let alone

Example Sentences

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However, unless an MP is drawn in the top handful their chosen legislation is unlikely to be debated, let alone have enough time to pass into law.

From BBC

Investors continue to expect this to last weeks, not months—let alone years.

From The Wall Street Journal

If small-balance-sheet investors complain about the cost to fill up vehicles, it could mean less money for groceries, let alone stock trading.

From Barron's

I know that no one enters a partnership thinking that it will end, let alone end in such a devastating way.

From MarketWatch

It is rare for the leadership of a country like Iran to apologise, let alone in public.

From BBC