Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] least [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the overall feeling is that the Jockey Club is genuinely concerned with helping the industry move forward and Haines should at least be a given a chance to show what he can do . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , those people who want to develop Labour politics in the province and to change things for the better should at least be given the chance to try . |
| 3 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 4 | It is impossible to foresee how life will work out , but a reasonable attempt should at least be made to avoid the obvious pitfalls . |
| 5 | The observations so obtained should at least be free from the human bias that attends the study of our own species . |
| 6 | If the person who does the interviewing is not the person for whom the new employee will be working then it is essential that that person should at least be allowed to sit in on interviews and have an agreed say in the final decision . |
| 7 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 8 | Failing that , it should at least be standard practice to carry out the voters ' register check to show whether or not the information concerns a different person , if different-name information is passed : and we recognise that this alternative might be cheaper . |
| 9 | But like those marriages , it should at least be fast and exciting while it lasts . |
| 10 | If not climbed , Ben Loyal should at least be seen . |
| 11 | Though Jaq , in his role as a Trader , pretended to patronize a mistress , the reality was that during his thirty-five years of life he had only bedded one woman — almost on an experimental basis so that he should at least be acquainted with the spasm of sex . |
| 12 | If a fundamental change in action proves impossible , it should at least be feasible to build up that part of the physique at greatest risk . |
| 13 | Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future . |
| 14 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied . |
| 15 | This is that , in my view , if a decision-making body is to exercise powers such as those of serving an intervention notice without giving anybody the opportunity to make representations beforehand , its procedures should provide that those who might otherwise expect to have been allowed to make representations should at least be allowed to make immediate application to set the decision aside and to appeal against it . |
| 16 | the next morning , should at least be informed ! |
| 17 | Should there be a recovery in 1993 , we should at least be in a position to take advantage of it . ’ |
| 18 | well hang on , we should , we should at least be able to oh |
| 19 | ‘ Thomas met his enemy face to face that afternoon too , ’ shrilled Gwendolen , determined that her beloved 's name should at least be represented . |
| 20 | We should at least be able to start anew with some element of hope . |
| 21 | I say this in the presence of the Leader of the House : if , heaven help us , there are to be sanctions or if military action is to take place , there should at least be some statement to the House of Commons and a three-hour debate before we go further down that perilous road . |
| 22 | Well , if that 's the reason they should at least be honest about it . |
| 23 | It is recommended , however , that LIFESPAN Managers should at least be familiar with every section of the manual . |
| 24 | Palmerston tried to ensure that attachés in the missions to the German courts should at least be able to read German script ; and in the 1840s and 1850s there were efforts to send students of oriental languages from Oxford and Cambridge to Constantinople , where they were to form a new class of oriental secretaries and replace the Greek and Levantine dragomans who had for decades acted as translators and interpreters there . |
| 25 | He should at least be a very effective man . |
| 26 | Warfare play it very well and , coming from a region that is practically devoid of successful artists , they should at least be recognised for that fact . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , critical evaluation must be attempted and , if difficulties remain , they should at least be identified and their likely effects recognized and , if possible , quantified . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , to protect your crops they must at least be deterred . |
| 29 | Your flat being so small , it must at least be warm . |
| 30 | The assumption seems to be that research involving animals , particularly if they are to be harmed in any way , must at least be justified in advance by its probable benefits for human beings , or possibly other animals . |