Example sentences of "[verb] at least [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And since the Budget revision of PEP rules , investors can now place their full £6,000 PEP contribution in a trust which has at least half the portfolio in UK and EC equities , and so benefit from the tax concessions . |
| 2 | Since the Budget revision of PEP rules , investors can now place their full £6,000 PEP contribution in a trust which has at least half the portfolio in UK and EC equities |
| 3 | The smoke had cleared , revealing at least half the school lined up in rows and Miss Hardbroom still in the same position , with the bucket neatly over her head . |
| 4 | So we stayed five days in this backpackers ' , had a look round Auckland , visited MOTAT the Museum of Transport and Technology , opened a bank account , sold the Krugerrands which had been left to us by my Mum and which financed at least half the trip , and recovered from jetlag by sleeping only at night . |
| 5 | Mr Sherwood has offered to raise $1.1billion from the sell-offs , and would use at least half the proceeds to buy back stock from shareholders at $70 a share . |
| 6 | Their cause for concern ; the announcement on Tuesday by Transport Secretary John MacGregor that he intends to transfer at least half the fund 's assets to the Treasury . |
| 7 | The report , citing diplomatic sources , said that the deal had been signed in late 1990 and provided for Myanma to pay at least half the price in rice and timber . |
| 8 | We could raise at least half the cost of a new one by selling the old one . |
| 9 | When he walked into a crowded bar he always found he had at least half the bar to himself . |
| 10 | Bill will have spontaneously suggested at least half the criteria himself . |