| pelo menos (garantia
mínima) |
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Pensando bem, andamos precisando de uma nova guerra civil. Ao menos para
depor o Galvão Bueno. |
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O Banespa poderá ser privatizado até o final do ano ou início
de 1998. Pelo menos esta é a expectativa do ministro Pedro Malan, da Fazenda. |
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Os concessionários de veículos de todo o País
estão se adequando à nova imagem das empresas do mercado automobilístico mundial, especialmente
o norte-americano. Pelo menos esse é o resultado de uma pesquisa elaborada recentemente. |
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| nem que seja para |
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Venha me visitar aqui em São Paulo, nem que seja para só para pôr
a conversa em dia. |
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Experimentem, nem que seja para nunca mais usar,
caso não gostem. |
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Vale a pena viver - nem que seja para dizer que
não vale a pena. (Mário Quintana) |
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Não se irrite com as perguntas tolas do cliente; procure entender
que ele pode ter dificuldade em se explicar. E seja sempre prestativo, nem que seja para chamar
um táxi ou para indicar outra loja. |
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| pelo menos (quantidade) |
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Pelo menos 45 pessoas morreram no acidente
com um avião da companhia Spainair nesta quarta-feira, em Madri. |
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Na Califórnia existem pelo menos 103
mil casais do mesmo sexo. |
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A violência no Iraque deixou nesta quinta-feira pelo
menos 30 mortos e 50 feridos. |
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| no mínimo (quantidade
ou intensidade) |
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Um dos requisitos é possuir no mínimo cinco
anos de experiência em docência no ensino. |
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Policiais rodoviários federais envolvidos no esquema de extração
ilegal de madeira, desarticulado hoje, recebiam no mínimo R$ 1 mil por dia em propinas. |
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Causa no mínimo estranheza sua atitude. |
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Não compre listas de e-mails. Isso no mínimo é anti-ético,
e certamente gerará reclamações de envio de SPAM por sua empresa. |
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| at least (minimal guarantee) |
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At least he tried. |
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The options we have will not provide a complete solution, but at
least they are a start. |
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The Chinese are under pressure to observe human rights or at
least to give the appearance of doing so and that's a start. |
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If we cannot act to help to stop the killing in Darfur, at
least we could provide a safe home for Darfuris here. |
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Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts
the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources of another people. (John T. Flynn) |
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Damien Moran, an anti-war activist, who was acquitted of causing
damage to a US military jet at Shannon Airport in 2003, has been deported from the United States. Reacting to
the news, anti-war activist Dr. Fintan Lane said, "I'm not surprised. The US administration under Bush is
utterly paranoid. At least they didn't attempt to snatch Damien and transport him to their
torture camp in Cuba. |
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So let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also
direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot
end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. (John
F. Kennedy, 1963) |
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| if nothing else |
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It served, if nothing else, as a chilling
reminder of the 1986 explosion of the shuttle Challenger. |
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If nothing else, I think you've begun
to sketch out the dimensions of the problem that we face. |
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Vietnam proved, if nothing else, that
a war fought with conventional weapons is a slow death for both sides via a protracted conflict without solution
(other than death and devastation). |
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Asphalt fumes had long been known to irritate the lungs and
eyes. They were, if nothing else, a nuisance. Scientific evidence had emerged, however,
to suggest that the fumes can cause cancer as well. |
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Restaurants are under new government restrictions as of last
night. No dinners, no main meals will be served. It's an effort to conserve food and it's proof that the embargo, if
nothing else, is scaring Iraq into a conservation program. |
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| at (the) least (quantity) |
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After the surgery you’ll have to stay in bed ten days at
the least. |
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Check the mail at least once a day. |
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At least 24 people died in Yemen when
floods caused by heavy rains swept through the southeast. |
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| to say the least (intensity) |
| |
The food was tasteless, to say the least. |
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The West leaders understandably wish to keep dealing with Mr.
Gorbachev, whose foreign policy has, to say the least, served Western interests. |
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The Red Light District in Amsterdam is interesting, to
say the least. |
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