Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] at [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , for instance , mnemonic devices in oral cultures which offer some resistance to this process : ‘ formalised patterns of speech , recital under ritual conditions , the use of drums and other musical instruments , the employment of professional remembrancers — all such factors may shield at least part of the content of memory from the transmuting influence of the immediate pressures of the present ’ ( 1968 , p. 31 ) . |
| 2 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as units chosen from the following list ; it may include more if you wish . |
| 3 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as regiments chosen from the following list , and it may include more if you wish . |
| 4 | Teams should consist of four people and each one should pledge at least £100 or £25 per person , to be raised through sponsorship or a straight donation . |
| 5 | Instead , we are left to rely upon the Disabled Persons Employment Acts 1945 and 1960 , which established the blue card and quota system whereby employers in the private sector with more than 20 employees must employ at least 3% registered disabled workers . |
| 6 | General Marshall and his colleagues in the joint chiefs of staff believed the United States must occupy at least part of Korea in order to increase American power in the postwar balance between American and Soviet interests in the Far East . |
| 7 | He says one problem is that the new scheme for support from the DOT involves putting packages together that must cost at least £2 million and it 's quite hard to find a package of cycle-ways that actually cost that much ! |
| 8 | For safety , treads should measure at least 300mm ( 12in ) from front to rear , so that your toe or heel do n't catch the edge of the step above as you ascend or descend the flight . |
| 9 | Bourbon , the most popular whisky made in the United States , must have at least 51% corn in the mash ; it may have as much as 79% . |
| 10 | This last is otherwise obvious ; A has only p columns , so that AB , of order ( n × n ) , has at most p linearly independent columns ; i.e. it is of rank p at most , and so must have at least n — p zero eigenvalues . |
| 11 | To be eligible for the free weekend runners must raise at least £150 in sponsorship . |
| 12 | That issue has been sharpened even further by the fate of the millions of Jews murdered in Nazi extermination camps — a fate for which centuries of Christian anti-semitism must bear at least part of the blame . |
| 13 | The lintel must extend at least 150mm beyond each side of the frame . |
| 14 | The video will be available from outlets which stock BHKC member products ( most of the well known hand knitting yarn companies ) and should retail at around £5.99 . |
| 15 | The vent pipe from the hot water cylinder ( 22mm ) should rise at least 400mm above the water level in the cistern before turning down over the cistern . |
| 16 | ‘ In the name of humanity and civilisation , the Government should accept at least part of the international burden , ’ he said . |
| 17 | complete the final role play and come back here at five to three and we 'll look at then step two . |
| 18 | For real comfort , however , you 'll pay at least £800 . |
| 19 | The argument that the position of the Phillips curve depends on inflationary expectations may provide at least part of the explanation for the empirical breakdown of the original Phillips curve in the late 1960s . |
| 20 | The pharmacokinetics of morphine may provide at least part of the explanation , but there are too few data to justify the editorial 's subheading ( morphine-3-glucuronide does not , by the way , bind to opiate receptors ) . |
| 21 | German engineering output could grow at about 5% . |
| 22 | I wondered if we could look at particularly customer relations producing some sort of voucher worth fifty pound or hundred pound or twenty five pound and er we have a stock of those printed up you know |
| 23 | No longer did his back trouble him , and yes , he felt he could bowl at least 20% faster , as ‘ Inti ’ had suggested . |
| 24 | VAT on gas and electricity bills in a full year in 1995 could cost at least £130 per annum for average usage , while an extra 1pc on National Insurance contributions could cost an extra £200 . |
| 25 | ‘ I wish I could walk at least part of it , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 26 | The electronic jammer programme is at least four years behind schedule and may cost at least $1 billion more than estimated , according to one Pentagon report . |
| 27 | Liverpool would want at least £500,000 for his services , and it remains to be seen whether Cup winners Haifa would be able to afford such a fee , plus the player 's pay demands . |
| 28 | A : I would earn at least £10 an hour there . |
| 29 | Allied Provincial 's David Shaw said Phonelink estimated that over the coming year , it would need at least £5m to set up a second production site , to buy more data engines and to fund research and development work . |
| 30 | You can use vodka or brandy as a preservative but given these are usually less than 50% proof you would need at least 20ml in a 100ml stock bottle to give a 10% alcoholic solution . |