Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] at [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ad she wants at least sixteen leafleters this weekends . |
| 2 | Mine starts at least two weeks before I begin fishing and continues , albeit less frequently , for as long as I am fishing that water . |
| 3 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |
| 4 | He has at least one advantage over his three predecessors , including Mr Francis Pym . |
| 5 | He has at least one advantage over his three predecessors , including Mr Francis Pym . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , every element except H and He has at least one line in the range 50–1200 eV which can be used for its identification . |
| 7 | He has at least some degree of control over his immediate circumstances , but even if he is unable to exert control in particular cases , he at least knows that his views and decisions count . |
| 8 | THE ONLY known surviving image of a fast-bowling legend as a boy : as a man he has at least 307 reasons to remember a glittering Test career . |
| 9 | Whichever type of window you choose , ensure that it has at least one casement or sash that can be easily opened to provide an exit in case of emergency . |
| 10 | There is now an irreducible minimum for the strength of the beam , namely that it contains at least one photon ! |
| 11 | It contains at least 40 stars , but binoculars show it only as a dim , slightly elliptical object of low surface brightness . |
| 12 | The velocity of conduction varies somewhat ; in the giant axons of Periplaneta it occurs at about 7 metres per second , while in the afferent nerves from the paraprocts of Anax nymphs it is about 2 m -I ( see , for example , Chapman and Pankhurst , 1967 ) . |
| 13 | If you feel tired , a short sleep before an important meeting can be beneficial as long as it ends at least one hour before your meeting to make sure that you have woken up fulLy . |
| 14 | Movement in depth can not by rhythmic unless it reveals at least three stages : foreground , middleground and background . |
| 15 | This sample looks like stripes because it includes at least two examples but this idea can be used between large areas of colour to merge the colour change edges . |
| 16 | LTP has since been found in all excitatory pathways in the hippocampus , as well as in several other regions in the brain , and there is growing evidence that it underlies at least certain forms of memory . |
| 17 | Well normally it takes at least two days |
| 18 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 19 | It takes at least five Americans to write a book erm they 're all multi- authored volumes erm for , for most of your purposes , for almost all your purposes er and certainly for basic reading for , for lectures and , and tutorials it really does n't matter which one you read erm there are , I mean there are in the library I think the last time I counted them about twenty five or thirty general textbooks on American politics , it does n't really matter er which one you read . |
| 20 | For example , it takes at least three times the energy to convert iron ore ( most of which has to be imported nowadays ) into steel than to convert ferrous scrap into equally good steel . |
| 21 | It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree . |
| 22 | It deserves at least fifteen stars . |
| 23 | It has not taken IBM Corp long to admit informally that its target of 25,000 job cuts this year is on the low side , and the company now says that it expects at least 6,000 jobs to be cut at its three main operations in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York , where previously it had forecast between 3,000 and 3,500 : IBM told Reuters that the job cuts , which will likely include layoffs , will come from the company 's mainframe business in Poughkeepsie and Kingston , where at least 2,000 jobs will be cut , up from the company 's previous expectations of between 600 to 800 , and it also sees bigger staff cuts at the East Fishkill chip facility , which now expects to lose about 4,000 workers , up from about 3,000 — IBM is phasing out semiconductor operations in East Fishkill , moving some of the work to Burlington , Vermont , some to Essonnes , France ; advanced semiconductor research and packaging remains in East Fishkill ; the company says that despite the increased cuts , it believes that the charges it took in the fourth quarter will still be sufficient . |
| 24 | Now he faces at least two months on the sidelines . |
| 25 | Instead , it supports at least 55 species of native flowering plant ( 10 of which occur nowhere else ) ; four endemic landbirds , including a large flightless rail ( Porzana atra ) , a diminutive nectar-feeding parrot ( Vini stepheni ) , a fruit pigeon ( Ptilinopus purpuratus insularis ) and a warbler ( Conopoderas vaughni taiti ) ; various endemic snails , crustaceans and insects , and a colony of nine different species of breeding seabird . |