Example sentences of "have at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any light fitting which is secured to a ceiling should ideally have at least one of its screws going into a joist , but where this is not possible , it is best to secure a piece of wood between the joists to take the securing screws , rather than relying on hollow wall fixings into plain plasterboard or , especially , into lath-and-plaster . |
| 2 | If for a general purpose need , then the board should have at least two independent analogue I/O channels , which means two separate A-to-Ds and D-to-As . |
| 3 | In principle it would be quite possible for the study of English poetry to begin in a similar ab initio fashion , except that it would be fruitless for someone to embark on it who did not have at least some familiarity with poetry and a wish to read more . |
| 4 | In the only giant-killing acts , Tranmere , top of the Third , defeated Ipswich , struggling in the Second , with a Chris Malkin goal ( 2-0 overall ) while Exeter ensured that the Fourth will have at least one representative in the third round . |
| 5 | She knew that she should have breasts , that she should be menstruating ; that , judging from the giggled conversations of her friends , she should have at least wanted to find out about love and sex . |
| 6 | Put more starkly , with the current caseload and an intake of 50,000 new applications this year , even if we managed to exceed last year 's output we would still have at least two years work in hand . ’ |
| 7 | An Englishman , if he is going to have an operation in a hospital like that , I am sure he would have at least £5,000 in his pocket . |
| 8 | There seems to be a lot of anger locked up in a sense of competition that he apparently directs first and foremost against himself ; and it is clear that his endless tampering with his swing must have at least as much to do with mind-control as with bodily mechanics — either that , or Faldo has a very perverse and forgetful body indeed . |
| 9 | The Conservatives there will be lucky to have enough members to carry a caber after Thursday , yet with proportional representation they would have at least 15 seats . |
| 10 | The Plowden Report recommended that ‘ Schools with an age range of 5–11 should usually have at least three classes , each covering two age ranges ’ , but by 1976 Lady Plowden , the chairman of the Committee producing the report , appeared to have altered her views , stating in a Border Television broadcast : ‘ Since the report I have come round to thinking that small country schools should be kept open because of the social value and because of the continuity of community involvement they provide . ’ ) |
| 11 | Criteria for membership of the association — consultancies must have at least 10 members of staff , have been around for at least three years and earn most of its income from environmental management — have understandably caused controversy . |
| 12 | An adequate extrapolation theory must have at least the following features : |
| 13 | If problems develop later and there are representations to the education office the administrators will have at least been forewarned . |
| 14 | A member bureau must have at least one paper version of NACAB 's information system , with a microfilm system only as an optional extra . |
| 15 | As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £60 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available . |
| 16 | As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £65 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available . |
| 17 | A major part of the effort in user education in university and polytechnic libraries is the preparation of guides to the subject literature , guides to individual reference works , guides to particular forms of literature , guides to techniques of information handling etc , and there are few libraries in these sectors who do not have at least a dozen in current production . |
| 18 | This does not mean that every doctor must marry a nurse and that a Greek professor should immediately set out to teach his bride Greek on their honeymoon , but partners do have the responsibility to educate each other in the basic rudiments of their profession so that when they begin to share their victories or challenges , the other will have at least a basic working knowledge to understand the story being told . |
| 19 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 20 | Moreover , those who have greatest need of the street should have at least an equal right to its use , so that children and elderly people . |
| 21 | Obviously you will have to remove most of them eventually , at about 1″ , but by then you should have at least two more broods coming along behind to maintain the colony . |
| 22 | I think we 're just jealous ; we just think , ‘ Well , he could have at least given it to me … ’ |
| 23 | Starting with the smallest at say 65cm ( 25½in ) diameter we should have at least 10 gores , and for the huge 204cm ( 80in ) ‘ chute 18 or even 20 gores . |
| 24 | The Princess Royal has around 10 hats made each year which means she must have at least 260 to choose from by now . |
| 25 | Under the new Extra Statutory Concession , the conditions for a blanket election to be accepted are that the firm must have at least 50 partners ( or fewer if at least 20 partners are not resident in the UK ) , and new partners must add their names to the election . |
| 26 | In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice . |
| 27 | ‘ But for this you should really have at least £50,000 and preferably £100,000 — and a stockbroker to guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares . ’ |
| 28 | Once a vacancy has been offered , in authorities where there are guidelines for good practice , the social worker should have at least two weeks to make use of the vacancy for the client . |
| 29 | Trainees should have at least a week to complete this but they can be helped with a list of the key components their responses should contain : |
| 30 | She said : ‘ We had lots of walks together , lots of tea parties on Sunday afternoons at Sunninghill ( the home near Ascot which was a wedding present to the Yorks ) , and lots of other moments when we could have at least started discussions . |