Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were told that after 1948 the revenue sought to tax at least two categories of employees in receipt of in-house benefits . |
| 2 | The government still intends to introduce Islam 's sharia law , but only once the people have been ‘ educated ’ , a process expected to take at least three years . |
| 3 | At its official relaunch , the new party leadership promised to field at least 250 candidates , and to concentrate on " politically interesting " seats , although it admitted that it could not win any . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The judge , Mr Justice Waterhouse , said the death wound had needed at least moderate force . |
| 8 | The Israeli-Syrian track got off to the fastest start last year , when the new Rabin government promised to trade at least some of the Golan Heights for peace . |
| 9 | In Mozambique early reports said that drought had affected at least 3,000 hectares of maize in Gaza province . |
| 10 | On leaving the squadron did take at least two of its old Hurricane Is with it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The stranding had left at least 28 pilot whales dead . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Every house seemed to have at least one , sometimes several , of the distinctive mud-baked nests under its eaves . |
| 18 | Military stores , every musketeer had to have at least two metres of match which was a fairly thick cord , which was used to ignite his musket , and if you start thinking about how many musketeers there were around in Oxford , a whole lot of match had to be stored . |