Example sentences of "[is] at [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the 12 months ending 31 December , 1992 , the Edinburgh-based newspaper publisher and printer reported pre-tax profits almost 32 per cent higher than 1991 's at nearly £9.8 million , on a turnover lifted by 15.8 per cent to £71.7 million . |
| 2 | I put in two gallons on Saturday , and I can tell you for a fact there 's at least quarter of a gallon left . |
| 3 | Among the LWB five-door , turbo-diesels the same applies — it 's at least £2000 cheaper than the Discovery and Shogun versions . |
| 4 | Speaking at the opening of the Global Technology Partnership conference , Major said : " The world market for environmental goods and services is at about $200 billion per year . |
| 5 | ‘ The welfare state is at once Britain 's proudest achievement and the biggest man-made disaster ’ , Sir John Hoskyns has written . |
| 6 | Alison was a little coy about how much her Russian dress cost , but , according to the staff at David Fielden , their cheapest frock is at least £1,000 . |
| 7 | It is essential to locate the dpc to ensure it really is at least 6in ( 15cm ) above ground level and has not been submerged below paving , flower beds , piles of rubbish or suchlike . |
| 8 | Some 200m peasants have no real work , and unemployment in the cities is at least 4% . |
| 9 | Let's reap the benefits of a service that is at least 30% better . |
| 10 | Substantial bleeding may take place ( intracerebral bleeding , 0.3–0.7% ) and the residual mortality is at least 50% of that without thrombolytic treatment . |
| 11 | The overflow pipe ( which should be 22mm in diameter ) should be positioned such that the top is at least 20mm below the discharge from the ballvalve and the bottom is at least 25mm above the waterline . |
| 12 | The estimated cost for this is at least £3,000 . |
| 13 | This is a special case of Sylvester 's law : the degeneracy is at least n — r and at most n — r ; i.e. it is n — r . |
| 14 | If , as these authors postulate , the tumour exerts some type of inhibitory effect on the proliferation of the cells surrounding it , it is possible that the lower labelling index reported for the rectal segment is at least party related to a wider — that is , extending beyond a 5 cm radius — zone of inhibition produced by rectal tumours with respect to those arising in other colonic segments . |
| 15 | Roll out the pastry on a floured surface and use to line a 23cm/9in flan tin that is at least 2.5cm/1in deep . |
| 16 | Controversy rages , but there is at least agreement that the sensitive sites should be preserved . |
| 17 | In this respect Ferguson thought that the Warner Bros film was a good indication of what could be achieved by Hollywood when it tackled social problems honestly and he summed it up by returning to one of his favourite points about Hollywood that ‘ even half a loaf on the national stomach is at least nourishment taken in ’ . |
| 18 | The overflow pipe ( which should be 22mm in diameter ) should be positioned such that the top is at least 20mm below the discharge from the ballvalve and the bottom is at least 25mm above the waterline . |
| 19 | Provided the gift is at least £600 it will be regarded as having been paid net of basic rate tax . |
| 20 | Work is at around 2.5mph and the system saves about two-thirds of chemical compared with overall application . |