Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems of the British social formation were sufficiently pressing to demand at least rhetorical radical solutions from the parties ( Wilson 's ‘ planning ’ , Heath 's ‘ free market ’ ) , and governments ' failures to match their promises were of sufficient concern to the people to breed a serious disillusionment with party politics , yet I submit that for most people of all classes the problems were not considered so urgent as to demand a really radical questioning of existing social relations , with all the risks that would entail . |
| 2 | I do not rule out a Labour government , pinned down by a narrow majority , seeking to enact at least some of its social legislation through a supportive EC . |
| 3 | There may be a restrictiveness in the range of cultural structures illuminated , but attempting to determine at least some of the cultural webs which emerged during the Renaissance and trying to discover why they were spun indicates the dynamism of cultural representation . |
| 4 | " And I win over you in one way — I 'm going to have at least a weekend in Joanna . |
| 5 | He worked in a fair frenzy for two hours , making demands of the paint he 'd never made before , plastering it on with palette knife and fingers , attempting to capture at least the shape and proportion of the thing 's head and neck . |
| 6 | Now all the larger ones were beginning to have at least some capacity of this kind . |
| 7 | — In the past few weeks , Alan Butterfield and Fred Wilcoxson , members of the club committee have received Certificates of Merit from the CIU. — Darlington 's Hopetown and Whessoe Social Club is aiming to raise at least £1,000 for charity before Easter . |
| 8 | As part of the post-war baby bulge , I am confidently expecting to spend at least 20 years in retirement along with an unprecedented number of my peers . |
| 9 | On the Saturdays I would scrub the kitchen floor , black and polish the kitchen grate , and polish the knives , so that my mother could have a little rest on her return from several hours cleaning , sometimes having to walk at least a mile to her regular place of work . |
| 10 | The suggested version has similarities to Postman 's Knock , too , with a couple having to spend at least one minute observing before they are allowed back into the room . |
| 11 | ‘ I was intending to spend at least one night mid-week at home . ’ |
| 12 | For the uninitiated this means that the hand described as South below is playing to take at least 9 tricks with no suit as Trumps . |
| 13 | Jim Birrell , chief executive of the Halifax , said : ‘ They still recognise the value of trying to save at least some of their income . ’ |
| 14 | said : ‘ I was hoping to make at least one sale while I was here , but I did n't expect it to be so soon . ’ |
| 15 | The two men , who are hoping to make at least £2 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society out of sponsorship , will also have contributed to important research into nutrition , diet and the effects of such extreme conditions on the human body . |
| 16 | A limited number of boarding-schools should therefore be drawn into a partnership with the State , by agreeing to give at least 50 per cent of their places to pupils formally assessed as having a boarding need . |
| 17 | B&C , the one-time star of the financial services sector , is planning to raise at least £130 million from the sale of its Gartmore fund management business which was announced yesterday . |
| 18 | ( He was also anticipating to gain at least six ‘ O ’ levels before leaving school . ) |