Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] at least [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compact disc is sponsored by the insurer Legal & General and the royalties are expected to raise at least £25,000 for the Aids charities and projects the Trust supports . |
| 2 | Repairs are expected to cost at least £4.5m and work is due to get under way in the next few weeks . |
| 3 | Partners in the effort are thought to include at least Hewlett-Packard Co , IXI Ltd , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc with IBM Corp said to be ‘ considering its position . ’ |
| 4 | But it began to look as though they were destined to attend at least part of the party . |
| 5 | The two men , who are hoping to make at least £2 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society out of sponsorship , will also have contributed to important research into nutrition , diet and the effects of such extreme conditions on the human body . |
| 6 | Andersen has a net book value of $14m , and the listing is expected to raise at least $25m , or approximately £17m at current exchange rates . |
| 7 | — In the past few weeks , Alan Butterfield and Fred Wilcoxson , members of the club committee have received Certificates of Merit from the CIU. — Darlington 's Hopetown and Whessoe Social Club is aiming to raise at least £1,000 for charity before Easter . |
| 8 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 9 | B&C , the one-time star of the financial services sector , is planning to raise at least £130 million from the sale of its Gartmore fund management business which was announced yesterday . |