Example sentences of "[pers pn] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do live in the same house as your landlord and he or she wants you to leave the property then he or she must still give you at least four weeks Notice to Quit on a special form . |
| 2 | The balance due should be paid by you at least six weeks prior to departure . |
| 3 | well my wife 's in the rag trade and this morning she 's got er , a fashion show starting , and I 'll bet you , I do n't know this , but I 'll bet you at least two of her manufacturers will have sent her samples to put in that show which probably will arrive at nine o'clock this morning . |
| 4 | What a difference it makes , it costs you at least ten pounds a night |
| 5 | Going to South America , it would take you at least thirty-six hours to get to Lima , for example , in some clapped-out old aircraft . |
| 6 | In order for us to asses where you should make a start you need to answer the questionnaire overleaf , unless you are already on a really good exercise programme , which gives you at least three half-hour sessions of vigorous exercise per week . |
| 7 | they must tell you at least 21 days before they plan to take maternity leave . |
| 8 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
| 9 | From this point of view , opportunities must have seemed slow to come , but de Valois gave him at least one chance every year from the time of his joining the company : Adieu and Tritsch Tratsch in 1947 , Children 's Corner in 1948 and , for the following year , his most ambitious production to date , Sea Change . |
| 10 | That caution has cost him at least one discovery . |
| 11 | If this is true , it would have conferred upon him at least one important qualification for being the Messiah , or for being presented as such . |
| 12 | It 's gon na cost him at least fifteen quid for me to wipe it off . |
| 13 | ( An understandable state , since he is described as having ‘ led the way ’ for Robert Frost — whose revered poetry is misquoted — which would make him at least 110 ) . |
| 14 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 15 | Pat Eddery , whose afternoon off cost him at least two winners in his battle with Roberts , left the hearing after an hour and a half . |
| 16 | We found him at least two of my officers did , in a bath full of boiling water in the shower rooms . |
| 17 | Qh5 where I expected White 's threats to grant him at least adequate compensation for the two sacrificed pieces , an assessment borne out by post-mortem analysis . |
| 18 | Edna , blind since birth , said : ‘ I must have hit him at least 12 times . |
| 19 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 20 | To her at least one , if not two , more Tory victories will be needed to get rid of socialism as a second force in British politics . |
| 21 | This makes her at least 909 years old . |
| 22 | Of course when he was living with Beatrice — and he painted her at least fourteen times — he could resume his sittings more or less at will . |
| 23 | This seemed clearly a case of the patient needing the medicine more frequently so I suggested she take it at least 4 times daily . |
| 24 | Suddenly the car stopped , the passenger got out and fired a Kalashnikov rifle at the police car , hitting it at least nine times . |
| 25 | Three days after the coup , the provisional picture which has emerged from carefully phrased official clarifications , and unofficial leaks , is that the Bush administration did not initiate the rebellion but knew about it at least two days in advance and had promised , or at least hinted at , limited support . |
| 26 | Early workings were always upon these outcrops , yet despite their equipment and methods ( all very labour intensive ) the " old men " sank up to 200 ft. on the Bonsor Vein prior to the Civil War , and drove into it at least two long adits or " stollen(s) " in hard rock without the aid of explosives . |
| 27 | But one needs to add to it at least two relevant considerations . |
| 28 | She had to give it at least one more try . |
| 29 | ‘ I bought my first one in 1974 and I had it at least ten years . |
| 30 | To qualify for the Robert Owen card — named after the man whose ideas formed the basis of the co-operative movement — people have to agree to use it at least ten times a year . |