Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb -s] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That gambit illustrates Leavis 's magisterial grasp of polemical style , and it succeeds at once in looking bold and in insinuating craftily . |
| 2 | But of course , the ‘ life from space ’ hypothesis does not answer the question of how the very first organic molecules arose ; and it seems at least as likely that they arose on primitive Earth as elsewhere . |
| 3 | Romantic poets such as Novalis and Arndt gave expression to this idea and made it famous , but it dates at least from Leibniz 's great political tract , Caesarinus Furstenerius ( De Supremum Principum Germaniae ) written in 1677 which called for the unification of Christendom and , thus , of Germany . |
| 4 | There are of course endless problems for the analyst who wishes to use the concept of the collective consciousness but it does at least involve an attempt to locate the basis of meaning in a social context . |
| 5 | But it does at least help in seeing why debates among Realists , Pluralists , and Structuralists in International Relations are so hard to umpire . |
| 6 | But it does at least prompt the question whether the suppression in them , not now of individuality but of individual interest in the sense of ownership , is only likely to be volunteered where the amount of that interest is seen by the prospective volunteer as marginal to his other interests , concerns and obligations . |
| 7 | To a certain extent the pamphlet states the obvious , but it does at least focus thinking in a formal manner to the issue of 1992 . |
| 8 | The classification of this category is not free from difficulty but it includes at least a common law lien and a lien arising by operation of law . |
| 9 | It is unusual to have an autumn statement in the middle of a debate on the Queen 's Speech , but it has at least given us an opportunity to test the veracity of the promises that have been made . |
| 10 | All this may strike us as very patronising but it reveals at least as much concern about the welfare , and rehabilitation , of prisoners as the incarceration policies of the present day . |
| 11 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |