Example sentences of "to have at least a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An author may expect his or her reader to have at least a general idea of when the Vikings lived , or what it feels like to be bullied , or to be able to cope with simple scientific concepts , or to know the general geography of the USA .
2 It is therefore essential to have at least a general knowledge of the physical background of CL to avoid serious misinterpretation .
3 Although I have stressed that one should not keep large amounts of money at home , it is of value to have at least a small amount of emergency money carefully hidden somewhere in the house , say , £20 .
4 I did choose it in my first book , The Selfish Gene , so I thought that here I would fly a kite for a somewhat less-fashionable theory ( although it recently has started gaining ground ) , which seems to me to have at least a sporting chance of being right .
5 Whereas the pet Rottweiler living at home would require a low degree of sharpness , a Schutzhund dog or a dog who is required to guard a family home would need to have at least a medium degree of sharpness .
6 I think I obscurely felt relief that I would continue to live alone , to have at least a few hours of the day and night when I could try to regain one of my mixed-up selves .
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