Example sentences of "had [to-vb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newcomers were not able to brush aside the native Carib population with quite the contemptuous ease with which the Spaniards had conquered the mainland ; attempts to settle in earlier years had been resisted successfully and in some islands the English settlers had to remain at least as careful about the risk of native attack as any community in North America . |
| 2 | Paula had told her there were twelve models in the show and each of them had to wear at least ten outfits . |
| 3 | To have a drink on a Sunday , he had to be a ‘ bonna-fide traveller ’ , and had to go at least three or four miles before he would be served . |
| 4 | I had to install at least another four in the kitchen in my present home , to cater for all the electrical appliances . |
| 5 | They had to serve at least two years as trainees in one of the main deaf centres before sitting for examinations and , if successful , being awarded a diploma . |
| 6 | But Einstein had shown that you could n't use a very small amount of light ; you had to use at least one packet , or quantum . |
| 7 | There was no " hurdle " to surmount if representation were to be won ( in West Germany parties had to poll at least 5 per cent of the vote to enter parliament ) . |
| 8 | We had to keep at least ten feet from each other . |
| 9 | By a special act of Parliament every railway company had to run at least one train each day for which the fare was one penny a mile . |
| 10 | As the Welsh had been written off even by their most loyal supporters , the French media was at pains to try to explain to their bemused readership the concept of points differential , in other words point out that in order to win the cup France had to score at least as many points as England had in Dublin . |
| 11 | She had to get her hands back on the reins , had to re-establish at least a degree of control over her own life . |
| 12 | That was an essential b eventually that was taken away , but the building trade still believed if a building firm wanted men , they had to have at least a thirty two hour guarantee , which is at present still in operation . |
| 13 | Military stores , every musketeer had to have at least two metres of match which was a fairly thick cord , which was used to ignite his musket , and if you start thinking about how many musketeers there were around in Oxford , a whole lot of match had to be stored . |
| 14 | Perversely , George Birkitt seemed to have lost his lines completely and had to take at least half a dozen prompts . |
| 15 | The Aldershot principally because it gave a structure to what I had to say at least went up there fairly confident of what I had . |