Example sentences of "that [prep] least the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 2 | She knew that at least the dress — given to her by Monsieur de Levantiére as a farewell gift — looked right . |
| 3 | Clearly therefore a bare majority of DGMs believe that at least the threat of competition is necessary to exert leverage , even if , as the case studies show , they do not contemplate moving much business from their main providers . |
| 4 | Life may indeed have been nasty , brutal and short a few hundred thousand years ago , but there are those who claim that at least the shortness was a benefit in comparison with modern human existence . |
| 5 | The Committee would have liked to secure legislation which ensured that at least the existence of every computerised system handling personal information was known : such provisions apply in other Western democracies , but the British tradition of shielding National Security matters even from Parliamentary scrutiny militated against such disclosures here . |
| 6 | The hope that at least the disappearance of the Party might be one thing to emerge from a lost war was said in one report to be more widespread in rural areas than appeared to be so on the surface . |
| 7 | A thin line of light around the edge indicated that at least the range was alight , even if nobody was sitting by it . |
| 8 | She drove slowly and carefully , her anxious eyes peering ahead , glad that at least the route home was familiar . |
| 9 | You should always , for example , try to make sure that at least the text in the columns lines up across the page-headings and sub-headings may well not but the text really should . |
| 10 | You made some interesting points there with your s er your suggestion that at least the idea of a different relationship with management was there . |
| 11 | Snapping out of his brief trance , Mungo supposed Stanley was relieved that at least the shop had survived the flood . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the burials were thoroughly plundered for their precious grave-goods in antiquity , and we must be thankful that at least the Wasp or Bee Pendant survived the looting ( Figure 28 ) . |
| 13 | I 'd suggest to him that at least the place should be yours for life ; let the young man have it on your death . |
| 14 | mm , you saying that at least the future , you doing it , do it uniform |
| 15 | The question we must now turn to is : can one of the subsidiary arguments for the justification of authority supplement the main argument and show that at least the authority of relatively just governments is as wide as they claim it to be ? |
| 16 | Practise stepping quickly from one stance into another , always ensuring that at least the width of a fist separates your leading guards . |
| 17 | Speech ! ’ , so that at least the groom has to give a speech . |
| 18 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |