Example sentences of "[verb] at [adv] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HIT always needs at least three arguments ( the hitter , the person hit , and the thing used to hit — we might call these the AGENT , the ACTED-UPON and the INSTRUMENT ) . |
| 2 | The work will include at least three pilot projects in the Third World and a larger number of social experiments in France . ’ |
| 3 | In January 1991 the Supreme Court ruled that the adjournment was in breach of the Constitution ( which contained an obligation for the legislature to meet at least three times a year ) , causing Namaliu to announce that the legislature would reconvene in May . |
| 4 | But Dr Sandler 's circuit has at least three problems . |
| 5 | The Queen has at least three palaces , two castles and several houses . |
| 6 | The bad news has at least three components . |
| 7 | The variable-reluctance stepping motor has at least three phases , but the phase currents need only be switched on or off ; the current polarity is irrelevant to torque production . |
| 8 | The workers feel the package is derisory , particularly as they have accepted minimum wage rises over the past few years and Yarrow has at least three years ' work on its books . |
| 9 | Newens 's views were perhaps influenced by his contacts with Ceauşescu and he had written or edited at least three books about Ceauşescu : Nicolae Ceauşescu — the Man , His Ideas and the Achievements on the Road to Socialism ( which appeared in at least three editions between 1972 and 1978 to satisfy popular demand ) , Talking with Nicolae Ceauşescu , and Nicolae Ceauşescu — The Effort to Create a Modern Romania . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | There must be something spicy in that combination : Daine could have solved at least three quarters of the crimes in the City just by owning up . |
| 12 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 13 | On Aug. 5 security forces shot and wounded at least three supporters of Halidi who allegedly disturbed a meeting of government sympathizers in Mutsamudu , Nzwani ( formerly Anjouan ) island . |
| 14 | Though the single preparasitic moult occurs at about three weeks after the egg is passed , a period of maturation is necessary , and it is not infective until a minimum of four weeks after being passed , even in the optimal temperature range of 22-26oC . |
| 15 | Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked beneath the smiling exterior I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortuitous hole in the floor . |
| 16 | They could all ride now — after a fashion — and stay on over their modest course of jumps ( built of railway sleepers ) ; they could all swim at least three lengths and run a mile without stopping to fall in a heap every hundred yards , not very fast perhaps , but improving all the time . |
| 17 | Exchanges must be made at least three days before the original date booked . |
| 18 | The advertisement is to be made at least three weeks before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the applications are to be considered ( subs . |
| 19 | I have seen at least three troops of cavalry . ’ |
| 20 | A child was classified as being temporarily absent if he or she was not in the compound when visited at least three times during a week . |
| 21 | To ensure adequate pollination select at least three varieties that pollinate each other . |
| 22 | He was stabbed and slashed at least three times while out walking with friends . |
| 23 | Geoffrey Walsh , who has learning difficulties , suffered severe internal injuries and needed a blood transfusion after being stabbed and slashed at least three times . |
| 24 | Cos we 've got at least three questions on it . |
| 25 | So y y y you , you , you , you 've got at least three things which are all sort of brewing up there and you think good grief what a , what a , what a state to be in because the poor doctor does n't know what on earth to do , poor Jan does n't know , well it 's worse for Jan cos she 's sitting there thinking I 'm going potty or , you know , ca n't stand properly or you know is leaning over or , or numb down one side of her face or , or or whatever it was , it was i i it was the , the dizziness I think actually which which was most alarming . |
| 26 | A cycle ride , walk or swim at least three times a week will boost your circulation and help maintain a healthy bloom . |
| 27 | The aim is to get in the Guinness Book of Records by beating the current record of 2,463 objects in the air simultaneously from 821 jugglers juggling at least three objects . |
| 28 | A mile to the west of Loch Gorm the road to Gruinart cuts through a settlement at An Sithern of about a dozen round houses which were constructed in the late Bronze Age and which a cursory examination has shown that they were used at least three times . |
| 29 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 30 | Movement in depth can not by rhythmic unless it reveals at least three stages : foreground , middleground and background . |