Example sentences of "[prep] least [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not had much time or energy to expend on such matters , and was quite happy to cover familiar , or at least already prepared , ground . |
| 2 | Tate 's reputation is impeccable , at least professionally . |
| 3 | And I had n't thought of the blessed man in the last two hours — at least barely thought . |
| 4 | There is still much speculation as to what happened but at least nowadays people can speculate out loud . |
| 5 | That 's fine , I 'd had , on the subject of this boycotting timber , erm I know of two instances at least where Oxford City Council are still using tropical hardwoods , and I wonder , I mean , you know , obviously it goes against the grain of the signing of the tropical hardwood . |
| 6 | Bets are also being taken until ‘ at least 2am ’ at IG Index , both on the number of seats the parties will win and on what the FT-SE Index might be . |
| 7 | While there are instances of seemingly unnecessarily high pricing , some at least probably arise more from inefficiencies than from exploitation — which of course does not bode well for the long-term survival of those establishments . |
| 8 | And the telephone number I remember to this day , was Porthmadog so that shows it was at least probably the telephone to go into being in Porthmadog . |
| 9 | They simply become ready to take their place alongside others , being neither special nor different , but at least no longer significantly handicapped . |
| 10 | It may also have been the case that magistrates were less willing to overturn the appeals of disappointed claimants , since they were well enough aware that the increasing burden of relief was being thrown on to a decreasing number of shoulders as the proportion of the village populations either needing assistance or at least no longer able to pay poor rates increased . |
| 11 | ‘ The premises are freehold , ’ he continued , not responding to my comment , but at least no longer leaning on the counter . |
| 12 | Rock-engravings in the Sahara and across north Africa from Egypt to Morocco argue that elephants extended , at least locally , as far north as the Mediterranean during the later Stone Age . |
| 13 | However , as Dixit ( 1987 ) notes , equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) in general define the ratio as a function of the vector and not in terms of In order for to be a function of , at least locally , the parameters must satisfy the following final expression : Given the definition of ta ; a in ( 10 ) and using equations ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , and ( 11 ) , the final expression for the elasticity of substitution can be derived as : |
| 14 | The people who make up this brain drain are the backbone of the transnational capitalist class , the class whose political role is to persuade co-nationals that their interests are identical with , or at least best served by , those of the TNCs . |
| 15 | That has provoked more paperwork , or at least strongly supportive letters to him from complete strangers in higher education , schools and the health service . |
| 16 | Some of it might even be , at least briefly , in the form of matter , since matter and energy are interchangeable . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , with the prominence given again and again to assertions that unemployment and crime are unrelated we must , at least briefly , review the arguments . |
| 18 | Auguste strolled past the clap-boarded boathouse , on to the pier , determined to escape at least briefly from murder . |
| 19 | To understand why they do so , it is necessary to consider , at least briefly , the nature of a long-term fund 's liabilities . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State represents an outer London borough and he would be surprised if I did not at least briefly mention the position in the London borough of Barnet . |
| 21 | A third feature underlying the courts ' tolerant attitude to managerial failure is their belief , at least historically , that mismanagement can , and should , be controlled by means of shareholder supervision . |
| 22 | It was suggested in the foregoing discussion that the laxity of the duty of care can be explained partly by reference to the confidence of the courts , at least historically , in the effectiveness of shareholder control . |
| 23 | Many commentators have suggested that eurobond market intermediaries have at least historically been characterised by a managerial objective of growth maximisation , rather than short run profit maximisation . |
| 24 | By the end of that evening , after she had sat through a dinner in the large school refectory , listened to Madame Chardin 's opening speech of the term and lain in the dark listening to her new roommates , Katherine did indeed begin to feel if not at home , then at least marginally more comfortable . |
| 25 | Another pointer to this being made up is that he has got a degree , so should have an IQ at least marginally above yer average player . |
| 26 | It leaves judges free to change rules when they think changing them would at least marginally outweigh whatever mischief would be caused by the change . |
| 27 | By the end of this stage , social productivity and economic efficiency would have increased at least two-fold compared to the present day . |
| 28 | The reduction in cross-sectional area is at least two-fold greater than with sumatriptan . |
| 29 | Trading , never heavy , was at least well up to the post-crash average although there was little sign of institutional support . |
| 30 | However , later on in the conversation she said they very rarely encountered juvenile offenders from grammar school , most would be educationally subnormal or at least well below average . |