Example sentences of "in [noun sg] at [det] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any differences might be attributed , in part at any rate , to contrasts between the two schemes , the most obvious of which , of course , is compulsion . |
| 2 | This uninviting prospect was offered to a people who , in name at any rate , had tasted independence . |
| 3 | Nowadays , with Synodical government , the Church has a greater say in the appointment of its leaders — well , in theory at any rate . |
| 4 | The beauty of Indirect Rule was that it created an administrative situation in which personal influence was , in theory at any rate , the administrator 's only resource . |
| 5 | The object of all communist regimes , in theory at any rate , was to facilitate the transformation of humankind from its distorted and unhappy capitalist condition into a new type of person , ‘ the New Man ’ . |
| 6 | Oh yeah , you 'd , some people would go for some very awkward colours , er green , which is a terrible colour , blue which is another awkward colour , I mean I even get people today asking for blue lamps for their bedrooms , erm I 'm sure they ca n't read in bed at that rate er , erm , it 's an awful colour to use erm and er I suppose |
| 7 | In the United Kingdom , in relation at any rate to the armed forces and to the defence of the realm , that organ is the Crown . |