Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] least [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train should be at least half full . |
| 2 | The A.P.R. should be at least as prominent as any other statement relating to period , advance payments , and amount , number and frequency of all payments . |
| 3 | The requirements for the training of probate practitioners should be at least as rigorous as those for licensed conveyancers — two years — and the ‘ fitness and properness ’ should also . |
| 4 | Thus , just as it is dangerous to superimpose standard-based analyses on a present-day vernacular , so it must be at least equally dangerous to do this in dealing with past states , which are of course also divergent . |
| 5 | You must be at least as intelligent as me . |
| 6 | The traditional type of plotter is known as a ‘ flat bed ’ plotter because the paper is fixed to a flat plate with the gantry travelling over the top but the disadvantage is that the plotter must be at least as big as the piece of paper . |
| 7 | The display territory must be at least as large as the floor area of your tank — and so yours undoubtedly supposes that any female who visits him is ready to spawn . |
| 8 | If we may imagine bat brains as building up an image of the world analogous to our visual images , the pulse rate alone seems to suggest that the bat 's echo image might be at least as detailed and " continuous " as our visual image . |
| 9 | Motorola Inc is said to be concerned that the move will fuel suggestions that the 88000 RISC chip is dead even though the company may be at least partially responsible for the shortfall in 88open 's funding . |
| 10 | Motorola Inc is reportedly concerned the move will fuel suggestions that the 88000 RISC chip is dead even though it may be at least partially responsible for the short-fall in 88open 's funding . |
| 11 | Particularly with Office Systems and Groupware applications the information issues may be at least as complex as the technology . |
| 12 | Adaptation to thrive in seasonal environments , in which day-length , temperatures , water and food availability and other important factors fluctuate widely throughout an annual cycle , may be at least as critical as adaptation to cold , and more difficult for species to adjust to by natural selection . |
| 13 | Getting the best quote may be at least as important as getting the timing right , and it is certainly easier to do . |
| 14 | For , according to Moore , to say that an action would be right is to say that the total results of doing it would be at least as good as would be those of doing any alternative . |
| 15 | They 'll possess particular skills in communications and be ambitious for a career in which commercial realities will be at least as important as scientific development . |
| 16 | Housing tenure , quality and location can be at least partly responsible for other handicaps , such as poor access to jobs , education and services , from which households may suffer . |
| 17 | Until it is appreciated that marital rape can be at least as traumatic as other forms of rape , such an interpretation is likely to be common , except perhaps where there is obvious and serious physical injury . |