Example sentences of "not least a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like any form of art , music has an intrinsic ability to revitalise itself ; but when this is stimulated by ‘ external ’ factors , for example , those that become operative in the wake of the industrial revolution , the Darwinian ferment and the resurgence of nationalism in the 19th century , not least a species of war-mongering , then wholly new genres may emerge . |
| 2 | Unhappily , the pairing of England and Holland will be the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons , not least a repetition of the media hyperbole which accompanied their European Championship match in Dusseldorf 18 months ago . |
| 3 | The loss of confidence which set in after Stalingrad was not least a consequence of the totally misleading and outrightly mendacious German propaganda which had preceded the catastrophe . |
| 4 | This highlight sustains us through successive rooms of the flotsam and jetsam of royal life , not least a sample of the reams of press cuttings . |
| 5 | Delving deep into its archives it has come up with some winners , not least a luscious 1947 performance of Bax 's The Garden of Fand that I once possessed and enjoyed in its original , 78 rpm form . |
| 6 | The initial survey of all people with learning difficulties in the County in 1982–3 had revealed many social and leisure needs , not least a need to maintain and extend the provision of playschemes in the summer holidays . |
| 7 | Of course this sally , and the discovery of our locational ancestry opened the way to friendship , though we soon realised that we had much more in common , not least a sharp sense of humour , which we were both going to need . |
| 8 | And Strudwick 's optimistic mood outweighs a mountain of problems , not least a Portakabin as a headquarters and an average gate hardly reaching four figures . |
| 9 | All prizes Supplied by Program Solutions ( UK ) Ltd call 091 384 5401 for more information and last but not least a built-in joystick port . |
| 10 | Alyson thinks that her most useful legacy from her time at Somerville was ‘ not the history I learned … but the techniques and mental disciplines ( including not least a good arguing style ! ) ’ |
| 11 | Last but not least a shot of a baby . |
| 12 | But British Telecom points out there are disadvantages to switching to cable , not least a change of telephone number . |
| 13 | But British Telecom points out there are disadvantages to switching to cable , not least a change of telephone number . |
| 14 | HARRY NEUBAUER , who has died aged 59 , was a psychiatrist of multifarious qualities — not least an exuberant personality which lent his earnest profession a splash of much-needed colour . |
| 15 | The rest of the journey , not least an eight hour wait for a connection in Los Angeles , was not , I have to admit , so memorable or pleasing . |
| 16 | Ho responded immediately to this newspaper article by proposing various measures which might lead to a return to normality and to the hopeful provisions of the modus vivendi , not least an end to the press and radio incitements from both sides , but whether at this stage Ho and Blum were in the saddle or not , things were beginning to fall apart . |
| 17 | Finally we are offered such topics as Landscape-Movement ( Joan Eardley , W.G. Gilles , John Minton and Ivon Hitchens ) and Landscape-Space , with last but not least an Elizabeth Blackadder still life and Edward Middleditch 's panoramic vision of sea and rocks . |