Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that average household size in Great Britain fell from about 3.21 to about 2.56 persons over this period and this decline is expected to continue at least until to the end of the century ( Social Trends 10 , 1979 , Table 2.3 ; General Household Survey 1985 , 1987 , Table 3.11 ; Department of the Environment , 1986a ) . |
| 2 | Osborne , a 20-year-old crane driver of Leicester , was recommended to serve at least 10 years . |
| 3 | Plastic containers , cans and trays line our shop shelves and we have come to expect at least two-fold wrapping and a carrier bag to boot . |
| 4 | Specifically , LIFESPAN is designed to avoid at least two fundamental problems : |
| 5 | The first few weeks always included a number of experiences designed to undo at least some of the damage done to sensible language learning by our schools and universities . |
| 6 | The trial was expected to last at least a year . |
| 7 | The conference is expected to last at least three months — but by the end of it the Department of Transport may have a publically acceptable solution to Hereford 's traffic jams . |
| 8 | — The public inquiry is expected to last at least two months and three pre-inquiry meetings have been held two in Northallerton and one in Marton , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | The inquiry runs from Tuesday to Thursday ( 10am-4.30pm ) and Friday ( 10am-2pm ) each week and is expected to last at least two months . |
| 10 | Repairs are expected to cost at least £4.5m and work is due to get under way in the next few weeks . |
| 11 | ( i ) Reselection is every five years for a further five-year period : ( a ) If panel members are with the same firm they would be expected to demonstrate at least the same level of competence covering their experience , skills and knowledge as when they initially joined the panel , and to have attended a number of updating courses , accumulating at least 20 continuing education points ( or hours ) from courses related to medical negligence work . |
| 12 | Last night , the League was expected to have at least 26 seats in the 315-seat Senate and at least 60 in the 430-seat Chamber of Deputies . |
| 13 | In a development that is expected to have at least some impact on the current jockeying for positions between the Unix factions , a 200-person UK software engineering firm , Praxis Systems plc , Bath , has now completed an evaluation ANDF installer for the Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc , which it says , ‘ exceeded the original performance targets . ’ |
| 14 | The clear inference must be that the average knight was expected to have at least the £120 a year postulated by Smith , and indeed the median of twenty-three in Buckinghamshire , Suffolk and Sussex in 1524–5 lay between £120 and £160 , while nationally the median of eighteen feodary surveys works out at £204 . |
| 15 | The levy , which would be effective until June 30 , 1992 , was designed to raise at least 20,000 million pesos in additional revenue . |
| 16 | The compact disc is sponsored by the insurer Legal & General and the royalties are expected to raise at least £25,000 for the Aids charities and projects the Trust supports . |
| 17 | Andersen has a net book value of $14m , and the listing is expected to raise at least $25m , or approximately £17m at current exchange rates . |
| 18 | The BNP was also expected to take at least 28 of the 30 reserved seats for women , to be elected by the Jatiya Sangsad in April . |
| 19 | They are expected to take at least 30 years to mature . |
| 20 | Expected to take at least four years to achieve , these will see the creation of a wide range of specialised habitats salt marsh , sand dunes , mountain stream , moorland and wetland all with their associated tree and plant life . |
| 21 | A director will also be expected to undertake at least some administrative duties . |
| 22 | Although the Sardar Sarovar dam is only partly complete , the rise in water level caused by the forthcoming monsoon rains is expected to drown at least four villages . |
| 23 | Staff at executive and managerial level were expected to speak at least two foreign languages ; German and English or French ) . |
| 24 | But it began to look as though they were destined to attend at least part of the party . |
| 25 | The commissions , which were to recommence work before Jan. 14 , were instructed to report at least once a month to the heads of state who were scheduled to meet again in Rwanda on March 14-15 . |
| 26 | Small businesses were , however , specially protected from the effects of the squeeze , the domestic banks being instructed to reserve at least 20 per cent of their available credit for smaller commercial borrowers , with particular favour to be shown to those in eastern Indonesia . |
| 27 | Partners in the effort are thought to include at least Hewlett-Packard Co , IXI Ltd , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc with IBM Corp said to be ‘ considering its position . ’ |
| 28 | According to the state-owned newspaper L'Union , one soldier and one civilian died in the rebellion , and 52 people were arrested ; those arrested were thought to include at least 20 GPP supporters . |
| 29 | But it 's not just music that 's on offer at Lydiard. 50 000 litres of gas will be used to launch at least 100 hot air balloons … the climax , a Night Glow on Monday in which the balloons will be choreographed to music and fireworks . |
| 30 | Most employers ' schemes are ‘ contracted out ’ of SERPS which means that the employer has agreed to provide at least as much from his scheme as you would receive from SERPS . |