Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff at executive and managerial level were expected to speak at least two foreign languages ; German and English or French ) . |
| 2 | A hiatal hernia was considered to be present if during endoscopy gastric folds were seen extending at least 2 cm above the diaphragmatic hiatus during quiet respirations . |
| 3 | According to the state-owned newspaper L'Union , one soldier and one civilian died in the rebellion , and 52 people were arrested ; those arrested were thought to include at least 20 GPP supporters . |
| 4 | Now all the larger ones were beginning to have at least some capacity of this kind . |
| 5 | Throughout the study subjects were asked to complete at least one seven point home blood glucose monitoring profile a week and to collect a series of capillary blood samples simultaneously with the home monitoring profile at least once a fortnight . |
| 6 | Osborne , a 20-year-old crane driver of Leicester , was recommended to serve at least 10 years . |
| 7 | The levy , which would be effective until June 30 , 1992 , was designed to raise at least 20,000 million pesos in additional revenue . |
| 8 | Last night , the League was expected to have at least 26 seats in the 315-seat Senate and at least 60 in the 430-seat Chamber of Deputies . |
| 9 | There are other potential imports which are less apparent ; mercury , for instance , was used to gild at least some of the metalwork in England at this time ( Oddy 1980 ) . |
| 10 | By early November the rebel movement was reported to be in control of one-third of the country , and by the end of the month UNITA was thought to have at least nominal control of two-thirds of the country and thus to be in a stronger position than before the May 1991 Bicesse Peace Accord between the government and UNITA [ see p. 38180 ] . |
| 11 | ‘ I was intending to spend at least one night mid-week at home . ’ |
| 12 | His pulse and blood pressure were recorded regularly and he was encouraged to drink at least 2 litres of fluid a day . |
| 13 | said : ‘ I was hoping to make at least one sale while I was here , but I did n't expect it to be so soon . ’ |
| 14 | Preliminary details of the new law stipulated that any political party was required to have at least 50 founding members and to give an undertaking to work within the Constitution to qualify for registration . |