Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because brokers ' charges are high for small deals , you will need to invest at least £1000 in each . |
| 2 | For that to begin to come about , a challenger would need to attract at least 70 MPs to vote for him or abstain . |
| 3 | According to the draft rules , a candidate would need to win at least 200 out of 300 votes to secure election in the first round or in a second round five days later . |
| 4 | It would need to look at least at the two following decades . |
| 5 | You will also need to use at least part of this milk with your cereal breakfasts . |
| 6 | These are so popular that you will need to book at least a couple of months in advance . |
| 7 | Assuming that a target company is confined to an authority of 10 per cent it will be seen that the directors of the target and their concert parties will need to hold at least 27 per cent before the buy-in to hold 30 per cent afterwards and thereby trigger a Rule 9 obligation . |
| 8 | Companies raising private finance to build a toll road would probably need to offer at least 9–10% , given that many investors want compensation against the risk that a future government might expropriate the project or regulate it into unprofitability . |
| 9 | To capture the social aspects of deixis , we would need to add at least one further dimension , say of relative rank , in which the speaker is socially higher , lower or equal to the addressee and other persons that might be referred to . |
| 10 | The income trust will invest in between 60 and 70 UK stocks — mainly blue chip companies like ICI — and will seek to maintain at least the current dividends levels in all but ‘ the worst possible economic circumstances . ’ |
| 11 | Whereas the pet Rottweiler living at home would require a low degree of sharpness , a Schutzhund dog or a dog who is required to guard a family home would need to have at least a medium degree of sharpness . |
| 12 | In any event , you will need to have at least one independent judge who is unconnected with either the company or the publication . |
| 13 | As far as minimum requirements go , you will need to take at least one blank video cassette with you . |
| 14 | One proposal — which eventually fell through — involved the Butterley Company protecting the employer by agreeing to sell no land within five miles of the villages , thereby preventing any other sources of work being established , while the factory-owner would guarantee to take at least 65 per cent of his workforce from Ollerton . |
| 15 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 16 | Typesetting software would expect to offer at least half-point setting increments and tenth-point line spacing . |
| 17 | At the same time the Secretary of State gave notice that for certain categories of crime where life sentences had been passed , the offenders could expect to spend at least 20 years in prison . |
| 18 | She therefore would like to see at least two or three days where her weight drops below her starting weight , maybe by 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) . |
| 19 | Nevertheless there are few editors who do not like to use at least one or two photographs and the relevant drawings might be backed up with shots of the inventor or the experimental staff at work . |
| 20 | Well if we do a stall I would really like to have at least a leaflet on new recycling . |
| 21 | Only if they did not show their faces , only if they kept their heads low and lived in obscure corners , could they hope to pass at least in physical safety through life . |
| 22 | Unless the public tax bills goes up , the Treasury will have to borrow at least £40 billion next year , just to stay afloat . |
| 23 | But if you are looking for a 21st century Polo , you will have to wait at least three years until the genuinely all-new one . |
| 24 | Sadly , there was no Marmite and no honey , we were told , and we 'd have to wait at least 20 minutes . |
| 25 | In any case , I shall have to wait at least until November … |
| 26 | But he 'd have to wait at least another 2 and a half hours — that 's how long Mae Luz 's flight from Manila was delayed . |
| 27 | Yesterday , Det Supt Keith Readman revealed police will have to wait at least another month to interview 24-year-old Pringle , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington , who needs further surgery . |
| 28 | Yesterday Det Supt Keith Readman , head of Durham South CID , revealed police will have to wait at least another month to interview 24-year-old Pringle , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington . |
| 29 | To qualify , individuals will have to attend at least one refresher course each year to keep abreast of the latest developments in the industry . |
| 30 | Under the Parent 's charter , all schools will have to provide at least one written report on the progress of each child each year . |