Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at least [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the transactions are found to be lawful and enforceable and interest rates remain high , the council stands to lose at least £69.1 million - the estimated negative value of its portfolio in February . |
| 2 | Because brokers ' charges are high for small deals , you will need to invest at least £1000 in each . |
| 3 | ITV and Scottish Television have a contract for TV coverage , but the project needs to attract at least £15m in sponsorship and advertising of various kinds . |
| 4 | Figures are sketchy but all these categories combined appear to total at least 100m , or over 9% of the Chinese population — nearly 20% of the adult population . |
| 5 | Repairs are expected to cost at least £4.5m and work is due to get under way in the next few weeks . |
| 6 | Andersen has a net book value of $14m , and the listing is expected to raise at least $25m , or approximately £17m at current exchange rates . |
| 7 | The compact disc is sponsored by the insurer Legal & General and the royalties are expected to raise at least £25,000 for the Aids charities and projects the Trust supports . |
| 8 | These rates are likely to be at least matched in the 1990s when , between 1987–8 and 1992–3 , the corporation plans to invest at least £600 million — half through land sales and half through central grant ( LDDC , 1987 ) . |
| 9 | Some of the Scourie trout , released into small lochs as tiny fish , have grown to enormous size and are known affectionately by name : Ethel , stocked by Stan Tuer when she was a modest girl of five inches , now estimated to weigh at least 5lb ; Arthur , estimated to weigh 6lb . |
| 10 | Organisers hope to raise at least £5,000 for Help the Aged . |
| 11 | — In the past few weeks , Alan Butterfield and Fred Wilcoxson , members of the club committee have received Certificates of Merit from the CIU. — Darlington 's Hopetown and Whessoe Social Club is aiming to raise at least £1,000 for charity before Easter . |
| 12 | Unless the public tax bills goes up , the Treasury will have to borrow at least £40 billion next year , just to stay afloat . |
| 13 | It starts with about $380m over five years to help national authorities exchange information in areas such as taxes and export controls , says national governments would have to provide at least $6,700m over five years , it said , and wants another $7,900m or so over seven years to help all the Community 's backward regions to build up their telecommunications and computer infrastructures ; it says helpfully that loans will be available from the European Investment Bank to help with the effort . |
| 14 | You will have to budget at least £7,000 for the most basic DIP system , including hardware and software , and you could spend several hundred thousand pounds on a sophisticated networked system . |
| 15 | The maximum rebate you can receive is 80% of your community charge , since everyone who is not exempt will have to pay at least 20% of the community charge . |
| 16 | The rich countries reckon to have at least 95% of their adults literate . |
| 17 | At an extraordinary general meeting last Thursday , Spectrum 's shareholders agreed to form a consortium , Harmony Investments , which has pledged to inject at least £600,000 into the station to cover debts estimated at £450,000 . |
| 18 | They state that ‘ A reasonable target [ for CPE ] can be expressed as an average of 150 points year on year — with three points being recorded for each hour of structured CPE and one point for each hour of unstructured activity … members for whom CPE is compulsory should aim to achieve at least 40% of their CPE … through structured activities … |
| 19 | Although there is no minimum requirement for structured CPE , it is recommended that members for whom CPE is compulsory should aim to achieve at least 40% of their CPE ( 60 points ) through structured activities ( ie three days ) . |
| 20 | It must be pointed out that we had already hoped to make at least £1000 at the Annual Reunion so this means a bigger and better Christmas Fayre and a rise in the cost of tickets . |
| 21 | Brussels-based La Generale de Banque SA expects to save at least 50% on its yearly administrative costs once all of its telephone bills have been incorporated into the Electronic Data Interchange system it has been developing with state telecommunications operator Belgacom , says Thierry Gilmont , process manager at the bank . |
| 22 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 23 | The two men , who are hoping to make at least £2 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society out of sponsorship , will also have contributed to important research into nutrition , diet and the effects of such extreme conditions on the human body . |
| 24 | The result is that first-time buyers now have to find at least 6% of the valuation to put down in advance . |
| 25 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 26 | B&C , the one-time star of the financial services sector , is planning to raise at least £130 million from the sale of its Gartmore fund management business which was announced yesterday . |
| 27 | We need to raise at least £50,000 to put our plans into effect . |