Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom . |
| 2 | I make it a rule to go at least three times . |
| 3 | Stephen Melrose and Nick Spanos died within minutes as a gunman fired at least twelve shots at close range . |
| 4 | The engineering brief was to achieve a 10 per cent gain in performance over the already rapid Turbo R , implying a top speed target of well over 150mph and 0–60mph acceleration in just over six seconds — a tough task , even allowing for the aerodynamic gains in the switch to the coupe shape , in a vehicle weighing at least two-and-a-half tons . |
| 5 | A group comprising at least eleven pavements of the southeastern part of the province can thus be considered a reasonably convincing example of integral , stylistic affinity . |
| 6 | A body needs at least two people to carry it any distance from a car , and it 's not easily disguised . |
| 7 | A single rock in a stream provides at least four habitats . |
| 8 | Still , it 's very good , and subscribers get a disc containing at least one font with every issue . |
| 9 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 10 | Our research here concentrated upon holiday camps , where most sites are open from May to September , providing a season lasting at least five months . |
| 11 | A vineyard needs at least 400–500 millimetres of water per year : in Champagne the vines receive an annual average of 662 millimetres of rain over 176 days . |
| 12 | My belayer has a leg span at least 18 inches wider than mine , so I was forced to cling to the merely vertical left wall . |
| 13 | But another federal appeals court struck down an Ohio law requiring a doctor to inform at least one parent before performing an abortion on a teenager , on grounds that it infringed Roe v Wade . |
| 14 | Force yourself to initiate a conversation lasting at least five minutes with a stranger every other day . |
| 15 | Answer guide : A sole proprietorship has one owner whereas a partner has at least two , partners are jointly and severally liable for the debts of the partnership , there needs to be separate accounts kept of the transactions relating to each partner , agreements need to be reached regarding profit shares etc . |
| 16 | " Hotel " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning ( a ) in towns and suburbs a house containing at least four apartments set apart exclusively for the sleeping accommodation of travellers , and ( b ) in rural districts and places of a population of less than 1,000 according to the most recent census a house containing two such apartments . |
| 17 | ‘ We suspect the review will be used as an excuse to split at least one of the eight fire brigades up . |
| 18 | In this class are included all shorelines which have an origin combining at least two of the preceding classes . |
| 19 | For example , if an idiom may be inflected , the inflectional affixes are carried by the grammatically appropriate elements within the idiom , whether or not they are semantic constituents ; that is to say , the elements of an idiom retain at least some of their grammatical identity : |
| 20 | I have seen this kind of thing so often , and it will serve as an example to indicate at least five fundamental errors which are extremely common : The principal errors are : |
| 21 | Power companies are under an obligation to install at least 100 megawatts of wind power capacity by the end of the year under contract to the government . |
| 22 | Everybody in an organization has at least one form of power — the ‘ pocket veto . ’ |
| 23 | A goal is any pair of sets ( L , L ) for which every property in L is fulfilled by every arch , and anything which is not an arch has at least one property in L. |