Sentence examples for imperative at least from inspiring English sources

If the aim had been to try and punish Mr bin Laden for his enormities, it would have been imperative at least to attempt to take him alive.

To compromise on territory might seem, under certain conditions, imperative or at least politically expedient.

We needed something that, on occasion, would let us break free from our biological herd imperative — or at least let us suppress our angst when we did.

Speaking in his soothing, deliberative tone, Butler said, "I'm beginning to believe, from what I've read of the literature, that as governors of the school district, we have a moral imperative to at least begin the process of ending this game in Dover".

But if you are really going to get to know your foreign colleagues and try to figure out what makes them tick, and if you really want to enjoy your stay in a lab where English is not the native tongue--it is imperative to at least try to learn the language.

Technology makes all this possible, but I think it's imperative on at least two levels.

It is imperative for at least health professionals in developing countries like Pakistan to have a sound knowledge about the disease.

Thus there is an imperative for at least some of these assessments to ensure reliability.

Due to this dichotomist situation we felt that it was imperative to at least enumerate current concepts and factors related to cognition.

At the end of this sub-period, and again mainly due to budgetary constraints, the envisioned structural properties of the CIS to be implemented included a contractual imperative of at least 70% CIS standardization in both hospitals (outcomes).

Once it became clear that more than 80% of recruitment was from developing countries, it seemed imperative to at least try to contact a sample of these women and children.