Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at least three " in BNC.

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1 Er , I mean at least three out of every four issues .
2 I want at least three but four
3 I train at least three times a week and have learned more about Japan and the Japanese from that than any textbook . ’
4 The most convincing affinity however , is that of the squat urns , ( which occupy at least three of the half-roundels along the borders ) with those of the Bacchus and Leopard mosaic and the pavement from Halstock .
5 Louth has its spire — the tallest and perhaps most beautiful parish church spire in England its King Edward school which educated at least three famous Lincolnshire sons : Alfred Lord Tennyson , Captain John Smith and Sir John Franklin .
6 The Directive covers some 80 professions regulated in some way by the state , or by chartered professional associations and which demand at least three years of education at university or equivalent level .
7 You ca n't mistake its special qualities : long , elegant grains , which expand at least three times in length during cooking ; delicate , distinctive aroma and delicious texture and taste .
8 The Board itself involved at least three meetings a year , plus briefings with the secretary , membership of ad hoc meetings and working parties , and the preparation and conduct of visits ( as Chairman he initially went on all visits ) .
9 It proves you spent at least three weekends together as man and wife in the Cotswolds .
10 She needed at least three full days here and the thought of driving to and fro from Palma every day … no , it was out of the question … impossible .
11 On his deathbed General Franco was attended by 32 doctors , who , in their efforts to delay his end , employed , among other devices , a kidney machine and a respirator , and who performed at least three major abdominal operations , and administered an unknown number of gallons of blood .
12 Our only request is that you choose at least three books in your first year 's membership .
13 If you are overweight , but are happy with the exercises you do at least three times per week , then far be it from us to interfere — continue , you are obviously doing a good job !
14 That is unlike the Opposition , who have at least three conflicting policies — one for the Front Bench , a second for Back-Bench CND Members and , most disgraceful of all , a third for the electorate in Barrow .
15 The other rib , of beef I mean , to get a piece that 's worth cooking cos to carve it and everything else you need at least three ribs and the ribs are sort of usually it 's about that sort of size
16 Up until recently , we had a resident who went across on a regular basis but her health deteriorated , and we have at least three or four who do wander about the shops .
17 They had at least three children — two sons , who died in infancy , and one daughter , Susanna , who married Thomas Stafford in 1627 .
18 They had at least three or four more days together .
19 Erm , first sung apparently as the end of the last century , about eighteen ninety-four , erm , and they had at least three other Anthems in their time , including , at one stage , using the two , a pair , God Save the King , God Save the Queen .
20 They recommend at least three minutes brushing twice a day to keep your teeth looking pearly white .
21 Even though the new series looks good ( with one of its highlights promising to be the small-screen debut of Paul Whitehead ) and he has at least three other projects on the go , Harry Enfield still has n't figured out what it is that he does exactly .
22 Considered from a materialist perspective it has at least three damaging limitations : first it tends to construe sexuality in terms of an original pre-social plenitude , an initially unstructured natural energy ; second ( and consequently ) sexuality is conceived in certain of Freud 's central texts as a drive with hydraulic characteristics ; third , a phenomenon like homophobia , when it is not being blatantly disregarded , is explained too much in terms of the subjective , psychic repressions of its agents .
23 He faced at least three other trials of misusing public funds and business fraud .
24 Movement in depth can not by rhythmic unless it reveals at least three stages : foreground , middleground and background .
25 For example , it takes at least three times the energy to convert iron ore ( most of which has to be imported nowadays ) into steel than to convert ferrous scrap into equally good steel .
26 It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree .
27 Although the computer industry enjoys getting into a tizzy about the ever-increasing number of processors , anyone buying a 386SX 18 months ago would have wanted it to last at least three years .
28 Scale and repetition are integral to the thirty-four painting-size prints in his ten-year survey : the smallest is three by five feet , and he presents at least three different images of the same subject together .
29 He had at least three older brothers .
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