Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Truman indicated on 11 August that American forces should if possible occupy Dairen and a port in Korea as soon as Japan surrendered without awaiting the formal surrender of Japan : the latter could not occur until approximately a fortnight after surrender . |
| 32 | The OFT will look at why a cartridge which trade sources say can be made for less than £10 can cost up to £65 . |
| 33 | With stalagmitic calcite , the position of the calcite in relation to the archaeological levels will provide at least a terminus result , and in some cases the archaeology may fortuitously be sandwiched between two datable calcite layers . |
| 34 | H. lapillus will usually spend at least a day on each prey item and in some instances the time may be nearer a week . |
| 35 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 36 | ‘ But does he look the sort of person who 'd sign with just an initial ? ’ |
| 37 | This will depend on where a congregation is . |
| 38 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 39 | FEATHERWEIGHT Paul Griffin went through the pain barrier to courageously secure at least a bronze medal in the European Championships in Turkey . |
| 40 | If that rose even to 1.5 , travel times would drop by nearly a quarter and pollution by around a fifth . |
| 41 | People , Let's relax for just a sec and not get carried away with talk of 7–0 victories over twenty years ago , a lucky , boring 1–0 will do wonderfully well . |
| 42 | The doctor had told me that it was probable that he would die from either an infection or a brain haemorrhage . |
| 43 | Issues to be considered include the use of water , water disposal and atmospheric emissions — in fact anything which could impinge on how a field may be developed . ’ |
| 44 | But the principal aim of the study is to help develop at least a framework of analysis , in a seriously neglected area of research : the nature and logic of industrial relations in state enterprises . |
| 45 | There are plenty of theories , and plenty of assumptions , many of which may have at least a part of the truth . |
| 46 | It is advisable that the social worker should have at least a knowledge of the laws of various churches on sexual and marital affairs which enables him or her to seek advice from the right source if a client might be affected . |
| 47 | Trainees should have at least a week to complete this but they can be helped with a list of the key components their responses should contain : |
| 48 | It would take at least a generation to find and train effective top management cadres for the English regions Reorganisation of the management of English government on this scale would cause a decade of chaos in local services . ’ |
| 49 | But now only the grim reality of a rebuilding task , which could take at least a generation , occupies the minds of those struggling to put their newly independent countries on their feet . |
| 50 | And even if the tests show there is no serious problem , he will take at least a couple of weeks to build up his strength again . |
| 51 | So I said There 's no way that what you 've just told me will go in an hour , I said It 'll take at least a couple of hours and what about all the small stuff he 'll have in the house ? |
| 52 | Scientists estimate that the ozone layer would take at least a century to fully recover and regenerate itself . |
| 53 | It is made from fermented soya beans and the whole process of producing the sauce should take at least a year . |
| 54 | Mr Graham White , of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust , said : ‘ It will take at least a year or 18 months of continuous rain to bring this river back to what it once was , and persuade the swans to stay . ’ |
| 55 | According to one estimate in the Financial Times of Feb. 28 , it would take at least a year to restore full electricity supplies to the capital . |
| 56 | Having decided that it would take at least a month for Praia do Carvoeiro to be slotted into Vitor 's hectic schedule again , Ashley was surprised when the black BMW drew up outside her house a couple of weeks later . |
| 57 | Issues that should take at least an hour of discussion with colleagues , as well as with the pupil concerned , have to be dealt with in two minutes at the staffroom door during break . |
| 58 | It will take by then a matter of weeks to determine the complete DNA sequence of such a gene . |
| 59 | They should go they should go for quite a number of years . |
| 60 | They 'll only be there for about twenty four hours , they 'll go for about a week but they 're spending most of it with er , Deborah down at erm , Bambury |