Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] at [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I said There 's no way that what you 've just told me will go in an hour , I said It 'll take at least a couple of hours and what about all the small stuff he 'll have in the house ? |
| 2 | Once dissolved , there is no Parliament until the next one meets ; it is yet another endearingly eccentric feature of the constitution of this cradle of democracy that its law provides that , at least once in every five years , it shall undergo at least a short spell of autocracy . |
| 3 | These atoms , as we have seen , are spewed out from dying stars ; but it would take at least a billion years for a star to use up all its helium energy and explode , hence life could not exist in a universe consisting of the shortest-living stars , since the necessary elements such as carbon would not exist . |
| 4 | It would take at least a generation to find and train effective top management cadres for the English regions Reorganisation of the management of English government on this scale would cause a decade of chaos in local services . ’ |
| 5 | According to one estimate in the Financial Times of Feb. 28 , it would take at least a year to restore full electricity supplies to the capital . |
| 6 | Having decided that it would take at least a month for Praia do Carvoeiro to be slotted into Vitor 's hectic schedule again , Ashley was surprised when the black BMW drew up outside her house a couple of weeks later . |
| 7 | Expressing it would entail at least the possibility of a glimpse of happiness and fulfilment . |
| 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 | Mr Graham White , of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust , said : ‘ It will take at least a year or 18 months of continuous rain to bring this river back to what it once was , and persuade the swans to stay . ’ |
| 10 | We look forward in the knowledge that in its native western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California , it can grow at least a foot a year . |
| 11 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |