Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any mention of radiocarbon dating necessarily involves at least a reference to dendrochronology , and the basic principles of this powerful technique are therefore also outlined ( see p.125 ) . |
| 2 | The customer has relaxed sufficiently to volunteer at least a couple of personal details ( about outside interests , family , etc ) . |
| 3 | He repudiated his first wife and married a recognised Judaic princess , thereby seeking at least a form of legal sanction . |
| 4 | Since the acquisition of premises ( other than where the entrepreneur purchases the premises as a going concern and merely takes over an existing catering enterprise ) normally involves at least a change of use and often the development of the premises , planning permission is required . |
| 5 | It seems its very high speeds are only achieved occasionally , when pursuing food or escaping , and it normally cruises at about a third or a half of its rapid dashes . |
| 6 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 7 | He desperately needed at least a neutral , if not a friendly neighbour to the north . |
| 8 | H. lapillus will usually spend at least a day on each prey item and in some instances the time may be nearer a week . |
| 9 | Similarly , poster campaigns usually last at least a month , and frequently three . |
| 10 | Concern for the loss of such an important economic resource led to research on population dynamics and resulted in close seasons for hunting , even though all the Canadian provinces and 47 of the United States still allow at least a limited harvest of wild mink . |
| 11 | If there is a doubt as to its meaning , the question will usually have at least a central kernel of meaning that is relatively clear . |
| 12 | Progress becomes slower as the front face of the square-cut buttress is neared , and the though provoking and insecure terrain usually brings at least a temporary halt to the proceedings . |
| 13 | FEATHERWEIGHT Paul Griffin went through the pain barrier to courageously secure at least a bronze medal in the European Championships in Turkey . |
| 14 | Yet it also represented at least a first step towards an institutional framework for dialogue between State and commoners . |
| 15 | As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level . |
| 16 | SCOTLAND now has at least a tenuous connection with the WBC heavyweight championship contest between the holder , Lennox Lewis , and Tommy Tucker in Las Vegas in May . |
| 17 | And I now know at least a few words in Greek , Italian and Portuguese ! ’ |
| 18 | Well , my interest in allegory really began at quite a different point . |
| 19 | My interest in allegory really began at quite a different point . |
| 20 | You will now have at least a nodding acquaintance with twelve reference books . |
| 21 | He now faces at least a heavy fine ; perhaps even a jail sentence . |
| 22 | well — there is still some kind of hope ( NOT ! i guess ) — but i still ca n't see why he was not even given at least a whole second-half this season . |
| 23 | The first jobs through the system should be paralleled through the current process as well to provide at least a degree of insurance against total disaster . |
| 24 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 25 | How do you adhere to the HN Unit Specification and yet provide at least a context which makes it fully your own college 's HNC/D . |
| 26 | It was not in fact until a newly legalised Solidarity had been successful at the polls and formed a majority administration in 1989 that the making of public policy began again to command at least a minimum of public acceptability . |