Example sentences of "[was/were] at least [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that just beyond the narrow sea separating the two countries there were at least fifty warships ready to attack us , with many other smaller ships . |
| 2 | By September there were at least 5,000 missiles deployed along the Suez Canal . |
| 3 | However , in the transformed procyclic line studied by these authors , there were at least 16 copies of the plasmid inserted into the tubulin locus . |
| 4 | The teacher in charge claimed that there were at least nine children who ‘ linguistically could be good partials ’ but not one was attaining anything like his or her true linguistic potential . |
| 5 | There were at least 45 bodies and many more victims were critically injured , the officials said . |
| 6 | The rest of the queue followed close behind him so that there were at least six people on the ladder at the same time . |
| 7 | During the 18th century , there were at least fourteen mills on the Painswick Stream and its tributaries , rising to thirty by the first part of the 19th century . |
| 8 | During March there were at least 14 pairs of frogs , plus toads ( and spawn ) . |
| 9 | The hardwood forest trees in this picture were at least 100 feet tall and took 400 years to grow . |
| 10 | Their ideas were at least 100 years old ’ , complained one senior German at the time . |
| 11 | There were at least five instances of my players being grabbed by the testicles . ’ |
| 12 | By the end of the year there were at least five methods of conducting business , starting at the centre and moving towards the periphery . |
| 13 | ’ Once we had this dance troupe on called Grand Slam , who appeared in leather G-strings and bras , despite the fact that all four of them were at least two stone overweight . |
| 14 | However although fragmentation was a feature evident in the 1960s , in the 1970s there were at least two trends that tended to foster integration : namely the use of common techniques and a more realist approach . |
| 15 | The stepping-stones were at least two inches deep under the fast-flowing water . |
| 16 | There were at least two sons and five daughters from these two marriages . |
| 17 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 18 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 19 | There were at least two miles to go . |
| 20 | In the present case , there were at least two occasions , one immediately before the confession . |
| 21 | He had previously ascertained that there were at least two aircraft with similar radio fits and noted their positions . |
| 22 | There , even on this windy and showery day of late April , there was a stillness and a warmth , and in the flower-beds that had been laid out among the stretches of lush emerald turf the daffodils and narcissi were at least two weeks ahead of their fellows in the outer world . |
| 23 | in taxation but that still the peasant was , even though this might seem like quite a bit , the peasant was still in a better position than he had been previous because rents were at least thirty percent . |
| 24 | There were at least eight people in it , most of them busy . |
| 25 | There were at least 81 coins and included one Edward VI shilling , 23 Elizabeth shillings , 17 of James I , some shillings and half-crowns of Charles I but no Scottish coins . |
| 26 | There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support , if nothing more . |
| 27 | But sitting round the Cabinet table were at least three ex-Chancellors , about four ex-Presidents of the Board of Trade , one ex-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and all of us , I suppose , had our different advisers on economic policy whom we contacted . |
| 28 | ‘ At one point during dinner , Stevens , I would have sworn you were at least three people , ’ she said and laughed . |
| 29 | Upon closer examination , however , it was revealed that there were at least three ways in which such a conclusion would be misleading . |
| 30 | So so so there were at least three pieces of machinery that you could run ? |