Example sentences of "they could at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noreen felt much the same so it was with great relief that for the New York engagement they could at least travel in from Queen 's each day and sleep in their own beds at night . |
| 2 | They could at least have given the court the chance to increase the sentence . |
| 3 | Today , only the altar candlesticks had been forgotten ( it was Elaine Dodswell and Trish Pardoe 's week and they could at least be relied upon ) so Anna gathered them up and took them home to polish . |
| 4 | If it did , and even allowing for Melby 's overwhelming dilemma , it is a little surprising to read his conclusion that , if the French were really serious about decolonization and that if military force was properly applied , they could at least hold the lid on the Indo-Chinese kettle for the predictable if only relatively limited future . |
| 5 | As Mr. Ron Lord , Wakefield 's assistant chief financial officer , points out in the Municipal Journal , they could at least introduce the poll tax ’ against a background of a stable rating system which managers were able to put on automatic pilot while diverting their attention to the multitude of practical problems that were to arise with the new system . |
| 6 | They could at least give the business rate — or an element of it — back to London so that the bills can be kept down there . |
| 7 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 8 | They could at least play a recording of Marching All Together or something . |
| 9 | That corrosive fear has now spread through industries and professions who once felt that if they did n't have the fabled ‘ job for life ’ , they could at least be assured of adequate warning of impending unemployment , reasonable compensation , a decent level of benefit linked to their final salary , and a realistic chance of a fresh start with another company . |