Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Respondents who indicated that ‘ all senior staff ’ or all ‘ section heads ’ or all ‘ supervisory staff ’ have training responsibilities , but who did not specify any individuals as having a co-ordinating role , or spending at least one-quarter of their time on training , were also included in the second group . |
| 2 | Flinging herself round and seeing at least three inches of her hair lying on the wooden floor , she yelled , ‘ How dare you ! |
| 3 | A BOMB exploded in a crowded railway station in Calcutta yesterday , killing one person and wounding at least 12 in the latest of a number of blasts in India . |
| 4 | On Friday , 13 powerful explosions ripped through Bombay , India 's commercial and business capital , killing 250 people and injuring at least 1,200 . |
| 5 | A ban was imposed on public meetings and masked gunmen on Jan. 3 fired into a peaceful pro-Gamsakhurdia demonstration of about 2,000 people , killing two and injuring at least 27 . |
| 6 | It was Sir William Fleming , Sir Daniel 's son , ( Sir Daniel having died in 1701 ) who drew up a lease during 1703 reserving one-seventh as Royalty and requiring at least four able workmen to be employed for a minimum of six months in every year . |
| 7 | Plans are also being made for the redecoration of the whole museum and a new integrated display of its collections , costing around £4 million and taking at least ten years . |
| 8 | There is , however , in the site museum a remarkable collection of stone statues and sculptured reliefs , bronzes and altars ( listed in the Appendix ) , all of a religious nature and involving at least five different deities ( Lenus-Mars , Diana Venatrix ( ? ) , |
| 9 | A HUGE bomb rocked the centre of the Indian city of Calcutta last night , bringing down two blocks of flats and killing at least 45 people , police said . |
| 10 | A HUGE bomb explosion rocked the centre of the Indian city of Calcutta late last night , bringing down two apartment blocks and killing at least 45 people . |
| 11 | AVALANCHES roared down the mountains of northern Afghanistan , burying hundreds of people in buses and cars and killing at least 40 , officials said yesterday . |
| 12 | Family Credit , for families with children who are low paid and working at least 24 hours a week ; 120 thousand lone parent families were receiving Family Credit in September 1989 . |
| 13 | Local housing programmes drawn up by an intercommunal co-operation body and covering at least five years were to be established in the 13 cities with more than 350,000 inhabitants . |
| 14 | In an entertaining yet moving ceremony , seven nuns exorcised the pain of the last year and the demon of censorship from the office , presented us with a certificate , and sang their hymn ‘ Amazing Pride ’ , as well as turning at least one staff member 's face a fetching shade of red with some well-placed innuendo . |