Example sentences of "to be at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't smile as the Shermans approached but waited with his left hand resting on the hilt of his ceremonial sword , his aloof expression suggesting that he estimated the dignity of his person to be at least equal to that of the fabled hero of France looking down from the wall behind him . |
| 2 | A family member who did not react to the craziness of Chemical Dependency or other addictive disease would be a very strange , unreactive , person who might well be considered to be at least odd if not ill or crazy himself or herself for not reacting . |
| 3 | To be worth singling out for special attention , a semantic relation needs to be at least systematic , in the sense that it recurs in a number of pairs or sets of related lexical units ( it will be recalled that the expression lexical unit is used to refer to a lexical form together with a single distinguished sense ) . |
| 4 | On the positive side ‘ three in five of the sample were discharged into accommodation judged by staff to suit them well or to be at least satisfactory ’ . |
| 5 | Although it is not always possible to record all this information in the modelling process , it is necessary to be at least aware of these factors . |
| 6 | For example , for the acquisition of speech there has to be at least adequate hearing , an adequately functioning speech apparatus and the opportunity to hear others ' voices for imitation . |