Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 2 | To use VidiPC you will need at least a 286 AT computer with 640Kb of RAM and a hard disk with enough room to store several images . |
| 3 | Fingers has a certain visual appeal , but you do need at least a 386 and 3Mb of memory to run it . |
| 4 | Once dissolved , there is no Parliament until the next one meets ; it is yet another endearingly eccentric feature of the constitution of this cradle of democracy that its law provides that , at least once in every five years , it shall undergo at least a short spell of autocracy . |
| 5 | This is something that you may feel a need to be sure of , and it is quite possible to devise tests which will give at least a good indication of the likely impact of the ad in these terms . |
| 6 | Without submarine work , Rosyth would run at only a third of capacity for its MoD work . ’ |
| 7 | The inquiry will look at why a Civil Aviation Authority directive and British Aerospace alerts apparently failed to prevent the accident . |
| 8 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 9 | Although some women with trichomonal infection in the vagina may remain symptomless , the majority will develop at least a vaginal discharge . |
| 10 | Residents pay for their care according to their means and all will have at least a minimum amount of money for personal use . |
| 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 | Candidates should have at least a good Second Class Honours degree ( or the equivalent ) . |
| 13 | The legal protection of Ritchie 's ancient monument will have at least a dual purpose ; the prevention of future damage to the structure , and the recognition of an addition to our heritage . |
| 14 | A major part of the effort in user education in university and polytechnic libraries is the preparation of guides to the subject literature , guides to individual reference works , guides to particular forms of literature , guides to techniques of information handling etc , and there are few libraries in these sectors who do not have at least a dozen in current production . |
| 15 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 16 | This does not mean that every doctor must marry a nurse and that a Greek professor should immediately set out to teach his bride Greek on their honeymoon , but partners do have the responsibility to educate each other in the basic rudiments of their profession so that when they begin to share their victories or challenges , the other will have at least a basic working knowledge to understand the story being told . |
| 17 | You will now have at least a nodding acquaintance with twelve reference books . |
| 18 | I do n't know how you 're going to get it , but you know how deep the shit will be if you do n't produce at least a hundred thousand pounds … ’ |
| 19 | These atoms , as we have seen , are spewed out from dying stars ; but it would take at least a billion years for a star to use up all its helium energy and explode , hence life could not exist in a universe consisting of the shortest-living stars , since the necessary elements such as carbon would not exist . |
| 20 | over the figure set by the Government will mean at least a 9 per cent . |
| 21 | You got ta go at least a hundred |
| 22 | But if the West Bank can not accommodate them , will they accept a political settlement which does not allow at least a substantial proportion to return to Galilee ? |
| 23 | Television income and match sponsorship will add at least a further £30,000 to the day 's takings . |
| 24 | TRADITIONAL Commonwealth growers of bananas in the Caribbean and their importers , such as Fyffes and Geest , will breathe at least a temporary sigh of relief after the European Commission finally made up its mind to extend the present quota-based system in the single market next year . |
| 25 | You should save at least a third on the cost of an equivalent conventionally built house . |
| 26 | The verbal system may operate at either a semantic or acoustic level and the non-verbal system according to the kind of transformations ( such as inversion , rotation , size reduction ) that can be performed on visual images . |
| 27 | Wycliffe decided to call off the search which would release at least a dozen men to return to normal duties . |
| 28 | In such situations the ability to defend nature conservation resources is strengthened where the resource can earn at least a partial return from the market . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd say at least a dozen . ’ |