Example sentences of "[verb] at least [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be shown how conclusions based upon the analytical economic framework may need at least some qualification when these other matters are brought into account . |
| 2 | Peter Williams , the Salford centre , has been told that the shoulder injury which has kept him out for much of this season will need at least another week to heal . |
| 3 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |
| 4 | He has at least some degree of control over his immediate circumstances , but even if he is unable to exert control in particular cases , he at least knows that his views and decisions count . |
| 5 | By accepting changes and variations on the ancient recipes we can achieve a different kind of authenticity , one which has at least some semblance of reality . |
| 6 | But I would suppose that the Home Office has at least some information as to the judges ' tariff , and probably a great deal . |
| 7 | There is no cure for this , but fortunately it is usually found that such processes do not occur in some fraction of photoionization events , so that the observed spectrum contains at least some intensity in an unshifted line , accompanied by various ‘ satellites ’ corresponding to the energy loss processes . |
| 8 | Finally , although it seems clear that many methods of appropriability are far from perfect ( patents , for example , offer only limited protection in most sectors ) , firms can exert at least some control over their knowhow . |
| 9 | This involves reconstruing the situation so that it looks more straightforward and easy to handle , thus allowing sides to be taken or a stance adopted which reduces the confusion and allows at least some action to be taken — a villain to be defeated , a wrong to be righted , a battle to be fought . |
| 10 | you 've done at least some work in the last two weeks ' maths lessons . |
| 11 | Space has allowed me to use only a fraction of the wealth of material provided ; I only hope I have not made too many mistakes or significant omissions and have done at least some justice to all . |
| 12 | Its President would be directly elected : for election he or she would have to receive at least 50 per cent of total votes cast nationally , andmoreover receive at least this percentage in a majority of states , and might not serve more than two consecutive five-year terms . |
| 13 | A sound lawyer who has found a seat in chambers on the common law side can expect at least some work . |
| 14 | But two entirely new yards were opened towards the end of the decade , showing that BR envisages at least some need for shunting for the foreseeable future ! |
| 15 | Awareness of environment may give at least some idea if it is quiet or not . |
| 16 | But it is difficult to believe that directors do not give at least some consideration to the impact of their decisions on employees in any event , regardless of the section . |
| 17 | Arnold has hinted to pals that Mona 's friendship with David Mellor played at least some part in his marriage break-up . |
| 18 | Most people who have looked at the matter have concluded that deterrence played at least some part in the process . |
| 19 | The Geurrero Centre apparently made every effort to ensure that all the inmates received at least some form of educational tuition during the period of their sentence . |
| 20 | And people stressing a cost factor as important were relatively likely to say they had had at least some choice between different credit arrangements , whereas people stressing convenience were relatively likely to say there had been only one possibility ( though differences were small ) . |
| 21 | Undoubtedly the ideal solutions would be ( I ) preservation of significant β-cell function by selectively suppressing immunological destruction permitting at least some degree of physiological glucose homeostasis or ( 2 ) a miniature insulin pump that would infuse insulin subcutaneously , regulated by a sensor indicating the tissue fluid glucose level together with a suitably programmed microprocessor system . |
| 22 | And to try to create jobs for the women so that even if their men are out of work they can provide at least some income . |
| 23 | It is hoped that this meagre expedition into social history may provide at least some indication of the extent to which each decade has bred people of differing outlook on sexuality and an indication of the way in which different styles of upbringing and ways of social thinking in the childhood years of successive decades might be expected to affect the outlook and tolerance of adults throughout the varying age groups of society . |
| 24 | To avoid the type of problems introduced above , among others , many commentators who accept at least some redistribution as a relevant policy objective advocate some form of automatic tax-transfer system as the only adjunct to an otherwise ‘ minimum state ’ guaranteeing law and order and little else . |
| 25 | - Nigel Lawson , Chancellor of the Exchequer ‘ Politicians are poor prophets , but the unlucky creatures have to try , because we are elected to look at least some distance ahead . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then I may see him ? ’ said Philip , promptly securing at least this concession . |
| 27 | Income support is the main source of state social security for non-employed lone mothers and most lone mothers will spend at least some time , and often lengthy periods , in receipt of income support . |
| 28 | Income seems more closely related to whether or not people have ever used any form of credit than any other characteristic : the higher someone 's income ( at least up to a certain level ) , the more likely they are to have used at least some sort of credit sometime . |
| 29 | The evidence would suggest at least that Heahberht was established and secured in power in Kent through Offa 's intervention and support . |
| 30 | I appeal to the Minister to give at least some consideration to how far the environmental statement should come from a neutral source rather than from the promoters . |