Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at least " in BNC.

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1 Third , I think there are good reasons to encourage at least one food supermarket in the city centre .
2 I make it a rule to go at least three times .
3 There are enough members in the North-East to demand at least one visit a season from their team .
4 She attempted to restore some order to her tousled hair with her fingers , then stroked on a little blusher to counteract at least a little of her pallor ; but there was little she could do to repair the ravages of the night , and finally she turned away with a heavy sigh .
5 Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor .
6 With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux .
7 A DOZEN wildlife watchdogs will turn to pedal power next week in a bid to raise at least £5,000 .
8 This is equally true for the government of Ethiopia 's attempt to move at least one million people , frequently by force , from the northern districts to the west of the country between 1985 and 1987 .
9 A conciliatory statement by Eisenhower on 20 January 1960 ( which may in itself have given the Soviet leadership the impression that a little meddling in Cuba would not incur serious repercussions ) was vociferously denounced by the PSP , creating an additional source of pressure on the Kremlin to make at least some show of solidarity with Castro 's ‘ small country struggling alone ’ .
10 Try to select material which uses pictures to tell at least some of the story and then make sure that you exploit this in your use of it in the language class .
11 ‘ We suspect the review will be used as an excuse to split at least one of the eight fire brigades up .
12 But when you 've got a full field to harvest at least you 're getting something but when you 're just going around the edges and picking the bits that are left behind that is a hard job you 're spending as long but you 're not getting as much .
13 The recent decision of the Russian government to revive its nuclear-energy programme indicates that the Soviet common joint energy grid , once the largest in the world , may help Russia to restore at least some economic control over its former empire .
14 In January 1991 the Supreme Court ruled that the adjournment was in breach of the Constitution ( which contained an obligation for the legislature to meet at least three times a year ) , causing Namaliu to announce that the legislature would reconvene in May .
15 Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches .
16 It 's your plan to play at least one local release every hour that 's causing the real excitement , ’ Luke went on .
17 To help create a long line and obviate intrusive snatched breaths , Karajan hired an additional flautist to cover at least one of the notorious joins in the line .
18 The Children 's Tropical Forests Appeal has been set up to raise £10,000 to buy at least 285 acres of threatened tropical forest in the Jatun Sacha area of Ecuador .
19 The NSF Council had issued a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly on Jan. 3 , although organizers of public meetings were required by law to give at least 48 hours ' notice to the authorities .
20 Indeed , OSF expects sales of DCE licences to contribute at least $55m to its coffers in 1994 .
21 This is the shortest par-three but is guarded by enough sand to build at least a four-bedroom castle .
22 In his speech , De Michelis urged EC countries to devote at least 0.25 per cent of their gross national product ( GNP ) towards investment in the Maghreb countries where demographic pressures were rendering them vulnerable to the forces of Islamic fundamentalism and encouraging mass migration to Europe .
23 The most imperative need of all when it comes to Lord 's where leg spinners often make their presence felt , is for England to have at least two left handers and to see how Warne gets on against them .
24 The Church praises the courage of a small number of press , radio and TV journalists who are risking their lives to maintain at least a few channels of information which are not controlled by the government .
25 In 1981 Sharpe ( p. 5 ) pointed to an ‘ unresolved tension ’ in central local relationships arising from the ambiguous status of local government , which is subordinate to Parliament , but at the same time ‘ has the potential for independent power ’ through being elected and by having the capacity to raise at least some of its revenue by local taxation .
26 If the Shipman 's Tale is a redaction of a dramatized fabliau of the same kind as the English Dame Sirith we can expect these opening lines to convey at least some particular characteristics of the fabliau as conceived and used by Chaucer .
27 The couple were in the heat of a campaign to raise at least £200,000 for the St John Ambulance Brigade for a headquarters in the south east of England .
28 The Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) Education and Enterprise Initiative has set targets for ten per cent of teachers each year to be seconded to industry and for all school leavers to spend at least two weeks on Work Experience .
29 It will also need clipping or pruning to shape at least once a year , especially in the case of formal hedges .
30 Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading .
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