Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Thomas Graham ( Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ) : The new clause offers Scottish people the opportunity to have at least some confidence in the Government 's attitude to the privatisation of the bus service . |
| 2 | And imprisonment ensures that the offender is deprived of the opportunity to commit at least some kinds of offence for the duration . |
| 3 | It would be more accurate to say that very few spent less than seven or eight years in the trade , the majority spent at least 10–12 years , while about a fifth remained in the trade for life . |
| 4 | The Buid perform at least five different kinds of animal sacrifice , each intended for a different type of spirit . |
| 5 | Baker insisted that the delegation include at least one deportee and one person with East Jerusalem links . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ To do all we need in order to deviate the lava means at least 30 working hours . |
| 7 | There are enough members in the North-East to demand at least one visit a season from their team . |
| 8 | One of them Michael Huskison , who took photographs of the incident , said he saw the horse whipped at least 15 times . |
| 9 | In January 1991 the Supreme Court ruled that the adjournment was in breach of the Constitution ( which contained an obligation for the legislature to meet at least three times a year ) , causing Namaliu to announce that the legislature would reconvene in May . |
| 10 | The Queen has at least three palaces , two castles and several houses . |
| 11 | In 1981 Sharpe ( p. 5 ) pointed to an ‘ unresolved tension ’ in central local relationships arising from the ambiguous status of local government , which is subordinate to Parliament , but at the same time ‘ has the potential for independent power ’ through being elected and by having the capacity to raise at least some of its revenue by local taxation . |
| 12 | A. Every single working day , the machine undergoes at least one quality control test using a sample with a known quantity of cholesterol , and often a second sample at a different level . |
| 13 | Only 48pc of the ballot papers sent out were returned to the Electoral Reform Society and , despite a 72pc vote against independence , the law requires at least half of all parents to take part before the result can stand . |
| 14 | The duplication encompasses at least several tens of kilobases and is likely to extend beyond the immediate boundaries defined by the YAC clones yA4C5 and yA136E7 . |
| 15 | Adoption of this system has not only avoided the need to employ at least two clerical assistants . |
| 16 | He said the town needed at least 60 tonnes of aid a day . |
| 17 | The Group 's share of results of associated undertakings [ hereafter called associated companies ] is included in respect of companies in which the Group owns at least 20 per cent of the equity and over which it exerts significant influence . |
| 18 | The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 allows local authorities to appoint assistants to political groups to help councillors in those groups with their duties as councillors , Each of the three largest political groups is allowed to make one such appointment , provided that the group contains at least one-tenth of the membership of the council . |
| 19 | The REAG was expected to recommend contracts under the NFFO offering at least 10 to 15 years of premium prices for electricity generated through renewable means . |
| 20 | However , the predicate displays at least one of the characteristics of a semantic dependant , and that is that it is expected to bring to the construction semantic traits not encapsulated in the subject ; furthermore , in cases of pleonasm , it is the predicate whose specificity must be increased to achieve normality : |
| 21 | The physiotherapist needs at least one plinth ( treatment couch ) , which , at about 40 inches ( about 1 metre ) , is wider than a manipulation couch , which is usually about 24 inches ( 60cm ) wide . |
| 22 | Eventually we began to feel that the Inspector had at least some leanings towards our point of view . |
| 23 | The root has at least two children , unless it is a leaf . |
| 24 | ‘ In my view the Government made at least one fundamental mistake when drawing up the legislation , by ensuring that it was the duty of the regulating authority to pay most of the cost of updating old permissions to modern standards . |
| 25 | An offer to climb Mount Everest had to be passed up because of work commitments — the journey takes at least two months . |
| 26 | Located in Sudan , the city covered at least sixty acres and included a 100-foot high mudbrick temple . |
| 27 | This can , in theory , be of any amount , provided the subscribers to the memorandum take at least one share each . |
| 28 | Mr. Howell submits that the final paragraph of the letter discloses at least two errors of approach : first , the statement that the daughter 's academic ability was ‘ not part of our remit ; ’ second , the statement that the panel ‘ felt unable to override the stipulation of the Act . ’ |
| 29 | The breakage of the mandible differentiates at least four groups of predator . |
| 30 | Rather than suggesting a different incentive system , which would enable the agency to maintain at least some timber harvesting in many of the forests on the list , the agency is deliberately limiting its options . |