Example sentences of "[prep] least [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auguste strolled past the clap-boarded boathouse , on to the pier , determined to escape at least briefly from murder . |
| 2 | Another pointer to this being made up is that he has got a degree , so should have an IQ at least marginally above yer average player . |
| 3 | It is virtually certain that he was kadi of Bursa in 802/1400 , for there exist three documents of Bayezid I 's dated in that year which bear the signature of Molla Fenari as kadi of Bursa ; and that he was still kadi at least well into 804 is indicated by yet another document cited by Husameddin , the of the Inebeg b . |
| 4 | It was wonderful to roll ; that first second push off , sluggish with the anticipation of falling , that moment of tumbling when all was forgotten but frenetic strips of blue light and blades of green in our skin and clothes , and that next to last stretch when we knew we 'd roll forever ( or at least well into the shoulder of the road ) , and that final jolt and halt , nearly violent , as the bottom was reached . |
| 5 | However , later on in the conversation she said they very rarely encountered juvenile offenders from grammar school , most would be educationally subnormal or at least well below average . |
| 6 | She could be dead by the time children 's television started or , if not dead , at least well on the way to it . |
| 7 | er to go right the way through to Venice and you 've got to stay at Venice for at least a couple of days so oh and it , er , I think er , you 're talking about two thousand at least just for that four days , you know ? |
| 8 | The relatively relaxed stance of most of the leading Bolsheviks , many of whom in any case were themselves not Great Russians , was met at least half-way by the malleable reactions of the Belorussians . |
| 9 | And because we live in an era when all other human relations and values are in crisis , or at least somewhere on a journey towards unknown and uncertain destinations , xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of the 20th-century fin de siècle . |
| 10 | Store the boards for at least a few days , ideally in the place where they are to be laid , but at least somewhere with a similar temperature . |
| 11 | All depended on the navy and sometimes on the air force to land them at least somewhere near their target beaches . |
| 12 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 13 | This kind of attitude is becoming increasingly outdated , given the number of top alternative comedians who have learned their craft at least partly outside London . |
| 14 | Keith Joseph , for example , will be remembered at least partly for his violent hostility to the social sciences , even causing the then Social Science Research Council to change its name in the early l950s to the misleading Economic and Social Research Council . |
| 15 | Such behaviour may depend at least partly on the teacher 's skill in setting up situations which will elicit the best from each child : most people are shy in some situations and confident in others , and different people 's responses to the same situation may vary sharply . |
| 16 | The results led to the hypothesis that school is operating on grouping operations at least partly through the training embodied in the written language . |
| 17 | Loss of , or reduction in , the prospects of marriage would come at least partly under this head ; in such case there may also be a pecuniary loss ; see para 5 — 009/6 in Vol 1 of Kemp & Kemp for a more detailed consideration of this topic . |
| 18 | We are clearly acquiring Panadol at least partly as a cultural artefact on the understanding that its chemical infrastructure and therefore its potency is ephemeral . |
| 19 | While some schools did evaluate in committee the development of the library in the context of the project — and it is clear that developments in pedagogy were attributed at least partly to the project — we were not made aware of any which specifically monitored the number of times children and teachers borrowed or read books purchased specifically with project funds . |
| 20 | To have won the best single play award was a major coup , due not just to the craft of the makers but at least partly to the strength of the story of the Trawsfynydd shepherd bard who became a reluctant soldier and died in battle before knowing he had achieved his life 's ambition of winning the National Eisteddfod chair at the Birkenhead festival in 1917 . |
| 21 | Although the depopulation of the Western Isles has resulted at least partly from such malign human interventions as the clearances , it is doubtful if they could support anything like the past numbers at levels of living acceptable by present-day standards . |
| 22 | The incidence may be higher in uncircumcised children before the age of 8 , although morbidity due to balanoposthitis may be offset at least partly by penile problems in children who are circumcised . |
| 23 | These features of her life provide her identity , whereas a man 's identity is given at least partly by his work . |
| 24 | Thus her household , which is unusual if not unique and which is financed at least partly by a charitable trust , in July this year totalled 39 individuals including adult helpers and some 12 children under the age of 16 . |
| 25 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 26 | Law and order became increasingly to be used as symbol for the moral and economic decay of the country and this was reinforced by the use of the latent racism of the working class in the publicity given to muggers which was presented at least implicitly as a black crime ( see Hall et al . |
| 27 | Output and employment may be improved at least temporarily through using fiscal policy to expand aggregate demand , but at the same time there is an increased likelihood that inflation will be exacerbated by such an injection of spending . |
| 28 | The situation in Kabardino-Balkaria which flared up during September [ see p. 39108 ] appeared at least temporarily under control . |
| 29 | One could perhaps likewise argue that the joining of the office of muderris of Suleyman 's medrese in Damascus with the muftilik in this case the muftilik certainly predated the medrese was an attempt to strengthen the position of the Hanafi mufti , or , alternatively , an attempt to " Ottomanize " the muftilik , since with the foundation of the medrese the joint post passed at least temporarily from the hands of local scholars into those of Ottoman scholars ; but it may equally well be that Suleyman was doing no more than following established custom in assigning the muderrislik to the mufti . |
| 30 | Opiates ( usually morphine ) were required at least temporarily in all . |