Example sentences of "[vb base] at least [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming that uniformity exists for research funding by the EC , as an example , the EC Nuclear Fission Safety 1991–94 programme states that in order to qualify for research support projects ‘ your proposal must be transnational and involve at least two independent participants from different member States ’ , ie three in all . |
| 2 | 1.71 Personal injury cases are unique in that they almost always involve at least one expert : the doctor . |
| 3 | Falling in dreams is quite common : surveys have found that between 50 and 80 per cent of subject samples report at least one falling dream . |
| 4 | These finds suggest at least two methods of fishing , with line and net , and there may have been others . |
| 5 | The aerial photographs suggest at least one Romano-Celtic temple alongside other circular or rectangular structures . |
| 6 | Similar leaves , although with a thick stem and a finer tip , occupy at least two of the spandrels in mosaic C. However , one of the small squares lying tangent to the central square , at High Wycombe , contains an unidentified bust ( section 1.4 , no. 6 ) which is unparalleled at North Hill . |
| 7 | The most convincing affinity however , is that of the squat urns , ( which occupy at least three of the half-roundels along the borders ) with those of the Bacchus and Leopard mosaic and the pavement from Halstock . |
| 8 | They expect at least 80 , and possibly more than 100 , Labour MPs to join up . |
| 9 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 10 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 11 | I normally skip at least one day every two weeks . |
| 12 | Masking is such a common operation that many computers provide at least one arithmetic or logical instruction which can specify a mask as well as the primary operands . |
| 13 | An acting coach was brought in to help the less experienced actors and actresses but BBC sources say at least two more continentals are to go . |
| 14 | If the capping stands , unions say at least 94 teachers will be sacked . |
| 15 | Kent police say at least ten people have been killed and a further two are believed to have died in a coach crash on the M two near the Faversham turn-off . |
| 16 | Manuscripts of the Tales , lots of undated lyrics on random little slips of paper , and of course all the revisions of Melusina , which she rewrote at least eight times , always changing it . |
| 17 | Although each side made significant compromises — the bill 's proponents rewrote at least four of its sections whilst the Administration withdrew its objections to at least two provisions — they remained divided . |
| 18 | An outstanding example is provided by the Lua of northern Thailand who grow at least 120 different crops : 75 for food , 21 for medicine , 20 for ceremony and decoration and 7 for weaving and dyeing , a diversity that mimics the diversity of natural vegetation . |
| 19 | They place at least one of their characters in a string of predicaments to which there are fantastic solutions . |
| 20 | I want at least four when I do finally settle down and get married . |
| 21 | I was going to speak in terms of numbers George it was just a wee thought that if there 's going to be three or four of them we want at least eight of us if not it 's gon na be a bit |
| 22 | But I want at least two men present at all times . ’ |
| 23 | I want at least five and I just wanted to erm establish that with one or two other people who er presently attend the tourism meetings are invited as required , rather than to every meeting . |
| 24 | I want at least three but four |
| 25 | And it seems that when they start smoking — and one in three children smoke at least one cigarette a week — teachers may be the last people to discourage them . |
| 26 | In Dwing , a village in the high Garhwal Himalayas of Uttar Pradesh , women walk at least 10 kilometres three out of four days , for an average of seven hours per day , to bring back about 25 kg of wood with each headload . |
| 27 | List at least five things that you could do to be a bargain for your partner . |
| 28 | List at least five practical things your parents did to demonstrate love to each other . |
| 29 | List at least five things you observed from your parents regarding love that will be a help in your marriage . |
| 30 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |