Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation . |
| 2 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 3 | One of them Michael Huskison , who took photographs of the incident , said he saw the horse whipped at least 15 times . |
| 4 | However , about a third of compounds owned at least one mango tree , and about 10% one or more pawpaw ( papaya ) trees . |
| 5 | The rulers of Byzantium drew at least some of their supplies from India . |
| 6 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 7 | On the day after his inauguration the new President ordered at least 162 people — including his immediate predecessor Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and her entire Cabinet — not to attempt to leave the country for one month . |
| 8 | Even among subjects examined at least three years after successful treatment of H pylori infection , the extent of gastric metaplasia did not change significantly . |
| 9 | The waist was dropped , emphasising the long elegant lines of her figure , and the huge , spreading skirt fell at least six inches below her knees . |
| 10 | A secret report by the UK Atomic Energy Authority ( AEA ) has warned that the UN Coalition left at least 40 tonnes of depleted uranium on the Gulf War battlefield in Kuwait and southern Iraq . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the Amsterdam Fire Brigade said at least 30 flats had been destroyed . |
| 12 | Moed & Vriens found that more than 9% of the 4500 papers in their study had at least one discrepancy in their citations . |
| 13 | They found that in 1988 , over 98 per cent of all US homes had at least one television . |
| 14 | Elizabeth became Dame Bludden , and Hester had at least one other daughter who married George Farrington . |
| 15 | Although all but 20 library authorities noted at least some courses offered by central units , not all of these libraries perceived central training staff as having any responsibility for their staff . |
| 16 | Stephen Melrose and Nick Spanos died within minutes as a gunman fired at least twelve shots at close range . |
| 17 | The new law immediately sparked off a political crisis as hardline Slovak nationalists began demonstrations and a hunger strike in protest against a clause allowing the official use of minority languages in towns or villages where the minority nationality formed at least 20 per cent of the population ( a large ethnic Hungarian minority , concentrated in southern Slovakia , was increasingly the target of nationalist hatred ; there were also Polish , Ukrainian and Gypsy communities ) . |
| 18 | Reg looked at least three divisions better than anyone else on the park , and many of us thought it incomprehensible of ‘ Bencey ’ to literally drag him off after only five minutes . |
| 19 | Instability in Mali sent at least 15,000 Tuareg refugees fleeing into the southern Algerian departments of Tamanrasset , Adrar and Illizi . |
| 20 | Many are English , about which I have no objection , but it would be nice if more Scottish pubs had at least one tap for an indigenous product . |
| 21 | But Dr McNab had at least one attentive listener and that was Dr Dunstaple . |
| 22 | Although there are 45 OSFers and 105 outsiders working on the project , Gossel said at least one of these , Hewlett-Packard , is working without a contract but that it is a perfectly normal situation at OSF . |
| 23 | The Donald Morris Gallery of Detroit and New York reported a total of fifteen sales ‘ of five or six figures ’ by such artists as Aristide Maillol and Alexander Calder , and Peter Findlay sold at least two big ticket works by Mary Cassatt and Emil Nolde . |
| 24 | All social workers involved at least one other person in making the assessment . |
| 25 | The White emigration added at least another twelve million . |
| 26 | Most people who have looked at the matter have concluded that deterrence played at least some part in the process . |
| 27 | Using the documents as collateral , Onoue borrowed at least 200,000 million yen from 12 financial institutions including the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) and Fuji Bank , to finance her heavy investment in the stock market . |
| 28 | A HUGE bomb killed at least 45 people in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta early today , four days after a series of explosions tore through Bombay on the west coast . |
| 29 | APOWERFUL bomb killed at least 50 people and wounded 500 in Bogota yesterday when it wrecked the headquarters of the Department of Administrative Security , the government agency charged with bringing Colombia 's drug dealers to heel . |
| 30 | APOWERFUL bomb killed at least 40 people and wounded 350 in Bogota yesterday when it wrecked the headquarters of the Department of Administrative Security , the government agency charged with bringing Colombia 's drug dealers to heel . |