Example sentences of "[prep] at [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For instance Chambers Development , a waste-management company from Pittsburgh , has guaranteed Charles City county in Virginia a host fee of at least $1.14m a year to open a landfill . |
2 | Assuming that the growth of the OECD economies averages some 3% a year during the 1990s , the bulletin reckons that continuing pressure on the industrialised countries to modernise their manufacturing base will generate real annual growth of at least 4% for mechanical engineering — hence the expected increase of 50% in world market volume by the year 2000 . |
3 | I had spent four hours catching nothing and he simply swooped down and lifted a trout of at least 2lb from under my nose . |
4 | The size and number of members tests are separate and can be satisfied by reference to different companies in the group ; ( 2 ) A partnership or unincorporated association with net assets of at least £5,000,000 . |
5 | These fees included a charge of at least £2,500 which increased on a scale related to the length of the proposed railway , to anything up to £75,000 and also included the cost for holding any public inquiry that was deemed necessary . |
6 | An open fire needs an air entry opening with a free area of at least 50% of the fire 's throat area , while rooms container other solid fuel or oil-burning appliances must have openings totalling 550sq mm per kilowatt of rated output above the first 5kW . |
7 | A reduction of at least 30% in child mortality due to diarrhoeal diseases has now been found by all trials that have found a significant effect on overall mortality and have also examined causes of death . |
8 | This Order , which is now in force , extends the powers of building societies with commercial assets of at least £100m to make advances on the security of land in any member state of the European Community other than the UK ( where , clearly , they already have that power ) . |
9 | In the extreme case , a consumer who bought a one-bar electric fire for thirty shillings and paid less than a penny per hour for the electricity at peak time , imposed costs on the Electricity Boards of at least £60 for the kW of power station capacity needed to meet the demand . |
10 | On 10 November Sotheby 's generally weak , over-estimated sale posted a dismal 53% sold rate and brought only $35.6 million ( £23.7 million ) against expectations of at least $59 million . |
11 | A SECOND company has been suspended in connection with investigation by police and regulators into the whereabouts of at least £4½m in client money managed by a London-based financial adviser , Wentworth Investment Services . |
12 | The bend at the bottom of the pipe ( underground ) should have a radius of at least 200mm . |
13 | Finally , rooms containing gas cookers must have an openable window or other means of providing ventilation , and if the room 's volume is less than 10cu m , it must also have a permanent ventilation opening with an area of at least 5000sq mm . |
14 | Rooms containing open-flued gas-burning appliances must have permanent ventilation openings of at least 450sq mm per KW of heat input over 7KW . |
15 | A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor . |
16 | By 1929 , the National WEA reported that ten of its sixteen Districts had lower branch membership totals than in 1924 , averaging 59% of all enrolled students , which represented a decline of at least 20% on the 1924 figure . |
17 | Rentokil is an international service group whose consistent aim is to provide for its shareholders a growth of at least 20% per annum in profits and earnings per share . |
18 | All asthmatics had discrete wheezing and either a previous diagnosis of asthma or documented reversible airways obstruction of at least 20% . |
19 | For any placement of the feeders , the closest wall was at a distance of at least 1.05m and the closest corner 1.48m. b And c , representative paths on training trials . |
20 | Lay it to a depth of at least 25mm ( 1in ) ; rake smooth , then lay each slab in place , lowering it so as not to disturb the mortar bed . |
21 | The new structural adjustment programme would be based on concessional aid of at least $600,000,000 annually over three years . |
22 | You need a lump sum of at least £1,000 to tuck away . |
23 | The disposal must be made in one block of at least 75% of the shares in a body corporate . |
24 | A good response to treatment was defined as restoration of continence or a decrease of at least 75% in frequency of incontinence . |
25 | This credit upgrading , coupled with a general accord on economic co-operation , was expected to resulted in Italian investments of at least $500,000,000 . |
26 | When , in 1651 , the Rump ordered guns from a former employee of his , Browne delivered an emotional remonstrance to the House of Commons : the state 's security , he claimed , depended upon a single gun-founder ; his enterprise employed a ‘ stock ’ of £30,000 , had overheads of at least £4,000 per annum , and had to be kept busy . |
27 | Labour 's new environment spokesman , Mr Bryan Gould , attacked the price of shares in the water privatisation , saying it showed that the Government was prepared to accept on behalf of the taxpayer a loss of at least £1.3 billion in order to sell off the water industry . |
28 | Fines of at least £50,000 were being widely predicted yesterday and there was speculation that Wimbledon 's punishment might even top the £75,000 Chelsea had to pay last year after crowd trouble at Stamford Bridge . |
29 | While many stipulate portfolios of at least £50,000 or £100,000 , some do not specify a minimum . |
30 | By March 1993 , under new BIS rules , banks wishing to do business internationally must have a capital-to-asset ratio of at least 8% . |