Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at least three " in BNC.

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1 Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom .
2 I make it a rule to go at least three times .
3 If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party .
4 But Dr Sandler 's circuit has at least three problems .
5 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 .
6 The Queen has at least three palaces , two castles and several houses .
7 To ensure adequate pollination select at least three varieties that pollinate each other .
8 For each period pick at least three greatest successes .
9 As a rule of thumb , drill every point taught at least three times : in the lesson in which it is introduced ; in the next lesson ; in a later lesson .
10 The seven-day programme with each team playing at least three matches includes a spectacular opening ceremony , a gala welcome party with buffet and Irish cabaret , and a Grand Finale Gaelic dinner .
11 The bad news has at least three components .
12 The variable-reluctance stepping motor has at least three phases , but the phase currents need only be switched on or off ; the current polarity is irrelevant to torque production .
13 Each product manufactured by Janssen Chimica is quality tested at least three times , depending upon the requirements .
14 Speakers like Sir David Weatherall from Oxford and Keith Peters from Cambridge all agreed that a proper training means at least three years doing nothing but research .
15 My garden yields at least three species of worm — a small red type , a cream-coloured type and a pale-pink type , all of which are greedily eaten by my cichlids .
16 What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times .
17 The school needs at least three thousand pounds in sponsorship to distribute the video to other schools , youth clubs and community projects .
18 The emergence of retirement in the twentieth century reflects at least three important factors .
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