Example sentences of "[prep] at [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one hundred and fifty crackers and a tub of at least a hundred blowers ! |
| 2 | It 'll close with the loss of at least a hundred jobs if it 's taken over by the Suffolk-based brewer Greene King . |
| 3 | However , radar reflection spectra did indicate that the surface of Mercury consists largely of dust to a depth of at least a few metres , and that the dust could be composed largely of silicates . |
| 4 | A neighbourly area with at least a few houses nearby will not only give company and a better community feeling but also add to security and safety . |
| 5 | For a good chance of a safe landing , the ground must be seen from at least a thousand feet so that there is time to select a field and assess the wind . |
| 6 | In Edward 's reign clerical proctors were called to several , but by no means to all , his parliaments : like the lay representatives , they were absent from at least a dozen assemblies convened between 1295 and 1307 . |
| 7 | He paused in the doorway , because it was rare to see the High Queen without at least a dozen courtiers ; certainly he had never seen the Sun Chamber like this , bathed in the glow from the dying day , alive with the strong , pure magic of the Purple Hour , the huge crystal windows that looked out over all Ireland ablaze with light . |
| 8 | Changes in company policy , new products and services , financial results , staff appointments , sponsorship news , factory openings — in fact almost any " happening " or change within your company or organisation will probably merit a release to at least a few papers or radio stations . |
| 9 | This should not happen for at least a million years … but there is an outside chance that it could happen tomorrow . ) |
| 10 | I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road . |
| 11 | It was uncrossable for at least a hundred yards , but then my side appeared to slope more easily to its floor . |
| 12 | ‘ Lee , nobody who has n't known you for at least a hundred years is going to appreciate oblique and esoteric … ’ |
| 13 | There were only two chairs in the whole place for at least a dozen women many now uncomfortably unsupported by girdle or bra . |
| 14 | Foreign Secretary David Owen was not keen to support the British Shipbuilder 's tender to supply six Type 21 frigates to Argentina , for at least a billion pounds . |
| 15 | In the event , for at least a few years to come , no such necessity arose . |
| 16 | We slide the photo quickly into the tray of fixer to secure that clear , vulnerable moment , to make the image harder , unchippable , solid for at least a few years . |
| 17 | Store the boards for at least a few days , ideally in the place where they are to be laid , but at least somewhere with a similar temperature . |
| 18 | The most exciting part of all , though , came with the discovery that the puppy was the one Farmer Bolsover had lost and that it was a pedigree sheepdog worth at least a hundred pounds . |
| 19 | The contains no explicit stipulation that the muderris should also act as mufti of Manisa — or , alternatively , that the mufti of Manisa should act as muderris — but it would appear that by at least a few years before 944/1537–8 , if not earlier , such had become the practice . " |