Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at least [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean at least that |
| 2 | On each occasion I took at least half an hour to get ready , chose my clothes carefully , brushed my teeth , put my earrings in , wore bright-red lipstick . |
| 3 | I think at least some of the representatives — the head boy and girl and deputy head boy of Priory School , and some of the people from Ringmer School and so on — at least have contact now on a fairly regular basis with local councillors , local council officials and so on . |
| 4 | I think it 's been successful in trying to break down barriers a bit , and I think at least some of the representatives erm the head boy and girl and deputy head boy and girl at Priory School and some of the people from Rings School and so on at least have contact now on a fairly regular basis with local councillors , local council officials and so on . |
| 5 | At a time when new stations elsewhere meant bus shelters , fine new stations which retained at least some of the spirit of the old were provided at Taita , Palmerston North , and Rotorua , among others . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And since the Budget revision of PEP rules , investors can now place their full £6,000 PEP contribution in a trust which has at least half the portfolio in UK and EC equities , and so benefit from the tax concessions . |
| 8 | Since the Budget revision of PEP rules , investors can now place their full £6,000 PEP contribution in a trust which has at least half the portfolio in UK and EC equities |
| 9 | So we stayed five days in this backpackers ' , had a look round Auckland , visited MOTAT the Museum of Transport and Technology , opened a bank account , sold the Krugerrands which had been left to us by my Mum and which financed at least half the trip , and recovered from jetlag by sleeping only at night . |
| 10 | Thus from the start he was temperamentally disposed to look not only at strategies which promised to save money but also at those which offered at least some hope ( if not of winning the Cold War ) of making gains at the expense of the USSR . |
| 11 | English Heritage is a challenge of quite another order , being a vast multifarious organisation which probably needs to be disassembled , but all the more reason to entrust it to someone who understands at least some of its roles and can respect the quality of the people who work within it and who advise it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cos you know at least all I 'd have left is a weekend . |
| 14 | Menus are totally incomprehensible unless you understand at least some of the language . |
| 15 | And if you practise at least some of the exercises described in this book every day , you will soon see a change in your hips and thighs . |
| 16 | But For every person at Aldermaston there are hundreds who share at least some of the protestors ' fears , without their fanaticism . |
| 17 | To the prison guards he was a dangerous criminal , but to me he was an unfortunate man , who had at least some goodness in him . |
| 18 | Part-time workers who work only a very few hours do not benefit from many of the forms of employment protection introduced by legislation over the last decade or so , although those part-time workers who work at least half the usual hours are covered on some items . |
| 19 | If you are watching some highly developed dance form , or some elaborately staged drama , or listening to highly developed music , or looking at highly developed sculpture or painting , you have at least some given mode of access to each art . |
| 20 | The extensive practice of slash- and-burn agriculture means we lose at least half of this annually . |
| 21 | This is why we envisage at least some MAS input during the acquisition search stage . |
| 22 | We have tramped miles over mountain and moorland in search of sport , and one of the joys of living and fishing in Scotland is that in spite of nearly forty years ' trout fishing , we have at least another forty years to go before we can honestly say we know but a fraction of all the fishing available . |
| 23 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 24 | But at least we have trained the waitress to bring us three cups of coffee each for breakfast , as we need at least that to wake us up for an early morning start ! |
| 25 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 26 | It needs at least that . |
| 27 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I should think it costs at least that . ’ |
| 30 | To judge from the very wide circulation of the decisions on these details , in contrast to the almost total lack of circulation of the earlier decrees , this concentration of effort was the right policy ; but it took at least another two generations before the aim , which Anselm in 1102 had been confident could quickly be reached , was achieved . |