Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] at [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conventional wars have traditionally been very lengthy affairs : the American Civil War and both World Wars were all far longer than expected ; all going on for at least a year . |
| 2 | I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half . |
| 3 | However , a steady increase in new cases among heterosexuals would carry on for at least the medium term . |
| 4 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 5 | Thin sections for etching should be left a little thicker than usual , after being taken down to at least the 600F Carborundum stage . |
| 6 | It is on such schemes that they intend to bring regional levels of unemployment back down to at least the June 1990 low point of 107,000 and lower . |
| 7 | Both were with the SAAF through to at least the early 1980s . |
| 8 | Some 30 kilometres to the north of Collias is the beautifully unspoiled medieval town of Uzes — try to stop off for at least an hour to explore its maze of cobbled streets . |
| 9 | With current failure rates of around 1% a year a new design that was a 30% improvement over an older one ( a truly radical improvement ) would require a trial of many thousands of patients followed up for at least a decade before a significant difference could be shown . |
| 10 | Everybody ended up with at least a bit of the meat — apart , that is , from the top male Kendo and a few of the shyer females . |
| 11 | After coming up with at least an estimate of your starting point , you need to decide where you want to go . |
| 12 | Indeed , there is a time lag in the uptake of many research ideas of up to at least a decade in some instances ( 18 ) . |
| 13 | For a time , Freames was used for the manufacture of chemicals and later became known as Crystal Fountain Mill , then for the production of shoddy and mattress stuffing up to at least the Second World War . |
| 14 | But St Helens winger Anthony Sullivan damaged knee and ankle ligaments and will be out for at least a month . |
| 15 | I 'll be out for at least a fortnight . ’ |
| 16 | By 1765 , when de Broglie submitted his plan to King Louis XV , the French government already had in their archives detailed invasion schemes going back for at least a century . |
| 17 | The £100m West Midlands Metro project has been put back for at least a year after the Treasury imposed transport budget cuts . |
| 18 | Rescue excavations are those conducted on sites that are threatened with destruction and should be carried out to at least the same standards as found on research excavations . |
| 19 | Most ancient silver was extracted from argentiferous ( silver-rich ) lead by cupellation , a process dating back to at least the second millennium BC , which involved oxidising the lead to molten litharge ( lead oxide ) , leaving the relatively unreactive silver as the metal . |
| 20 | It dates back to at least the fifth century BC and is still carried out today at the roadside in parts of Asia . |
| 21 | The fragments have a long and complex history since their discovery , dating back to at least the sixteenth century . |
| 22 | Overt attempts to achieve this date back to at least the ‘ cogwheel ’ Reports of 1967–69 . |
| 23 | Low-growing , almost mat-like , with white daisy flowers in summer , chamomile dates back to at least the time of the ancient Egyptians who are said to have used it for curing ague . |
| 24 | Because of the early establishment of the Danish Cancer Registry we were able to show that this potential association dates back to at least the 1940s . |
| 25 | Such reclining figures , clasping either a cornucopia or an urn ( and sometimes both ) , date back to at least the mid-sixteenth century ( for example at the Villa Lante at Bagnaia in Italy ) and were a commonplace in late seventeenth-century Baroque gardens ( for example at Vaux-le-Vicomte , Versailles and Het Loo ) . |
| 26 | By the time of the French revolution three main classes of diplomat were generally recognised : the ambassador , with or without the title of " extraordinary " ; the envoy or envoy extraordinary , often with the additional designation of " minister plenipotentiary " ; and the resident , or now more commonly minister resident ( the term " minister " as a somewhat vague diplomatic title went back to at least the mid-sixteenth century ) . |
| 27 | The germ of several measures whereby Britain ( and other states ) might receive assistance can be traced back to at least the autumn of 1938 . |
| 28 | The drought has already set one project , a national food reserve , back by at least a year . |
| 29 | It is only fair to say , in conclusion , that the short versus long copy debate has gone on since at least the twenties . |
| 30 | If we do not oppose him by force then we must be willing to see all that we love and value go under for at least a generation . |