Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] at [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd say at least a dozen . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah more than that I 'd say at least a decade . |
| 4 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 5 | I will wear at least a strap now . |
| 6 | There are plenty of theories , and plenty of assumptions , many of which may have at least a part of the truth . |
| 7 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |
| 8 | But now only the grim reality of a rebuilding task , which could take at least a generation , occupies the minds of those struggling to put their newly independent countries on their feet . |
| 9 | Wycliffe decided to call off the search which would release at least a dozen men to return to normal duties . |
| 10 | This is something that you may feel a need to be sure of , and it is quite possible to devise tests which will give at least a good indication of the likely impact of the ad in these terms . |
| 11 | You must you must get at least a ball a pioneer ball near your next two |
| 12 | You should save at least a third on the cost of an equivalent conventionally built house . |
| 13 | Non-swimmers wore coloured bathing hats ; those who could swim at least a length wore white hats , those who had passed the bronze medal wore black caps , and a very few wore silver for the silver medal . |
| 14 | It 's argued that you 'd need at least a force of eighty thousand troops , that 's in Bosnia . |
| 15 | To make the best use of Windows you will need at least a 386SX based computer with as much memory as you can afford . |
| 16 | To use VidiPC you will need at least a 286 AT computer with 640Kb of RAM and a hard disk with enough room to store several images . |
| 17 | Erm of course two thousand and six is a consideration that we ought to look at once a new settlement location 's identified . |
| 18 | They should last at least a week . |
| 19 | When you see a band 's name on our cover you know they 'll get at least a page , and usually a great deal more . |
| 20 | So I said There 's no way that what you 've just told me will go in an hour , I said It 'll take at least a couple of hours and what about all the small stuff he 'll have in the house ? |
| 21 | Once dissolved , there is no Parliament until the next one meets ; it is yet another endearingly eccentric feature of the constitution of this cradle of democracy that its law provides that , at least once in every five years , it shall undergo at least a short spell of autocracy . |
| 22 | These atoms , as we have seen , are spewed out from dying stars ; but it would take at least a billion years for a star to use up all its helium energy and explode , hence life could not exist in a universe consisting of the shortest-living stars , since the necessary elements such as carbon would not exist . |
| 23 | It would take at least a generation to find and train effective top management cadres for the English regions Reorganisation of the management of English government on this scale would cause a decade of chaos in local services . ’ |
| 24 | According to one estimate in the Financial Times of Feb. 28 , it would take at least a year to restore full electricity supplies to the capital . |
| 25 | Having decided that it would take at least a month for Praia do Carvoeiro to be slotted into Vitor 's hectic schedule again , Ashley was surprised when the black BMW drew up outside her house a couple of weeks later . |
| 26 | ‘ To put the economic aspect into perspective , it would need at least a doubling of the price of energy to make some of the supply options attractive to investors . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Graham White , of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust , said : ‘ It will take at least a year or 18 months of continuous rain to bring this river back to what it once was , and persuade the swans to stay . ’ |
| 28 | And even if the tests show there is no serious problem , he will take at least a couple of weeks to build up his strength again . |
| 29 | We look forward in the knowledge that in its native western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California , it can grow at least a foot a year . |
| 30 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |