Example sentences of "[vb infin] at least [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It will be shown how conclusions based upon the analytical economic framework may need at least some qualification when these other matters are brought into account .
2 Peter Williams , the Salford centre , has been told that the shoulder injury which has kept him out for much of this season will need at least another week to heal .
3 Finally , although it seems clear that many methods of appropriability are far from perfect ( patents , for example , offer only limited protection in most sectors ) , firms can exert at least some control over their knowhow .
4 Marryat 's readers would bring at least some associations and some understanding to this piece of special pleading .
5 A sound lawyer who has found a seat in chambers on the common law side can expect at least some work .
6 Awareness of environment may give at least some idea if it is quiet or not .
7 But it is difficult to believe that directors do not give at least some consideration to the impact of their decisions on employees in any event , regardless of the section .
8 Watertown , Massachusetts-based American Superconductor Corp signed a joint development agreement with Hoechst AG on techniques for making superconducting wires : American Superconductor will get $1.8m from Hoechst over 18 months to speed development and manufacture of high temperature superconductor wires and the German will invest at least another $2m on the programme at its own plants in Frankfurt ; the US firm will also contribute $2.5m of assets to the joint venture and will retain all manufacturing and marketing rights in North America and Mexico ; in Europe , the two will establish operations for joint manufacture and marketing of wires .
9 The finding suggests that vaccination against the virus might prevent at least some cases of Hodgkin 's disease , which attacks 1500 Britons yearly ( The Lancet , vol 337 , p 320 ) .
10 And to try to create jobs for the women so that even if their men are out of work they can provide at least some income .
11 It is hoped that this meagre expedition into social history may provide at least some indication of the extent to which each decade has bred people of differing outlook on sexuality and an indication of the way in which different styles of upbringing and ways of social thinking in the childhood years of successive decades might be expected to affect the outlook and tolerance of adults throughout the varying age groups of society .
12 Income support is the main source of state social security for non-employed lone mothers and most lone mothers will spend at least some time , and often lengthy periods , in receipt of income support .
13 The evidence would suggest at least that Heahberht was established and secured in power in Kent through Offa 's intervention and support .
14 This will cost at least another £25 million in lost electricity production .
15 As I say all these poem 's are very dense and erm if I get round to , to completing them they 'll probably have at least another verse , certainly extra words and rhymes , that open it out and make it a bit more plausible Ours in the night , no I 've got it wrong , sorry , I 've moved on and I should n't 've done
16 They can provide the makings of a common framework for a critical understanding of knowledge which any student on any programme of study should have at least some acquaintance with .
17 So the family , we as a family were better off than the majority of er of families er in so far that er er whilst we were a a fair sized family , we did have at least some income , in the form of unemployment pay er that my father received .
18 In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice .
19 What this suggests is that despite valid criticism of their pretensions as theoretical perspectives , the notion of both a dominant ideology and a false consciousness do have at least some place in a theory of ideology .
20 In principle it would be quite possible for the study of English poetry to begin in a similar ab initio fashion , except that it would be fruitless for someone to embark on it who did not have at least some familiarity with poetry and a wish to read more .
21 As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £60 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available .
22 As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £65 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available .
23 ‘ The Agreement will take at least another month . ’
24 I hope that the succeeding chapters will go at least some way towards building flesh and sinew , face and character — even if it happens to be , as on Tafahi island , a North German face and character — on to the dry , lifeless bones of economists ' figures .
25 They will go at least some way to removing the bottleneck .
26 And that is before you start taking into consideration commercial endorsements and appearance money which , at a conservative guess must add at least another $30–40m .
27 They might get at least some credit if they were seen to be laying better long-term foundations for the economy .
28 When you leave your job , you will probably save at least several pounds a week .
29 A screening programme is a public health measure , and any balanced discussion should make at least some reference to its overall impact on the use of health care resources .
30 He says that the recession ‘ will last at least another year ’ .
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