Example sentences of "[prep] at [adv] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug . |
| 2 | In the case of serious arrestable offences the rights can be postponed for up to 36 hours on the authority of an officer of at least the rank of superintendent if that officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the exercise of either right would : ( a ) lead to interference with evidence connected with a serious arrestable offence ; ( b ) lead to interference with or physical injury to other persons ; ( c ) " tip-off " other persons suspected of a serious arrestable offence ; ( d ) hinder the recovery of property . |
| 3 | Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation . |
| 4 | If offers are received in respect of at least the number of shares which the company wishes to purchase , the company will calculate the lowest price ( striking price ) acceptable to sufficient shareholders to ensure that all the shares required are sold . |
| 5 | Without a specific perpetuity period of at least the length of the term ( if the term exceeds 21 years ) plus a few additional years to cover holding over under the 1954 Act , there would be no right to use pipes placed under the premises during the 23rd year of the term . |
| 6 | It should be a cloudy night , or day , with at least the threat of rain , if not a light drizzle . |
| 7 | In other words , the original Sadducees would have been a devout dynastic priesthood closely associated with at least the principle of an expected Davidic Messiah . |
| 8 | Grand Metropolitan and Rank , for instance , have wide ranging manufacturing and property interests , though the others tend to be associated with at least the provision of leisure-based products in their diversified activities . |
| 9 | Certainly there are many who would concur with at least the gist of Lieberson 's , and others ' , criticisms but argue that more effort should be directed at improving methods of data collection and analysis to meet these kinds of objections . |
| 10 | His great days were over by the middle of the 1830s , although he was still active , on a much reduced scale , until at least the middle of the next decade . |
| 11 | At nearly all schools no stage performances will be seen by an audience until at least the end of the second term . |
| 12 | It was evident that by the end of the seventies Britain would be self-sufficient in oil and was likely to remain so , depending on depletion policy , until at least the end of the century . |
| 13 | Europe 's hotel industry is on the bumpy road to re-establishing its pre-Gulf War position but full recovery is not expected until at least the end of 1991 , according to a report from analyst Salomon Brothers . |
| 14 | And although it usually charges £92 a line for connections ( 15 line minimum ) , it reduced its charges last year , and will be charging £26 a line until at least the end of February . |
| 15 | The ban followed the Chernobyl accident , and was expected to last until at least the end of the century . |
| 16 | The development of the national curriculum will do a great deal to stimulate more interest in science because more pupils will have to sustain well-judged scientific programmes of study until at least the age of 16 . |
| 17 | Above all , it was the Greek conception of democracy which held sway until at least the time of Rousseau and The Social Contract . |
| 18 | Records of membership , subscriptions and payments had to be kept , and at times of dispute , petitions and other statements of grievances were drawn up and presented from at least the beginning of the eigh-teenth century . |
| 19 | From at least the middle of the seventh century the Macedonians had been ruled by kings , whose relationship to their subjects was basically feudal , resting on loyalty and consent : they ruled ‘ by law and not by force ’ , as Arrian says ( Anab . |
| 20 | These had been in Rome since at least the end of the sixteenth century . |
| 21 | Many health policies in Third World countries are based on at least the vocabulary of this approach though the political climate does not always encourage such radical rethinking of health care nor does the training of most health workers prepare them to work in the new ways implied in the PHC philosophy . |
| 22 | While change without evaluation is dangerous evaluation without at least the possibility of change is futile . |
| 23 | My personal feeling is that it would be a brave student indeed who would take on such a wide-ranging and non-traditional approach to literary studies without at least the understanding of tutors , and preferably with their co-operation and guidance . |
| 24 | He could use these to intervene on virtually any aspect of policy , though , in practice , as we have seen , his prospect of imposing a policy against the united opposition of the Boards was slim , and there was a widespread commitment to at least the principle of independent management for public corporations . |
| 25 | As Levine ( 1981 ) points out , the decentralisation , exclusiveness and high degree of autonomy of enterprise unions ( despite their affiliation to industry-wide federations ) sacrifice a high degree of labour movement solidarity and leave them open to at least the possibility of employer influence . |
| 26 | The germ of several measures whereby Britain ( and other states ) might receive assistance can be traced back to at least the autumn of 1938 . |
| 27 | Low-growing , almost mat-like , with white daisy flowers in summer , chamomile dates back to at least the time of the ancient Egyptians who are said to have used it for curing ague . |
| 28 | Firefighters expect to stay at the scene for at least the rest of the day — the strain of working amoung the debris under which two of their friends died shows only too clear to see . |
| 29 | Surgery will rule out the Blackburn and England striker for at least the rest of this season , and the Blackburn manager , Kenny Dalglish , promised the player will not be rushed into a return . |
| 30 | Jimmy Carter was a prime example of a little-known person capturing the permanent party organization in 1976 for at least the duration of the election . |