Example sentences of "at least [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , at least since the nineteenth century there has been a spillover into the State schools of the ethos of the independent boarding schools , the purpose of which was understood to be as much moral as academic , with character-training high on the agenda . |
| 2 | In the UK , theories openly based on natural law have exerted little influence , at least since the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | A completely contrasting interpretation of history is represented by MacFarlane 's ( 1978 ) work on the origins of English individualism , where he argues that the structure of kinship which prioritizes the nuclear family and de-emphasizes other kin has been characteristic of England at least since the thirteenth century . |
| 4 | At least since the early 1960s , the British countryside , from the Isle of Wight to the Scottish Highlands , has been host to what we Forteans call ABCs ( Alien Big Cats ) . |
| 5 | At least since the early 1970s successive governments have expressed concern about the decline of our inner cities , but no government has been prepared to devote the massive resources which are now required to overcome decades of neglect . |
| 6 | Massalia had been in direct contact with the Celts at least since the fifth century B.C. The Jews lived in a region where Greek mercenaries were often stationed and Greek merchants often called . |
| 7 | The actual flow of funds from government to the industry represented by loans , grants and tax allowances has been minimal , at least since the late 1950s . |
| 8 | Given the previous level of set-net effort , however , the population was probably originally much larger , and had been on the decrease for many years , at least since the rapid expansion of set-net use in the mid 1970s . |
| 9 | The fact that shareholders are no longer also running the firms they own has been chewed over at least since the 1930s . |
| 10 | In Britain the other terms referred to by Miller , ‘ society ’ and ‘ culture ’ , have been familiar at least since the 1950s , which saw the early work of Hoggart and Williams and the cultural climate of the New Left , which in turn drew on Scrutiny and the Victorian debates on the Condition of England . |
| 11 | The attempt to minimise industrial conflict has been a goal of public policy in Britain at least since the last century when the Conciliation Act of 1896 was passed . |
| 12 | The transition from a ‘ corporate ’ team management to a more ‘ individual ’ single-authority general management seems likely to continue at least into the early 1990s . |
| 13 | An emergency meeting of the Third Division 's four-man board decided the club will continue to play at least into the New Year . |
| 14 | There is some doubt about the circumstances of Molla Yegan 's death , to which reference will be made in due course , but it may be remarked here that while el-Kefevi is possibly right at least about the rough date of Molla Yegan 's death , the slightest suspicion attaches to the basis for his statement by reason of the fact that his words ( if not their order ) are practically identical with Taskopruzade 's statement about the death of Molla Taj al Din Ibrahim , known as Khatib-zade ( Hatibzade ) : Hatibzade and Molla Yegan are associated in an anecdote related by Taskopruzade in the biography of the former but included by el-Kefevi in the biography of Molla Yegan . |
| 15 | Pragmatism claims to risk error at least about the right issue . |
| 16 | He sounded genuine at least about the candlelit dinners , which pleased Blanche . |
| 17 | But a monarch with a mind of his , or her , own could certainly exercise choice , at least over the major posts . |
| 18 | When the negative feedback is large enough to satisfy as is usually the case at least over the intended , operational frequency range , the closed-loop gain is and . |
| 19 | Only a day or two ago in The Times , a high academic figure was complaining that ‘ the nature of the demand for education , at least over the next few years , seems unlikely to correspond with any precision to the national need for more scientists and technologists ’ . |
| 20 | Craft workers are likely to be in increased demand , at least over the next several years , to carry out maintenance on advanced equipment such as CNC machine tools and robots , though craft work is likely to change its context . |
| 21 | Taxpayers , at least through the political process , might find such hard data useful , as broad rules of thumb to confirm subjective perceptions about performance . |
| 22 | In summary , from the viewpoint of producing a healthy generation of descendants , men reach the peak , at least under the 1982 conditions in Hungary , somewhat later than women , in the paternal age group 25–29 years . |
| 23 | It was anticipated , however , that at least during the first stage Gorbachev would make extensive use of emergency powers , granted to him in September , to introduce reforms by presidential decree . |
| 24 | Goody himself in a later essay points out that ‘ at least during the last 2,000 years the vast majority of peoples of the world ( most of Eurasia and much of Africa ) have lived in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write ’ ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 25 | Vice versa , substantial immigration into growth areas causes social problems of crime , mental illness , etc. , at least during the initial period of settling down . |
| 26 | Midlands men are the most enthusiastic exponents of oral sex — at least during the past 12 months . |
| 27 | For all the unmanoeuvrability of armour in the inhospitable southern sector , the Iraqi leadership evidently decided to retain the option to bring it into play at some stage , at least during the warmer months . |
| 28 | He normally operated within a functioning framework of state power and administration which was not his own , at least outside the actual buildings he occupied ( ‘ my home is my castle ’ ) . |
| 29 | At least outside the hard sciences , words which are closely related in meaning in the context of a subject search are often morphologically and etymologically unrelated ( " alcoholism " and " drunkenness " , " communism " and " marxism " ) . |
| 30 | We eschew mathematical or linguistic ( at least of the propositional kind ) coding and tun to our feeling response . |