Sentence examples for best let alone from inspiring English sources

Though other biologists claim to have isolated living bacteria from ancient salt beds in Europe, some experts do not believe that DNA, the genetic material, can survive for more than a few thousand years at best, let alone millions.

For all his majestic form of the past 12 months, David Warner is yet to survive 200 deliveries in a Test innings (174 is his current best), let alone the 349 that Younis Khan absorbed in his towering double-century of the first innings.

Given the array of body-bulking powders, pills and shakes on the market, it's hard to know which one might work best, let alone just plain work.

The cases in which the bone remained in a fixed position were best let alone.

However, this is far from establishing an objective ethical maximum as is implied by the notion "best" (let alone "ultimate best") in best interest standard.

It is because everyday character traits, like all human behavior, have hard-wired and genetic components that cannot be molded entirely by the best environment, let alone the best psychotherapists.

It's easy to say which nation has the fastest trains (France) or the largest number of prime ministers who've probably been eaten by sharks (Australia), but it's impossible to know which country has the best writers, let alone the best poets.

Tonight, McKie was not even the third-best, fourth-best or fifth-best player, let alone the league's sixth man of the year, scoring just 5 points and missing 8 of 9 shots.

From his earliest days in office, Mr. Bush paired his belief that Americans do best when they own their own home with his conviction that markets do best when let alone.

It's a daunting task just lifting one of Gaddis's best novels — let alone reading it.

The true purpose of the Oscars is being Hollywood's hand-mirror, and there's a reason foreign-language films are very rarely nominated for best picture, let alone win it.