Example sentences of "at least by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practically unstoppable in pursuit of his ideas about France 's place in Indochina , he was also , apparently uncontrollable , at least by the government in Paris . |
| 2 | Which of the four common jobs in 1980 may almost have disappeared by 1990 or at least by the year 2000 ? |
| 3 | Jessie was in love with this young man , this young bruiser of a fellow , because that 's the only name you could give him , at least by the look of him . |
| 4 | ‘ My mission is to take back to Ramsey such alms as I have been able to gain , at least by the goodwill of Worcester and Evesham . |
| 5 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 6 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 7 | Occasionally they appear to have had some direct influence on the formulation of the documents — the particular mention of the Anglican communion in the decree on ecumenism for example , as of the ‘ hierarchy of truths ’ — and their advice was sought , at least by the Unity Secretariat ( whose guest they were ) on religious freedom . |
| 8 | Women have no say in their marriages : often they are married when still babies , or at least by the age of five in a group ceremonial marriage , for youths , held for them at the close of their bachelor hut initiation period . |
| 9 | Molly understood that water would come by lorry during the afternoon or at least by the evening . |
| 10 | More important , perhaps , the newly appointed National Westminster Bank chief executive is very young — at least by the standards of clearing bank bosses . |
| 11 | Thereafter , in 1970 , 74 and 79 , the governing party has been rejected without however any great surge of popular support for the alternative party , at least by the standards of earlier years . |
| 12 | The main anxiety about diet which I heard expressed , at least by the administration , was that with the introduction of ‘ fast food ’ facilities , prisoners were showing the same dietary self-destructive tendencies as young teenagers traditionally have done . |
| 13 | The prospects for creditors were not good , but at least by the end of the classical period they were mitigated by allowing settled land to pass , during the lifetime of an indebted trustee or beneficiary , into the ‘ beneficial possession ’ of a bonorum emptor . |
| 14 | I shall refer to those who believe that differences in attainment appear during adolescence as the A group , and those who argue that these differences are evident during ( or at least by the end of ) the primary years as the P group . |
| 15 | I agree with all the right hon. and hon. Members who said — I think that almost all who have spoken so far made this point — that it is very important to give Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland the prospect of joining the Community at least by the end of the decade , and to give them every possible assistance in meeting the economic and political conditions for membership as soon as possible . |
| 16 | At the time of the explosion , he had been trapped at least by the legs in a corner where his shoes were found and some debris had fallen on him . |
| 17 | At least by the time he received a freak , soccer-kickabout leg injury last month that forced him to miss the Test against South Africa , he had enjoyed a double-try England debut against Canada . |
| 18 | Along the chain of consequence , from atomic decay to my act of observation , things must have got fixed at least by the time that the cat 's experience entered into it . |
| 19 | At least by the time that the friend heard the click it must have been settled on that occasion that the electron 's spin was " up " . |
| 20 | I , I do n't know the answer to that offhand , but it 's , I 'm inclined to think that erm at least by the time of the Republic there are things that some people are more naturally predisposed towards philosophy and other people are less naturally predisposed towards philosophy . |
| 21 | One common conception of democracy is that it means " government by the people " or at least by the people 's elected representatives — since it is generally accepted , rightly or wrongly , that in large modern states the people themselves can not govern . |
| 22 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 23 | For instance , there is usually a starting assumption that individuals make history , at least by the sum of their actions and even if not quite as they intended it to be . |
| 24 | Fourthly , despite the all inclusive terminology , such policies have tended to be driven in Governmental terms at least by the pressure of ageing populations . |