Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comments : Fairly large hall with seating for at least 100 people . |
| 2 | The UK government is concerned about the number of deaths caused by careless driving while unfit because of excessive alcohol consumption , and a recent White Paper , The Road User and the Law , recommends among other things , that this offence should carry obligatory disqualification from driving for at least 2 years , an unlimited fine and a maximum penalty of 5 years ' imprisonment ( Lowry , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | Instead he became a prolific journalist , contributing to at least four daily newspapers , as well as several provincial weeklies ; and for a time he assisted Thomas Hansard [ q.v. ] in publishing parliamentary reports . |
| 4 | The company says it will accelerate job cuts this year with its worldwide workforce shrinking by at least 3,400 people . |
| 5 | The Commission suggests setting up red squirrel protection areas consisting of at least 2,000 hectares of mixed species coniferous forest , including Scots pine , Norway spruce , larch and Douglas fir , of various ages . |
| 6 | The Director of Public Prosecutions brings this application for judicial review of these decisions of the single justice on Friday , 16 February ; the first , declining to deal with the issue of the alleged breach of bail condition by Mr. Bell on the ground that that issue could not be resolved by a single justice of the peace but required a court consisting of at least two justices , and the second , to adjourn the hearing of the alleged breach of condition to a court sitting on Monday , 19 February , and to remand Mr. Bell in custody in the intervening period . |
| 7 | The first question is whether the procedure under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 is a matter which calls for a formal hearing by a court consisting of at least two justices . |
| 8 | If , however , you are using an agency capable of providing a reasonable service — even if it is not a ‘ full service agency ’ — you are likely to meet , at one time or another , an account group , consisting of at least five or six people , who will be doing between them all the tasks involved in creating and placing your advertising . |
| 9 | These show that every publication has a class number consisting of at least three digits , but the system permits further sub-divisions allowing as fine a division as is thought to be necessary . |
| 10 | Liverpool solicitor Rex Makin , who is acting for at least seven young people in actions for damages against Gwynedd and Clwyd county councils , said last week there was ‘ no progress ’ on the claims . |
| 11 | If these three are all to be included , the remaining eight players must al be able to bat well , which means that we are looking for at least three allrounders , including the wicketkeeper . |
| 12 | Scientists have been warning for at least 30 years that humankind 's pollution of the atmosphere was about to have serious effect . |
| 13 | Before the study , which was always performed in the morning , all subjects were starved for eight hours , avoided all medicines known to affect the gastrointestinal tract for at least 12 hours , and refrained from smoking for at least 24 hours . |
| 14 | High amplitude propagated contractions ( HAPCs ) were defined as contractions with amplitude of at least 100 mm Hg in at least two recording sites , propagating for at least 30 cm ( over three or more recording sites ) . |
| 15 | And yet , because of a shortage of telephone lines in the old east , and even though the government has a legal monopoly , it will allow the networks to go on operating for at least another year . |
| 16 | Within the SenFed almost every one of those million or so planets is vying with at least some others — for influence , for position , for trade and aid and income . |
| 17 | Get estimates and quotations in writing from at least two firms . |
| 18 | The sample was to be obtained retrospectively : teams were asked to identify relevant cases dating from at least twelve months before the data collection point . |
| 19 | Their relationship became so serious that , according to at least one account , he asked her to marry him . |
| 20 | After all , Frankish nobles were trained from youth , as Charles had been , to ride and to wield weapons , through hunting , wargames , and fights over property and honour in which , according to at least one contemporary canon lawyer 's opinion , killing was no sin . |
| 21 | According to at least some physicists , life can be reduced to a matter of information-processing . |
| 22 | Although around one million people were estimated to be caring for at least 35 hours a week , only 109,000 received ICA in December 1989 . |
| 23 | NeXT has enough cash to keep it going for at least 18 months , according to Jobs , whilst its ballyhoo 'd initial public offering is now unlikely before 1994 , he says . |
| 24 | If I was sure I was going to at least 10 home matches next season Id get a kop season ticket straight away ! |
| 25 | If you are under eighteen you could join a pony club , which involves you going to at least two meetings a year . |
| 26 | In the first half Leeds played the better and deserved to be leading by at least 2 goals . |
| 27 | Figure 1 and Table I show net fluid transport measured during control conditions lasting for at least 45 minutes in rats injected with the larvae and in those not exposed to the nematode ( control rats ; Fig 1 ) . |
| 28 | Although not without difficulties of interpretation , these experiments establish a case for presynaptic changes lasting for at least several hours . |
| 29 | Net fluid transport was calculated from registration periods lasting for at least 15 minutes and related to the serosal surface area measured after the experiment . |
| 30 | Firstly , for many it can help to control body weight because regular , vigorous exercise lasting for at least 20 to 30 minutes increases your energy output and helps you use up body fat . |