Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [adv] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the theories proposed for the phenomenon is wholly satisfactory but there is evidence that requires us to accept at least some aspects of several of them . |
| 2 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 3 | Thirdly , even if people were inclined to shop around actively for credit , the practices of lenders themselves are likely to set at least some limits to their ability to do this . |
| 4 | - Nigel Lawson , Chancellor of the Exchequer ‘ Politicians are poor prophets , but the unlucky creatures have to try , because we are elected to look at least some distance ahead . ’ |
| 5 | What seems to make this possible is the fact that information is not costless to receive or exploit , and the expertise necessary to take full advantage of spillovers can provide the wedge that innovating firms need to appropriate at least some benefits from their innovative activities . |
| 6 | I appeal to the Minister to give at least some consideration to how far the environmental statement should come from a neutral source rather than from the promoters . |
| 7 | If the narrative of the drama continues from one day to the next , it makes sense to do at least some drama in the classroom most days . |
| 8 | Some industry pundits predict that NT will usurp Unix and OS/2 to become the server operating system of choice , especially as it will offer the ability to run at least some applications designed for OS/2 or Unix . |
| 9 | In particular , given the ambiguity of economic analysis , policy has to identify rules or presumptions to indicate the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable market conduct and structure , but it has to offer at least some scope for the parties involved in such cases to argue countervailing efficiency benefits . |
| 10 | Now all the larger ones were beginning to have at least some capacity of this kind . |
| 11 | But no matter how fluently you speak English you are likely to have at least some problems when you write it . |
| 12 | He also justified the £90,000 initial payment made to Mr Michels : ‘ When a plc — and one widely understood to have at least some problems — needs to attract a high-flier from a perfectly secure position with another plc , a joining fee of this sort is not in the least unusual . ’ |
| 13 | In a development that is expected to have at least some impact on the current jockeying for positions between the Unix factions , a 200-person UK software engineering firm , Praxis Systems plc , Bath , has now completed an evaluation ANDF installer for the Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc , which it says , ‘ exceeded the original performance targets . ’ |
| 14 | Mr. Thomas Graham ( Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ) : The new clause offers Scottish people the opportunity to have at least some confidence in the Government 's attitude to the privatisation of the bus service . |
| 15 | He knew enough psychology to have at least some insight into what those early shaming and terrifying experiences had done to her . |
| 16 | It seems very likely that although there seems to be little in the idea of subliminal advertising , it is quite possible for a familiar ad for a familiar product to have at least some effect of reinforcing a favourable attitude without , to all intents and purposes , being consciously noted by the consumer at all . |
| 17 | Rather than suggesting a different incentive system , which would enable the agency to maintain at least some timber harvesting in many of the forests on the list , the agency is deliberately limiting its options . |
| 18 | Despite the power of Barro 's ‘ equivalence theorem ’ , it seems reasonable to acknowledge at least some role for government bonds in the definition of NW in addition to fiat money . |
| 19 | I happen to like at least some pictures by Mondrian : you may respond to them by asking why anyone should get paid for drawing coloured squares . |
| 20 | If you really enjoy cooking you will probably want to be able to take at least some meals in the kitchen and to have as much space as possible for herbs , spices , pots and pans , cook books and all the other impedimenta collected by the keen cook , quite apart from generous food storage and good kitchen aids . |
| 21 | A conciliatory statement by Eisenhower on 20 January 1960 ( which may in itself have given the Soviet leadership the impression that a little meddling in Cuba would not incur serious repercussions ) was vociferously denounced by the PSP , creating an additional source of pressure on the Kremlin to make at least some show of solidarity with Castro 's ‘ small country struggling alone ’ . |
| 22 | And imprisonment ensures that the offender is deprived of the opportunity to commit at least some kinds of offence for the duration . |
| 23 | Even in the absence of information about place and time of original utterance , even in the absence of information about the speaker / writer and his intended recipient , it is often possible to reconstruct at least some part of the physical context and to arrive at some interpretation of the text . |