Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] at [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A judgement is n't expected for at least another 10 days . |
| 2 | The date of the vote has not been announced and is not expected for at least another six weeks . |
| 3 | There is also the additional factor that the analyst who has an interest in the data will often have some idea about values expected for at least some of the samples analysed . |
| 4 | And equivalent results have come from at least some studies using the conditioned suppression procedure ( e.g. Baker and Mercier ( 1982b ) , who compared intervals of 1 day and 5 days ; Hall and Minor ( 1984 ) , who compared 1 day and 8 days ; but see also Crowell and Anderson ( 1972 ) ) . |
| 5 | Similar remarks can be made for at least some examples of metaphor . |
| 6 | Co-existence and co-operation between the two organisations were apparently accepted by members , but these were not easy matters to explain to them or to the hearing world , and met with at least some opposition . |
| 7 | Methods of curriculum planning are inseparable from teachers ' thinking about what has to be planned , and the arrival of the National Curriculum is dictating a much more considered and long-term approach than was adopted in at least some of the classrooms we visited ( NCC 1989 , 1991 ; Alexander et al . |
| 8 | Almost all people , atheists and believers alike , will admit to being spontaneously moved by at least some of it . |
| 9 | It is likely however that Parathion will continue to be used for at least another 18 months before a full ban is implemented . |
| 10 | This brought in new people such as Robert Hunter as head of the Department of Energy Office of Basic Research , and one of his first acts was to reorder some of the research funds.l This caused some research activities to be trimmed at Oak Ridge , Los Alamos and Princeton , where the dt experiment was postponed for at least another three years . |
| 11 | He would have been better still , however , to have decided differently , and to have agreed to at least some of the cases being re-examined for possible pardon . |
| 12 | A report by the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) , details of which were published by the Economy Ministry on Nov. 4 , called for at least another year of economic stringency , noting that by the end of 1991 ( the first year of the three-year stabilization plan which the EC had required when making its February 1991 loan — see pp. 37968 ; 38478 ) the government would have failed to meet its targets for the reduction of inflation and of the public-sector deficit . |
| 13 | Sulawesi and the rest of the Wallacean region have been isolated for at least several hundred thousand years . |
| 14 | With no product launches scheduled for at least another year or so , Sun says , it is interested in using ATM for multimedia networks and distributed processing environments . |
| 15 | His hope of getting rid of at least half of Beador 's worthless debt proved far too sanguine ; if they unloaded a quarter , they would count themselves fortunate . |
| 16 | A home , for any creature , is a place to live , to shelter , protected from at least some of the vicissitudes of existing in this world . |
| 17 | He was presumably known to at least some of his fellow members — who themselves became foundation members of the Veterinary College — in particular the Duke of Northumberland , first president of the College ; Granville Penn , active in the establishment of the College , who became a member of the Society of Arts in 1788 and was in 1791 a steward ; the Earl of Morton ( one of Vial 's patrons ) ; Thomas Pitt FSA , subsequently to be one of the most assiduous attenders of meetings of the College governors , and last , but not least , Arthur Young , a member of the Society of Arts since 1769 . |
| 18 | The Brother 260 Chunky is the only Brother punchcard machine imported to the UK that can knit thread lace , though it can be knitted on at least some of their electronics , including the Brother 950 and 950i . |
| 19 | Despite the well-deserved victory against the Premier League outfit , Cambridge chairman Reg Smart said that nothing would be announced for at least another 24 hours . |
| 20 | Defence orders would be cut to at least half the 1991 rates , and state investment would be reduced by seven- or eight-fold . |
| 21 | If they depart in a state of gloom then the chances of improvement are cut by at least half . |
| 22 | The specimen should be left for at least half an hour for the acetone to evaporate . |
| 23 | The omission is likely to be spotted by at least some members . ’ |
| 24 | Lawyers are now reconsidering the wording of a part of the guidance and it will not be published for at least another week . |
| 25 | probably acquainted with at least some of our hotels ; |
| 26 | Commercial contractual relations had become valuable rights which could be regarded as entitled to at least some of the protection given by the law to property and while it was argued that the plaintiff ought to be satisfied with his action for breach of contract against the party induced , the latter might be incapable of paying all the damages . |
| 27 | Impatience with this position , held by at least some influential members of Mining Awareness , and its lack of aggressive response coupled with the conviction that opposition was now called for ( at least in areas such as Croagh Patrick where prospecting was strongly advanced ) led to the setting up of the Mayo Environmental Group ( MEG ) early in 1989 . |
| 28 | There is an enormous gap between what is required at school and what is required by at least some of the courses at university . |