Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it meant that Cindy Hill had revealed at least some of whatever it was that bothered her , which was a good thing , really . |
| 2 | There was no " hurdle " to surmount if representation were to be won ( in West Germany parties had to poll at least 5 per cent of the vote to enter parliament ) . |
| 3 | At the meetings called in different villages , some proposed a raid on the Rebecca , as the new sloop was called ; others planned to murder the guards in the food stores behind the stockade at Belmont and set them on fire ; but when Dulé and his companions sailed in from Oualie to discuss the best strategy , they suggested slow , persistent attrition : waylaying the occasional soldier or watch outside the compound , or in the sturdy dwellings of the English leaders , until the islanders had accumulated at least twenty guns , as well as the necessary tackle to go with them , the gunpowder kegs and pouches for shot , the ramrods to load the barrels . |
| 4 | Most of his informants had spent at least four years in Britain , and had left Jamaica after the age of sixteen ( pp. 47 – 8 ) . |
| 5 | From 1833 , when he obtained his first two commissions including the period of his partnership with Moffatt between 1839 and 1845 , Scott had completed at least 167 new buildings and 65 restorations . |
| 6 | Almost all of the designated districts had declared at least one improvement area , and about one-quarter of declarations were in commercial or commercial/ industrial areas . |
| 7 | The Staffel had claimed at least 42 victories , of which 20 ( including one over Yugoslavia ) had been credited to Müncheberg , whose score now stood at 43 . |
| 8 | ‘ Much of the poetry studied was contemporary or near-contemporary , although many classes had encountered at least one poem by a first world war poet . ’ |
| 9 | Chad announced that on Oct. 30 , 1989 , its troops had killed at least 600 members of the so-called Libyan Islamic Legion and had destroyed an important military base belonging to that force on the Sudan-Chad border . |
| 10 | On Sept. 23 the human rights organization Amnesty International alleged that government troops had killed at least 300 people in Juba in the previous three months . |
| 11 | Military reports showed the KPNLF offensive launched on Saturday had made quick initial progress , he said , and troops had captured at least 10 government positions and large quantities of weapons . |
| 12 | Thirty-six of the unemployed ( 62 per cent ) had never worked since leaving school , while the rest had had at least one job during that time , but had subsequently become unemployed . |
| 13 | The strike had involved at least 44,000 of the country 's miners in wildcat sympathy actions and had resulted in 3,700 arrests and 71 casualties . |
| 14 | Indeed , by 1922 each of the party 's nine regions had organized at least three regional conferences , many of which were addressed by Wake , Arthur Henderson , the secretary , and a ‘ star speaker ’ . |
| 15 | Donna had managed to disguise the worst of the bruising on her top lip beneath some foundation cream and a little rouge had given at least some artificial colour to her cheeks , but as she pulled down the sun-visor on the driver 's side and peered into the mirror she realized she looked as tired as she felt . |
| 16 | The judge , Mr Justice Waterhouse , said the death wound had needed at least moderate force . |
| 17 | Complete results of the July 29 elections were not available as of mid-August , but according to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Aug. 16 the MPRP had received at least 60 per cent of the votes and had won over 340 of the 430 seats in the People 's Great Hural . |
| 18 | In Mozambique early reports said that drought had affected at least 3,000 hectares of maize in Gaza province . |
| 19 | It would have been better , however , if Seikosha had included at least one more as standard . |
| 20 | It would have been better , however , if Seikosha had included at least one more as standard . |
| 21 | Conducted by Justice Richard Goldstone , the inquiry found that the force used by policemen was " quite immoderate and disproportionate to any lawful object sought to be obtained " , that the police had killed at least 11 people by opening fire on a protest march , and that they had shot at least 127 people who were trying to run away . |
| 22 | Sergeant Bird had seen at least five different faces . |
| 23 | Thirdly , Section 28 brings increased uncertainty into the librarian 's position with respect to censorship and the law — just after the News International case had clarified at least one aspect of it . |
| 24 | By six the same evening the route had received at least five repeat ascents , and because of its relatively modest grade should stay very popular . |
| 25 | The stranding had left at least 28 pilot whales dead . |
| 26 | Since October 1987 the NPA had killed at least 10 US military personnel , the most recent attack occurring on May 13 when two US airmen were shot dead outside Clark Field . |
| 27 | Practically all the interviewees had made at least one and frequently several attempts to come off . |
| 28 | A report in the Washington Post of April 10 said that the plan presented by Solomon outlined four distinct phases : ( i ) at the time of the signing of an international agreement on Cambodia the USA and Vietnam would enter into normalization discussions ; the USA would also officially approve visits by US business and veterans ' groups to Vietnam ; ( ii ) with the establishment of a US transitional presence in Cambodia , the US would partially lift its trade embargo against Vietnam and Cambodia ; the second phase would also require increased accounting for US MIAs ; ( iii ) the third phase would begin after the UN process in Cambodia had lasted at least six months and would include the establishment of US and Vietnamese diplomatic offices in Hanoi and Washington respectively , a full lifting of the US trade embargo against Vietnam and an easing of US opposition to international bank lending to Vietnam ; the third phase would also involve further substantial progress in accounting for US MIAs ; ( iv ) the final phase would follow UN-supervised elections in Cambodia and would include full normalization of US diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam and Cambodia as well as support for international bank lending . |
| 29 | By a special act of Parliament every railway company had to run at least one train each day for which the fare was one penny a mile . |
| 30 | The goddess had repelled at least ten attempts on her virginity , but the success of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing in 1953 created a demand that is still not satisfied . |