Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] least " in BNC.
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| 1 | The positive or scientific method was ( or would be ) the triumph of the last of the stages through which mankind must pass — in Comte 's terms , the theological , the metaphysical and the scientific ; each with its own institutions , of which Mill and Spencer at least agreed that liberalism ( in the broadest sense ) was the suitable expression . |
| 2 | But Cunningham at least has the benefit of knowing New Zealand conditions . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend at least give the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) the benefit of consistency ? |
| 4 | This suggests that she is Ælfgifu of Northampton , and that her status , in Thorney at least , was considerable . |
| 5 | He was 80 and had completed all the Munros five times , the Corbetts at least twice , all the Donalds and a myriad of other hills in Scotland and abroad . |
| 6 | That 's what I 'm saying , they need , they need just a little , in fact we do here you could argue , er , I feel that all the elements there are of a turning into something a bit ugly , I think , I think they were very quick to drop those statues down , now I know , I know the fellow who in , who set up the K G B could have been the most popular bloke in the Soviet Union , but nonetheless , er he was down within a day , I hear this morning that Yeltsin 's talking about border changes and quite frankly they 're moving too quick and Gorbachev at least was providing a bit of restraint , and I think it , they want to think in terms of decade . |
| 7 | It is also a dangerous reaction , if only because ( in the United States at least ) it is likely to mould programmes of AIDS research in directions that will not yield the benefits expected of them . |
| 8 | However , Goram , Huistra and Steven at least have been given a chance of recovering in time . |
| 9 | An enquiry of 1607 claimed that in Leicestershire at least 8,245 acres had been enclosed and converted in seventy-one different places since 1578 . |
| 10 | It was widely recognised within the WEA at least , that the Cambridge Board was seeking to implement the policies outlined in the UEMCC 's 1937 memorandum ; |
| 11 | At Mycenae , the pillar is shown attended by griffins , which in Minoan Crete at least were the customary attendants of the goddess Potnia . |
| 12 | Cadfael at least could breathe again . |
| 13 | She was spiteful and unkind , both to Isabel and to her son — until his mother was dead , when she changed dramatically towards Benedict at least . |
| 14 | Mrs Browning at least thought so . |
| 15 | In May at least 20 were reported drowned in a similar incident in heavy seas . |
| 16 | Since I 'd been living in the flat , Shadwell had been coming to see Eva at least once a week , during the day , when Dad was at the office . |
| 17 | So Deans record is 2 goals in 13 games — im quite sure that Frank at least would have doubled that if he had gotten the chance . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | His successor , the Regent Morton , was anxious to keep the peace with England at least until he had consolidated his own position , and ingratiatingly delivered Northumberland up to the East March Warden at Berwick in June 1572 in return for a large cash payment . |
| 20 | Although they first became noticeable around the major conurbations — for example , in the Home Counties , in Cheshire and in parts of Warwickshire — in lowland England at least the commuting networks have virtually joined up . |
| 21 | The presence of those Englishmen was the most convincing proof available that , in Normandy at least , war had secured justice . |
| 22 | Walid Jumblatt at least made no secret of his own disillusion , but the dream had to be maintained . |
| 23 | We hear a PowerOpen consortium is in bud and will probably come into full flower in the fall : petals include Bull , IBM , Apple , Motorola and Thomson at least . |
| 24 | In the moment of crisis , Nicolae Andruţa at least made a show of coming to his brother 's aid and brought the cadets from the Securitate training school at Baneasa into the centre of Bucharest . |
| 25 | Burnhill , Garner and McPherson ( 1987 ) have demonstrated that , in Scotland at least , there is much more mobility . |
| 26 | The Scottish National Party has been vilified by Labour for its decision to join the Government lobbies after securing an understanding from Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , which will give Scotland at least four seats on the European Community committee of the regions . |
| 27 | Thus there were significant economic incentives for revolutionary Cuba at least to increase its options with the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | In Cuba at least five people were killed and 28 injured as the powerful winds , rainstorms and freak waves battered western and central parts of the country . |
| 29 | Then it would be Bridewell at least , if they did n't stretch her neck on the gallows . |
| 30 | By the end of July at least 23 investigation or arrest warrants against businessmen and politicians had been issued in Venice and about 70 arrest warrants in Milan . |