Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] least [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Rhoda would open the tin and foil once a week or at least once a fortnight before Christmas to soak the cloth with more bourbon before resealing it .
2 If you do not use an object once a day , or at least once a week , it does not deserve prime storage space ( that is within easy reach and somewhere between knee and eye level ) .
3 The original conception of ‘ the return of Mrs. Porter ’ would be pointless , or at least only a prolongation of horror , since life itself and the regeneration of it are seen , at bottom , as hideous .
4 Consultations at the highest political level shall take place as often as required , and at least once a year .
5 Her sisters-in-law excluded her from their gossip ; the servants behaved towards her with greater formality and at least once a day she was summoned to Dona Marguerita 's room to sit with her and listen to her talking about the family 's history and her hopes and ambitions for João .
6 Accumulation of dirt and refuse , often a source of odour nuisance , must be removed from floors daily and at least once a week floors must be cleaned .
7 Eva would drink champagne and watch television in bed , which shocked me , and at least once a week she said she was determined to take us all to London for good .
8 In addition , the schoolmaster was obliged to say Mass each Sunday and holy day , and at least twice a week , at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish church .
9 I did a lot of my socialising at the barracks and at least twice a week would stagger down the King 's Road towards my bedsit .
10 But at least once a week , they hunt for meat .
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