Example sentences of "that [pron] be at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I contacted my good friend Tom Poulton of the Tropical Marine Centre , Exeter , on the basis that I am at least a customer of his , albeit mainly for fish rather than equipment . |
| 2 | I think perhaps that I am at least partly forgiven . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’ |
| 4 | Does n't that mean that I was at least a little sober ? |
| 5 | And it seemed to her that she was at least two people , for the person who had plunged them into the forest and brought them to this spot was not the same as the person who sat here waiting for Allen to say what he was doing , and for the Friar to return . |
| 6 | Anne liked to feel that er although she was n't a teenager any more , that she was at least smartly dressed as well as the other women in Bay like you know . |
| 7 | But the fact that you 've had a go at the questionnaire means that you are at least beginning to think a little positively . |
| 8 | Without going into the question in detail , I would submit that the operation is lawful if performed by experienced practitioners after very intensive investigation of the mental condition of the patient and the conclusion that there is at least some risk of harm to the patient if surgery is not performed . |
| 9 | In social situations it has to be recognised that there is at least one other sentient being present who has his own objectives which might accord with or oppose those of the first person . |
| 10 | In answer to the third question , the utilitarian might suggest that there is at least as great a tendency to convergence on these bases as pertains to any of the social sciences ( which may not be saying much ) . |
| 11 | Trade exhibitions , seminars , workshops , conventions and conferences , have now become a specialised market and it has been quoted , even at a conservative estimate , that there is at least ten million pounds worth of business available through conference agencies . |
| 12 | If , therefore , it is difficult at this stage for us to establish with any certainty general patterns of cause and effect between ‘ industrialization ’ and the relatively autonomous conjugal family , it may be possible for us to argue that there is at least a degree of fit , a congruence , between these two elements . |
| 13 | 3 Make sure that the organisation has a small number of executives trained to speak on subjects which are likely to come up and that there is at least one board member who can represent the company in times of serious criticism or comment . |
| 14 | A little to the north of it , I was delighted to discover , is a monastery by the name of Belloc , as if in honour of the English Catholic writer and Pyrenean devotee , Hilaire Belloc ( I was gratified to find later that there is at least one other Belloc or Bellocq in the Pyrenees ) . |
| 15 | The evidence is that communications from the judiciary to the Home Secretary on this topic are confidential ; and I accept that there is at least a tacit agreement that neither side will disclose them without the consent of the other . |
| 16 | Let me hasten to assure authors Martin Ward and Paul Oldham that there is at least one person who has read the book from cover to cover and though it both clever and hilarious , a beautifully-sustained joke and the most original piece of humorous writing on the fame produced in years . |
| 17 | But if we begin with the assumption , say , that there is at least one star in the heavens that never has been , or ever will be , discovered or talked about , then evidently no meaningful let alone true singular proposition can be produced in support of such an assumption , for no such object can be named . |
| 18 | In order to ensure that there is at least a decent degree of match between the colour on the screen and the colour that will eventually be printed , Adobe have built in a compensation system . |
| 19 | Rather than presume that a motorway is required , will my hon. Friend the Minister acknowledge that there is at least one other option — to leave things as they are ? |
| 20 | The s the point I would make is that first of all I do n't accept that twelve thousand seven hundred is er a tenable figure but that , probably the more important point is that there has to be a policy response , and a policy response to this issue demands that there is at least some response to the mi to the level of migration er you know my my my view has been put forward very clearly about that , but I would simply make make the point for the record that even accepting one hundred percent migration , there is no statistical case for a new settlement . |
| 21 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 22 | I know that there is at least one member here who had an interest er , in , that , that time . |
| 23 | so it follows that there is at least a risk that clause nine will be struck down on your defence |
| 24 | a consequence of giving up the assumption that there 's at least an easily recognizable general will . |
| 25 | Er I know that there 's at least one other attraction tonight , especially if you 've got Sky Television , or |
| 26 | The only safe solution is to get the gliders into the hangar before the squalls arrive , or to make sure that there are at least two people close to each glider all the time , ready to swing them round when necessary . |
| 27 | However , before the latter can happen ( assuming for the moment that it is a desirable objective ) , it would seem to me that there are at least two major obstacles that must be overcome . |
| 28 | This means that there are at least four possible pathways of gene replication . |
| 29 | It estimates that there are at least 150,000 photocopiers in use on copy-plan contracts in the UK , and that the whole photocopier industry is worth more than £1.2bn and increasing at between 5% and 25% a year . |
| 30 | Goodfellow believes that there are at least 50,000 ( and possibly up to 70,000 ) Sun users in the UK for the firm to target . |