Example sentences of "[verb] at least [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , his performance vindicated the Wearsider 's pre-fight prediction that he would need at least two or three fights before moving up in class in search of a European or world title . |
| 2 | ‘ He needs at least two or three races if he 's to have a go at the Champion again . |
| 3 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 4 | For instance , when you return your renewal slip why not enclose at least one or two application forms from new members or better still get your class organised and send in the whole lot together ! |
| 5 | I 've visited at least two or three times each year since then and I still hesitate to claim to know the area really well . |
| 6 | If possible , try to exercise at least two or three times a week for about half an hour at a time . |
| 7 | If you look through the components lists of a few recent projects you will no doubt find some that only use common components , but most seem to use at least one or two ‘ specials ’ . |
| 8 | Nevertheless there are few editors who do not like to use at least one or two photographs and the relevant drawings might be backed up with shots of the inventor or the experimental staff at work . |
| 9 | Right , it was n't C , I do n't think anybody got that wrong actually , erm , just occasionally you normally get at least one or two people want to put C , because they know that waiver of premiums is twenty six weeks on every other plan . |
| 10 | When buying young blackcurrant bushes , each should have at least four or five stems arising from ground level . |
| 11 | Of course , I have n't actually seen any of her young men , but she must have at least ten or twelve ! ’ |
| 12 | Ideally Nato required at least 30 or 40 divisions at the start of hostilities . |
| 13 | On average , it would take at least five or six genetic changes to turn a crop into a dangerous weed . |
| 14 | This will hold at least one or more complete lines of text and sometimes as much as 16K . |
| 15 | So how did Tony manage to gain the confidence of the dealers , ‘ It took at least two or three weeks before I took my camera out and that was probably one of the hardest things I did . |
| 16 | Klepner played the usual corporate cat and mouse game of making at least one or two word changes on each and every page so that his own secretary could re-type each page under her initials and the initials ‘ FK ’ . |
| 17 | Complete fluency in the first and second languages is taken as prerequisite for training ( and one would expect a working interpreter to command at least four or five languages ) . |
| 18 | We 'd usually get at least five or six that way . |
| 19 | Ideally , you should be cycling at least two or three times a week . |
| 20 | To have a drink on a Sunday , he had to be a ‘ bonna-fide traveller ’ , and had to go at least three or four miles before he would be served . |
| 21 | She therefore would like to see at least two or three days where her weight drops below her starting weight , maybe by 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) . |
| 22 | A third of respondents , however , blamed damage on their own clumsiness , and nine in ten admitted having spilled at least one or a combination of the following on themselves ; coffee , tea , correction fluid , tea , copier toner , water , cold drinks and glue . |
| 23 | Those who do use it generally make at least three or four substantial purchases on credit each year ( Appendix I , Table 7 ) . |
| 24 | I remember feeling really happy when I was told I had at least six or seven years to live . |
| 25 | Yeah , and cos we had , we had the bathroom that was originally there , that they knocked through to build all this extension , was converted into a shower room , and she did n't think that the sink was right in that , and the disabled bathroom had at least two or three pieces that she thought bolshie in that as well , |
| 26 | They had at least three or four more days together . |
| 27 | Major record companies normally require at least five or six options . |
| 28 | Besides , sample results are not instantly available , but take at least two or three weeks , sometimes longer , to come through from the agency 's laboratories . |
| 29 | I can not say whether or not it will , but , if so , it is certain to take at least four or five years . |
| 30 | You should be able to spend at least two or three hours learning with Carrie . ’ |