Example sentences of "be [prep] least the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good rule-of-thumb to remember is that this distance should be at least the height of the tree when it is fully matured . |
| 2 | It would have to be at least , erm , what would it have to be , it would have to be at least the benefit , yes , the benefit would have to be at least four on the , on the B's side , in order for that to work . |
| 3 | Because there are , I do n't know how many sites Tarmac run , but there must be at least the number of sites that they 've ever run divided by two standard ways of planning , Tarmac . |
| 4 | There is a guarantee the return after five years will be at least the amount of the original investment . |
| 5 | There were at least the photographs to fall back on . |
| 6 | Up to then , however , on Dr Anstey 's figures the profits made were at least the equal of most other areas of investment , with 9.5 per cent being the aggregate decennial average from 1761 to 1807 . |
| 7 | You are at least the third person today who calls to inquire . |
| 8 | Previously there had always been at least the possibility that it might be wound up after its current voyages were complete but under Cromwell the traders reorganized its joint-stock system so that , while individual owners might sell their shares , the Company was designed to go on trading forever ; and almost all companies founded subsequently were organized in the same way . |
| 9 | This is at least the third CD issued recently of Liszt 's Third Concerto — a genuine work for those who may harbour doubts . |
| 10 | This is bad enough on food dishes , but with those there is at least the powerful odour of the fish or meat to smother the distasteful detergent smell . |
| 11 | Mrs Hillaby , the first woman to hold the post , is at least the fourth generation of the family to carry on the tradition . |
| 12 | Some ( often analysts ) would argue that if more information is included there is at least the potential to meet everyone 's needs ; if information is restricted it is certain that some people will not have what they want . |
| 13 | Now , one can not have what I have called a ‘ would-be belief ’ that something is x unless there is at least the possibility of taking the thing to be x . |
| 14 | On installation however , Unix is again ahead , and is at least the equal of NT in intra-family portability , an area in which Microsoft 's superiority would normally be assumed . |
| 15 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 16 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 17 | b ) contain a training component which is at least the equivalent of YTS standard . |
| 18 | With the United Nations there is at least the opportunity to start , to work together in new ways on issues that really matter . |
| 19 | While this may not mean they are preventable , there is at least the possibility of fortifying the individual against their effects . |
| 20 | Perhaps none of it was very good , but it was at least the beginning of something true in the lives of people who had been educated to falsity . |
| 21 | She was at least the image of an injured Stealer , blackened and fused by fire , one which had lost some appendages , perhaps lasered off , perhaps in an explosion ; a Stealer which still remained very much alive and able to use its deadly main claws . |
| 22 | It was at least the sixth time over a two-year period that the unveiling had been postponed . |
| 23 | When the Popular Front , including the French Communist Party , came to power in France in June 1936 there was at least the hope that , by their actions , significant improvements , political as well as economic and social , might be achieved in Vietnam . |
| 24 | When Hitler invaded Russia in June 1941 and the war , for communists , abruptly changed its character , there was at least the prospect — in principle at least — of enhanced support for the revolutionary and patriotic cause in Vietnam ; but until Russia had withstood the German onslaught this in practical terms meant nothing . |
| 25 | th the bit that I found most interesting was at least the Board are trying to look after our interests in that respect . |
| 26 | Last year there was at least the argument that high interest rates were about getting inflation down ( a view I disputed at the time ) . |