Example sentences of "[vb past] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political violence was rampant , and still is : it cost at least 3,000 lives in 1990 . |
| 2 | At a time when new stations elsewhere meant bus shelters , fine new stations which retained at least some of the spirit of the old were provided at Taita , Palmerston North , and Rotorua , among others . |
| 3 | Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation . |
| 4 | In the heyday of the temples , the scribes used at least two linear scripts , and the evolution and interpretation of those scripts are matters of continuing controversy among scholars . |
| 5 | The rulers of Byzantium drew at least some of their supplies from India . |
| 6 | Table II shows the death rates for trials that reported at least one death . |
| 7 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 8 | Levi ( 1987 ) found that commercial fraud recorded by the London fraud squads represented nearly three times the total cost of all property crimes in London , and that 40 per cent of companies in the survey reported at least one fraud costing over 50,000 . |
| 9 | Young led , in terrace parlance , the steaming in , which at one stage involved at least 10 players with punches appearing to be thrown . |
| 10 | All social workers involved at least one other person in making the assessment . |
| 11 | The four singles titles on offer were contested by 15 nations and involved at least one British player in each final — with three of the four crowns going to the home players . |
| 12 | The Board itself involved at least three meetings a year , plus briefings with the secretary , membership of ad hoc meetings and working parties , and the preparation and conduct of visits ( as Chairman he initially went on all visits ) . |
| 13 | This involved at least 1000 colliery and ‘ temporary ’ dwellings and was achieved without any of the controversy associated with the Category D policy in County Durham ( see Blackman , 1987 ) , largely because residents got good modern dwellings close to their original homes . |
| 14 | But nor had she been allowed to use the telephone or leave the office , except for one visit to the toilet down the corridor accompanied by a sour-faced secretary who weighed at least twelve stone and insisted she leave the door ajar . |
| 15 | It must have been up there for years , it weighed at least 14 carats and sat like a throbbing lime fruit pastille on the back of my unmoving hand . |
| 16 | ( 1987 ) found at least 76 per cent of depressive illness in the general population to be brought on by severe events or major difficulties . |
| 17 | All the same , he undoubtedly encountered at least some ‘ new country ’ in his courageous and exhausting explorations in the scrubs ; and he was rewarded by having three features in the area — Gould 's Mount , Gould 's Creek , and Gould 's Range — named after him . |
| 18 | Comparison of ‘ To Lucinda ’ with the first publication of ‘ The Rural Maid 's Reflexions ’ shows that Browne , for whatever reason , changed at least one title , though he may have been returning to the original . |
| 19 | As discussed in section 3.2.1 , there is much debate as to when people first colonised the Americas but it occurred at least 12 kyr BP and there is evidence ( section 3.3.1 ) that some early plant and animal domestications occurred in Central and South America . |
| 20 | Families struggling on low incomes can get help from the scheme provided at least one adult is working at least 24 hours a week . |
| 21 | Families struggling on low incomes can get help from the scheme provided at least one adult is working at least 24 hours a week . |
| 22 | Families struggling on low incomes can get help from the scheme provided at least one adult is working at least 24 hours a week . |
| 23 | They believed at least 5 percent of the people would vote for a cleaner , safer and kinder future . |
| 24 | The White emigration added at least another twelve million . |
| 25 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 26 | In the ‘ particularly brutal ’ murder , the victim suffered at least 16 blows to her head from a lump hammer , Mr Kallisher told the jury of seven women and five men . |
| 27 | The majority of cases were dealt with in a routine , bureaucratic fashion and suffered at least one adjournment . |
| 28 | After the cover had gone to press , the piece was dropped because we felt , on reflection , that the Maxwell family deserved at least one week of post-mortem respite . |
| 29 | Louth has its spire — the tallest and perhaps most beautiful parish church spire in England its King Edward school which educated at least three famous Lincolnshire sons : Alfred Lord Tennyson , Captain John Smith and Sir John Franklin . |
| 30 | He killed a further five people and wounded at least eight , one of whom later died . |