method is permitted . |
| 22 | He could see the stocking factory , though , or at least the shell of it . |
| 23 | Grand Metropolitan and Rank , for instance , have wide ranging manufacturing and property interests , though the others tend to be associated with at least the provision of leisure-based products in their diversified activities . |
| 24 | The hope that at least the disappearance of the Party might be one thing to emerge from a lost war was said in one report to be more widespread in rural areas than appeared to be so on the surface . |
| 25 | From this point of view at least the actions of the young do not need to be romanticised . |
| 26 | At least the Under-Secretary of State for Energy , the hon. Member for Wells ( Mr. Heathcoat-Amory ) , is trying to be sensible . |
| 27 | At least the Under-Secretary of State had the guts to say that at the Dispatch Box . |
| 28 | B : There 's a yellow VW outside Sue 's house Here B 's contribution , taken literally , fails to answer A's question , and thus seems to violate at least the maxims of Quantity and Relevance . |
| 29 | But at least the lure of some extra greenbacks has n't made his recent records so disappointing . |
| 30 | Many health policies in Third World countries are based on at least the vocabulary of this approach though the political climate does not always encourage such radical rethinking of health care nor does the training of most health workers prepare them to work in the new ways implied in the PHC philosophy . |