Example sentences of "least part " in BNC.
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| 1 | One decision will save local authorities at least part of the £500m they owe banks on contracts which they freely entered into . |
| 2 | New electoral rules will mean that at least part of Congress will be chosen by voters from all over the country , undermining the power of regional party bosses . |
| 3 | For example , the nine-member WEU ( perhaps with the other five European NATO members sitting as observers ) could decide on the operation of a European Reaction Force , at least part of which might be drawn from forces committed to NATO . |
| 4 | Could not private investment fill at least part of the gap ? |
| 5 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |
| 6 | But it may still be significant of at least part of contemporary reaction to Mary . |
| 7 | He wants to see cultural activities in at least part of Somerset House — although he has not ruled out some commercial use ( for example , a hotel ) in the rest . |
| 8 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 9 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 10 | Almost a quarter of a random sample of adults dying in 1987 had spent at least part of the last year of their lives in a residential or nursing home ; one in eight spent all of that year in one . |
| 11 | A further 9 per cent of the people who died spent at least part of the last twelve months of their lives in such homes ; so almost a quarter , 23 per cent , were in residential homes at some stage in the last year of their lives . |
| 12 | The number of species of animals and plants living today runs into millions , and similar numbers of species have probably lived on earth for at least part of the earth 's history . |
| 13 | He subsequently went into partnership ; Stratford Mills were operated by Biddle and Bishop during the 1830s , although in later years , other tenants such as corn merchants , Reynolds and Allen , occupied at least part of the mills . |
| 14 | What is certain is that the corn milling firm of Reynolds and Allen were using at least part of it during the 1860s . |
| 15 | The turn of the century saw at least part of the site turned over to saw milling , but by 1911 Gladman and Co , piano makers , were there . |
| 16 | On six occasions committees were covered live for at least part of their hearings , usually when taking evidence from ministers . |
| 17 | As recently as the late 1950s when Pasolini wrote his two novels of , and largely in , the language of the Roman slums , at least part of his purpose was to stun his reader into recognition of a hidden social reality . |
| 18 | There is clearly now an urgent need for a Historic Stations Trust to remove those treasures that remain beyond the reach of the hammers of the destroyers , both official and unofficial , so that at least part of this precious heritage may be handed down to future generations . |
| 19 | Back in Cardiff , my name went up on the Honours Board and my father , in the last year before his retirement , quietly enjoyed the thought that I was to spend at least part of my life in the county in which his father had been born . |
| 20 | But it must be recognized that to teach about Christianity though it entails teaching about Christian doctrine , with the gospels and at least part of the Old Testament as the source and background of that doctrine , in no sense involves proselytizing . |
| 21 | As suggested above , rather more control over policy can be maintained if allocation is by criteria other than geographical ones , and many authorities allocate at least part of their bookfunds on the basis of function , user groups , or formats of material . |
| 22 | During this century , Indians have had their communal lands broken up , forcing the majority to become migrant labourers in the coastal areas for at least part of the year , in conditions often approaching serfdom . |
| 23 | Coastal waters have suffered most , yet they play the most important role in the chain of life as that is where the majority of marine species spend at least part of their lives , for example in the North Sea many fish have been found to suffer from skin infections , deformed skeletons and tumours . |
| 24 | All the experience suggests that their minds are absent on social issues , as Susie confessed hers were during at least part of each day . |
| 25 | They stay open late for at least part of the week , so that customers can shop after work |
| 26 | Jack Cowan , working at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California , thinks that at least part of the hallucinogenic experience may result from an instability of neural activity in the visual cortex . |
| 27 | More specifically , we have found that there are adaptive reasons that seem to explain at least part of the variation that Lewontin cites in each of his examples . |
| 28 | Also it would involve computer firms in expensive re-designs. and at least part of this expense would find its way through to the end user . |
| 29 | If his claim stands up , it establishes that at least part of the redshift in the light from some astronomical objects is not produced simply by their recession from us in the expanding Universe , and that blunts the cutting edge of the most important tool in observational cosmology . |
| 30 | ‘ BHP should have used at least part of the money to invest in new technology and upgrade and improve its competitive standing in Australia . ’ |