Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] at least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schumpeter produces at least two definitions , closely similar in spirit to one another : ‘ Democracy means only that the people have the opportunity of accepting or refusing the men who are to rule them ’ . |
| 2 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 3 | Everyone who has regular dealings with Brussels needs at least one such directory . |
| 4 | The rulers of Byzantium drew at least some of their supplies from India . |
| 5 | The travel agent admits he 's in the wrong and says he 's trying to ensure that Norman Culliford gets at least some of his money back . |
| 6 | The FAO expects at least 10 million hectares a year to be cleared between now and 2050 because of population pressures . |
| 7 | Elizabeth became Dame Bludden , and Hester had at least one other daughter who married George Farrington . |
| 8 | A conciliatory statement by Eisenhower on 20 January 1960 ( which may in itself have given the Soviet leadership the impression that a little meddling in Cuba would not incur serious repercussions ) was vociferously denounced by the PSP , creating an additional source of pressure on the Kremlin to make at least some show of solidarity with Castro 's ‘ small country struggling alone ’ . |
| 9 | The recent decision of the Russian government to revive its nuclear-energy programme indicates that the Soviet common joint energy grid , once the largest in the world , may help Russia to restore at least some economic control over its former empire . |
| 10 | For those savers who are prepared to lock up their minimum deposit of £5,000 for six months there is the Interest Assured Bond paying at least 11.5 per cent net . |
| 11 | Reg looked at least three divisions better than anyone else on the park , and many of us thought it incomprehensible of ‘ Bencey ’ to literally drag him off after only five minutes . |
| 12 | Instability in Mali sent at least 15,000 Tuareg refugees fleeing into the southern Algerian departments of Tamanrasset , Adrar and Illizi . |
| 13 | The most imperative need of all when it comes to Lord 's where leg spinners often make their presence felt , is for England to have at least two left handers and to see how Warne gets on against them . |
| 14 | But Dr McNab had at least one attentive listener and that was Dr Dunstaple . |
| 15 | Although there are 45 OSFers and 105 outsiders working on the project , Gossel said at least one of these , Hewlett-Packard , is working without a contract but that it is a perfectly normal situation at OSF . |
| 16 | Alison Kelly sees at least four distinct senses in which it can be argued that science is masculine . |
| 17 | The Donald Morris Gallery of Detroit and New York reported a total of fifteen sales ‘ of five or six figures ’ by such artists as Aristide Maillol and Alexander Calder , and Peter Findlay sold at least two big ticket works by Mary Cassatt and Emil Nolde . |
| 18 | Although they have yet to fully scrutinise the book , sources close to Venables cite at least four areas in which action might be appropriate . |
| 19 | Using the documents as collateral , Onoue borrowed at least 200,000 million yen from 12 financial institutions including the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) and Fuji Bank , to finance her heavy investment in the stock market . |
| 20 | Ideally Nato required at least 30 or 40 divisions at the start of hostilities . |
| 21 | Clearly Artai exhibited at least one mutated characteristic . |
| 22 | The workers feel the package is derisory , particularly as they have accepted minimum wage rises over the past few years and Yarrow has at least three years ' work on its books . |
| 23 | Rain and flooding in the Danube basin in Germany and Austria killed at least nine people in early August ; flooding and tornadoes reported on Aug. 8 killed a further 27 people near the Soviet Black Sea resort of Sochi . |
| 24 | In some more recent translations of the New Testament , he is named as such , making it explicit , even to lay readers , that Jesus included at least one Zealot — one political extremist — among his immediate followers . |
| 25 | We know that Julian had at least two servants called Sara and Alice , who did her shopping and ran errands . |
| 26 | At that time it was considered that over 60% of cars in the United Kingdom had at least one defective tyre . |
| 27 | But two entirely new yards were opened towards the end of the decade , showing that BR envisages at least some need for shunting for the foreseeable future ! |
| 28 | Arnold has hinted to pals that Mona 's friendship with David Mellor played at least some part in his marriage break-up . |
| 29 | Para-military police reinforcements were drafted into Calcutta after the explosion , just four days after a series of bombs in Bombay killed at least 250 people . |
| 30 | On television and in person , it was vividly clear that Reagan won at least 9 to 1 . |