Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] at least [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet , because of a shortage of telephone lines in the old east , and even though the government has a legal monopoly , it will allow the networks to go on operating for at least another year . |
| 2 | Within the SenFed almost every one of those million or so planets is vying with at least some others — for influence , for position , for trade and aid and income . |
| 3 | According to at least some physicists , life can be reduced to a matter of information-processing . |
| 4 | Although not without difficulties of interpretation , these experiments establish a case for presynaptic changes lasting for at least several hours . |
| 5 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 6 | It seems clear that , no matter how those at risk may be identified and quantified , social workers will , in practice , increasingly want to ensure that their actions are directed by legislative requirements , both as protection for themselves and as a means of pointing to at least some external criteria for the validity of the protective actions taken in respect of children . |
| 7 | There is still a strong case for continuing with at least some three-day matches on uncovered pitches . |
| 8 | Sometimes there were cries of pain , shouts of ‘ I ca n't breathe ’ , but mostly a loud and continuous din of sobbing from at least half the people in the room . |
| 9 | Ideally , you should start thinking about at least some of these points , especially those that relate to your pension and to any savings or investment plans , five or even ten years before you retire . |