Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] least [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Cunningham at least has the benefit of knowing New Zealand conditions . |
| 2 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend at least give the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) the benefit of consistency ? |
| 3 | Working in the bakery at least guarantees the women will take home a piece of bread each day . |
| 4 | The public , unlike Pitt , expected the enemy at least to make the attempt and , with nerves at full stretch , there were the inevitable false alarms . |
| 5 | Even though more flexible ways of data preparation are welcome , past rigidity at least had the benefit of encouraging disciplined thinking about the relationship between the information to be collected and its analysis . |
| 6 | But the belief that hypnosis at least enhances the recall of memories still lives on , encouraged by rare cases of amnesia which are caused by emotional trauma , rather than brain damage . |
| 7 | On the contrary they assist the plaintiff to the extent that his case accords with legislative policy and the Act at least recognises the possibility that he has a valid claim at common law — the fact that the Law Commission , whose Report on Injuries to Unborn Children ( 1974 ) ( Cmnd. 5709 ) led to the Act of 1976 , considered this a probability is perhaps not a matter which the plaintiff can properly pray in aid . |
| 8 | Serota was pleased that the public sector at least had the benefit of a system that ensured reasonable levels of pay ; no such system protected employees in the independent sector , while the pay and status of employees working for local authorities had increasingly been eroded , with the Director of Museums and Galleries often downgraded and answerable to a Director of Leisure Services . |
| 9 | Journals which publish the date of receipt and final revision under articles at least let the prospective author estimate the likely delay . |
| 10 | Sontag 's article at least has the virtue of tentativeness ; it is in the form of notes ( dedicated to Oscar Wilde ) , and acknowledges the difficulty of defining a sensibility , especially one as ‘ fugitive ’ as this ( ‘ Notes on Camp ’ , 277 ) . |
| 11 | The assumption may be historically sound : the idea of detriment at least recalls the early association of assumpsit and case . |
| 12 | But Carwyn Williams at least had the consolation of winning the Wipeout of the Day Award . |
| 13 | The existence of a comfort letter would therefore oblige the national court at least to consult the Commission and ultimately to stay proceedings or take interim measures while the Commission granted an exemption . |
| 14 | In the simplest of games , one person at least knows the pain of doubt , or defeat . |
| 15 | The Wall Street firms at least have the stability of a huge market at home . |
| 16 | Judith Hurwitz , now head of the Hurwitz Consulting Group , says the whole tone of SCO Forum was different this year and obviously indicates they are jockeying to go public — even though they 'll need a couple more quarters at least to get the kind of track record they need to do it . |
| 17 | Is it not in order for Back Benchers at least to ask the Prime Minister whether the policies that are being promoted by the Opposition will most emphatically not be adopted by this Government ? |
| 18 | Dorigo at least had the satisfaction of seeing his direct opponent and England colleague David Rocastle withdrawn . |
| 19 | ‘ We need a win or a good performance at least to get the spark back . |
| 20 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 21 | The division of Europe at least protected the East from facing up to its thousand-year feeling of backwardness . |
| 22 | They did not , however , attempt to restrain this extra spending , although to highlight the use of what became known as ‘ funny money ’ in the planning process , the PESC at least monitored the amounts spent in terms of ‘ current money ’ . |
| 23 | The Founders at least had the semblance of a court . |
| 24 | Capital values at least have the benefit of being related to a market , although I am sure that many owners will seek to convince their bank managers that their property should be in band H while they seek to convince the rating authorities that their property should really be in band F. |
| 25 | ( The law courts at least preserve the decencies of debate . |
| 26 | Yet , De Lauretis argues , this new figural cinema at least poses the question of ‘ how to reconstruct and organize vision from the impossible place of female desire ’ . |
| 27 | It has been suggested by revisionist historians that Truman 's policy in the Far East in the summer of 1945 was governed by his hostility to Russia and that the atomic bomb was deployed against Japan in part at least to persuade the Soviet Union to follow a less abrasive policy in eastern Europe . |
| 28 | He was summoned down on the Saturday evening and his presence at least had the effect of giving its a vignette of Baldwin 's behaviour on the eve of what was likely to be the most testing week of his premiership . |
| 29 | Richard Freeland and Morgan Hay both failed to find the target for their sides , but Freeland at least had the satisfaction of scoring the only goal for Touche Ross 13 minutes from time following a penalty corner . |
| 30 | The field at least had the satisfaction of seeing the Hungarians retire before the end . |