Example sentences of "least as far [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would imply that the primordial black hole closest to the earth is probably at least as far away as the planet Pluto . |
| 2 | ‘ Ideas ’ have played a part in philosophy at least as far back as Plato , for whom they had a reality of their own quite apart from any relation they might have to our minds . |
| 3 | Ronald Reagan 's serious interest in politics dates at least as far back as his early days in Hollywood and , given the later doubts about his intelligence , it is interesting to note that , at this stage , he hardly lived up to the image of an empty-headed film actor . |
| 4 | Educationalists have taken such stances throughout the history of compulsory schooling and they can trace the roots of their position at least as far back as the writings of William Godwin ( 1756–1836 ) and J. J. Rousseau ( 1712 — 78 ) . |
| 5 | In forging this connection between familial morality and the strength of the nation state , Hopkins was drawing on a long-established tradition of moral philosophy dating at least as far back as the late eighteenth century . |
| 6 | The system was improved in 1597 , when ministers and churchwardens were instructed henceforth to keep their records in a bound register and to copy out surviving documents at least as far back as 1558 , when Elizabeth came to the throne . |