Example sentences of "[prep] at least [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one hundred and fifty crackers and a tub of at least a hundred blowers ! |
| 2 | It 'll close with the loss of at least a hundred jobs if it 's taken over by the Suffolk-based brewer Greene King . |
| 3 | The maintenance of at least a partial tree cover is particularly advantageous because it guarantees a supply of nutrients via litter fall , as well as affording protection against soil erosion . |
| 4 | Yet schools are prepared to tie up the time of senior staff , in effect the resource equivalent of at least a full-time head of department post , with the vaguest responsibilities for taking difficult pupils away from classrooms . |
| 5 | However , radar reflection spectra did indicate that the surface of Mercury consists largely of dust to a depth of at least a few metres , and that the dust could be composed largely of silicates . |
| 6 | The line should be capable of at least a 60 amp supply and possibly up to 100 amp for a large property or heavy user . |
| 7 | The obvious answer would seem to be : through a plurality of parties , so that any government would have to be a coalition representative of at least a significant number of these diverse Interests and groupings . |
| 8 | Produced by one of those boring names that is usually the guarantee of at least a little hype , but who cares ? |
| 9 | Mr Woodley said the ballot had already achieved its objection of bringing pressure on the receivers and the Government to sanction immediate payments of at least the minimum state redundancy payoff to the 1,600 workers who have already lost their jobs . |
| 10 | Outside Parliament , an all-party Children 's Minimum Campaign Committee had been formed in 1934 ‘ to ensure that no child shall by reason of the poverty of its parents be deprived of at least the minimum food and other requirements for full health ’ . |
| 11 | The poor or null stabilizing effect of GpU indicated that , as it had been shown for the E.coli rrnB P 1 promoter ( 8 ) , the appearance of a complex stable to heparin challenge requires the formation of at least the first phosphodiester bond . |
| 12 | It was performance that drew applause from a press corps relieved to be approaching the end of at least the first election campaign this year , and brought smiles to previously glum ministerial faces . |
| 13 | Full realisation of the meaning of the partial divergence in styles of appeal between parliament and country requires recognition of at least the limited equation of ‘ enthusiasm ’ with popular opinion . |
| 14 | But we need to have a degree of common ownership of at least the broad parameters of what the world may look like , and we then seek the whole time to simplify down and down and down . |
| 15 | A key to the realization of his assets in Spain was a perilous shipment to Peru ; the success of at least the outward journey meant financial relief , but it was not until the war with Spain ended in 1808 that Gibbs 's difficulties really began to abate . |
| 16 | In Freud 's terms , this becomes a joke when both teller and listener , writer and reader , share an appreciation of at least the potential value of that sexuality . |
| 17 | Secondly , and a possible explanation for the first phenomenon , only those companies having on their own staff a group or individual of at least the same calibre and ability as the outside group are likely to achieve success in this type of collaboration . |
| 18 | But there was still a estimated overspend of at least the same amount this year , on top of a deficit of £38 million last year , said BBC spokesman Will Wyatt . |
| 19 | And each of these continued to be important throughout at least the inter-war period . |
| 20 | Firstly , lack of care was associated with at least a threefold increase in the risk of depression , whether the women were working-class or middle-class , and whether the loss was by separation or by death . |
| 21 | RBL seeks to contribute towards the development of set/confidence and ability in continuing education : the student who is able to pursue further studies in later lye and with at least a latent readiness to do so . |
| 22 | Most fields are too large to research convincingly , unless you go into them with at least a provisional focus . |
| 23 | If this peptide plays a significant part in regulating fat consumption , it is interesting to note that dietary fat has a role in colipase regulation with an adaptive response to dietary lipids having been shown with at least a twofold increase in pancreatic procolipase in rats fed a 25–30% lipid containing diet . |
| 24 | A neighbourly area with at least a few houses nearby will not only give company and a better community feeling but also add to security and safety . |
| 25 | As a result , its fields are competitive with a dozen men and women hoping to win the $25,000 first prize , and if not , go away with at least a little piece of the $160,000 prize money . |
| 26 | At least 32 were purchased , with at least a dozen Harvards coming from surplus RCAF stocks . |
| 27 | Probably a majority would recommend treatment of the female sexual partner(s) with at least the first attack of NSU , but , as with gonorrhoea where up to one third of female gonorrhoea contacts can be shown not to have the disease , such a policy of treatment without diagnosis is bound to lead to a certain amount of overtreatment . |
| 28 | Nevertheless it is important that every member of a firm should be familiar with at least the basic arrangements for its administration and should not be denied access to information about the activities of the firm at any level , subject always to their giving reasonable notice . |
| 29 | That we do not treat animals with at least the same respect that we treat such unfortunate human creatures is seen by the liberationists as ‘ speciesism ’ in its purest form based as it is only upon the anatomical difference . |
| 30 | In initiating my original purchase I incur an obligation to make a payment in money , but I in turn have to have a source from which I can acquire the money in the first place , and this will , directly or indirectly , put me into at least a temporary relationship with a great variety of people , including the reader who purchased this book from a bookstall and paid out money , some small fraction of which will eventually find its way back to myself . |