Example sentences of "least [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed grounds for believing that the Thatcher government was , at least for a time , losing direction . |
| 2 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 3 | Far from wet blankets , even the most shrewdly commercial member of the Enterprise was touched , at least for a time , by unworldly enthusiasms . |
| 4 | ‘ Reinforcement of the behaviours related to such needs cements the associations at least for a time . |
| 5 | Mammalian faunas on isolated continental fragments could evolve , at least for a time , separately from faunas in other parts of the world , producing a whole series of peculiar animals that have no direct relationships to animals with a similar mode of life elsewhere . |
| 6 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 7 | Their protection was , at least for a time , so stringent that significant numbers of poachers were exiled to the colonies . |
| 8 | A further possibility is that the individual may , at least for a time , hold onto beliefs and values taken without question from others , for example parents , teachers , peers . |
| 9 | With corporal punishment abolished as a judicially imposed sentence , and capital punishment diverted , at least for a time , to a committee room in Whitehall , the decks were cleared for the first real post-war scrutiny of penal policy and methods . |
| 10 | Morality is still uppermost , but it is a social morality with which parents and teachers are concerned , not the repression of old Adam , the suppression of evil , or the breaking of the will , and , in consequence , the view that a proper submissiveness in the child can only be achieved by harsh discipline weakens , at least for a time . |
| 11 | From what Stephanie had seen of Bill lately , from what Frederica reported , his spirit was daunted , at least for a time . |
| 12 | Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ? |
| 13 | The appearance of this list marks the transfer of hectic activity , at least for a time , from within the SOED , where the specifications are drawn up , to those institutions and individuals interested in ‘ winning ’ the research contracts advertised , who now have to notify interest and submit proposals for carrying out the work . |
| 14 | Does he recollect that during the talks last summer that he strove so hard to make successful the IRA , at least for a time , was marginalised ? |
| 15 | At p524 The Lord President stated : In neither of the English cases referred to was it doubted that if trustees carry on a trade or business — as they not infrequently have to do , at least for a time — they are assessable under Case I of Schedule D ; although again the balance of their profits and gains is theirs only in a representative capacity … |
| 16 | Rich planet though Stalinvast was , real food could n't necessarily be guaranteed in a hive city , even in an Empire Hotel ; not least in a time of strife . |