Example sentences of "would [verb] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following international outrage at the risks of transporting the highly toxic cargo [ see ED 63 and 64 ] , the Japanese government promised that the ship would remain at least 200 nautical miles from the coasts of other countries . |
| 2 | This would affirm at least one value of the book review as that legal force which covers up the work . ’ |
| 3 | Broadly speaking , the established firm would rather price down to average variable cost than leave , whereas the potential entrant would want at least to cover average total cost . |
| 4 | Liverpool would want at least £500,000 for his services , and it remains to be seen whether Cup winners Haifa would be able to afford such a fee , plus the player 's pay demands . |
| 5 | Even with a computer , it was reckoned it would take at least four years , and the chances were very high that one would make at least one mistake , probably more . |
| 6 | A : I would earn at least £10 an hour there . |
| 7 | She would need at least one room that was n't like a builder 's yard , ’ Sam says . |
| 8 | ‘ To put the economic aspect into perspective , it would need at least a doubling of the price of energy to make some of the supply options attractive to investors . ’ |
| 9 | A minority Conservative government would need at least 315 seats for the Unionists to be able to deliver a working majority to Mr Major . |
| 10 | You can use vodka or brandy as a preservative but given these are usually less than 50% proof you would need at least 20ml in a 100ml stock bottle to give a 10% alcoholic solution . |
| 11 | Even hot sweet tea , a favourite refuge for poisoners , would not sweeten the flavour of Finish 'Em and in order to kill Elinor he would need at least half a bottle . |
| 12 | Ideally , one would need at least two instruments of different types for the Beethoven Sonatas . |
| 13 | And they added , ‘ You would need at least four years just to learn how to breathe ! ’ |
| 14 | Top pundits reckon Ratner would need at least £270m to regain control — a figure well out of his reach , according to observers . |
| 15 | Allied Provincial 's David Shaw said Phonelink estimated that over the coming year , it would need at least £5m to set up a second production site , to buy more data engines and to fund research and development work . |
| 16 | With her long sight she saw the size of the fire , and — well , she realised it would need at least five fire-engines . |
| 17 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 18 | A double-furrow plough would take a great chunk of the money in his possession , and he had worked out it would need at least four great horses , not three , to carry out the intended task . |
| 19 | Thus , where landlords were entitled to determine a twenty-one year lease " at the expiration of fourteen years if they shall require the premises for the purposes of a business carried on by them " it was held to be sufficient for them to show that they would need at least part of the premises before the date on which the lease would otherwise have expired by effluxion of time ( Parkinson v Barclays Bank Ltd [ 1951 ] 1 KB 368 ) . |
| 20 | Coun Paul Harford told Cleveland 's development control sub- committee that Northallerton was remote from Cleveland and the public would need at least two buses to attend the Marton venue . |
| 21 | Coun Paul Harford told Cleveland 's development control sub-committee that Northallerton was remote from Cleveland and the public would need at least two buses to reach the Marton venue . |
| 22 | However , his performance vindicated the Wearsider 's pre-fight prediction that he would need at least two or three fights before moving up in class in search of a European or world title . |
| 23 | Management say Caldaire would need at least £3.7m if it is not to end up out of pocket . |
| 24 | He added , however , that his firm would win at least the same revenues as 1992 — $40m . |
| 25 | This would include at least the following : |
| 26 | But soon the big stories were written in the knowledge that readers would know at least the bare bones from a news bulletin , and the 24-hour cycle of the daily paper lost much of its point as a news medium . |
| 27 | Marryat 's readers would bring at least some associations and some understanding to this piece of special pleading . |
| 28 | Under the electoral system of 1918 , the Unionists had a minimum vote of at least 38 per cent of the electorate , and this would bring at least 250 seats in a parliament of 615 ; in a political world of three parties this almost guaranteed that no other party would govern alone and that the Unionists would usually have a majority . |
| 29 | They would be coming back to education , however , to build upon the qualifications they had already begun to acquire , and would feel at least equal , if not superior in some respects , to their peers who had remained in full-time education . |
| 30 | The keel would give at least 50 per cent ballast ratio , with a bulge/bulb to increase righting moment . |