Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] least a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as fear of Soviet intentions increased , so some in Britain began to feel that concessions might be necessary in order to secure at least a degree of American backing in the region . |
| 2 | Finally , resolved to find at least a change of heat , I went on to Khartoum , which had the merit at least of being dry in contrast to the swelter up north . |
| 3 | Here , the major objective is to find at least a champion , and hopefully an internal sponsor for the idea . |
| 4 | I would like to be able to find at least an oddment of eroticism . |
| 5 | The first jobs through the system should be paralleled through the current process as well to provide at least a degree of insurance against total disaster . |
| 6 | The development of a GIS capable of storing and manipulating the volumes of data required for a global research programme is still some way off , but smaller GIS have been used to attempt to provide at least a beginning . |
| 7 | The customer has relaxed sufficiently to volunteer at least a couple of personal details ( about outside interests , family , etc ) . |
| 8 | On the Saturdays I would scrub the kitchen floor , black and polish the kitchen grate , and polish the knives , so that my mother could have a little rest on her return from several hours cleaning , sometimes having to walk at least a mile to her regular place of work . |
| 9 | ‘ You must have thought you 'd brought enough work to last at least a couple of days . |
| 10 | Yeah but if it 's going to be shown to ultimately thousands of people and to last at least a couple of years , we should invest in it . |
| 11 | The trial was expected to last at least a year . |
| 12 | These are so popular that you will need to book at least a couple of months in advance . |
| 13 | We would expect an anchoring of the path at one end or the other to reduce at least a portion of the breadth-first search . |
| 14 | A common response to the PNP messages was to convert at least a part of the room into workbays which were generally , though not invariably , dedicated to specific areas of the curriculum . |
| 15 | She had to get her hands back on the reins , had to re-establish at least a degree of control over her own life . |
| 16 | It was not in fact until a newly legalised Solidarity had been successful at the polls and formed a majority administration in 1989 that the making of public policy began again to command at least a minimum of public acceptability . |
| 17 | The Bank sets itself exceptionally high standards that , inter alia , call for projects to deliver at least a 10% economic rate of return . |
| 18 | It is possible that in the course of time scientific advance will be able to offer at least an hypothesis which will throw some light on the mystery of the origin of the universe and give substance to the belief that life , in some form or other , does have an ineradicable and eternal place in the universe . |
| 19 | " And I win over you in one way — I 'm going to have at least a weekend in Joanna . |
| 20 | HP seems to have at least a couple of options : an immediate Thunderbird response , levelling the playing field with Sun right now — with ships in October — or a big splash in the Autumn , with immediate deliveries . |
| 21 | As discussed verbally , it is important to have at least a couple of days notice as we are currently finalising the procedure that staff will follow should the alarm be activated and it is important that everyone knows and is satisfied with the procedure before its introduction . |
| 22 | And this is why any new owner is strongly advised to have at least a safety inspection of the system carried out immediately on moving in . |
| 23 | Well if we do a stall I would really like to have at least a leaflet on new recycling . |
| 24 | Jess went out , closing the door , determined to get at least a moment of privacy . |
| 25 | Now if Hereford are to build on last week 's success they need to get at least a draw at Gigg lane . |
| 26 | ‘ I expect everyone to go at least a second faster tomorrow , ’ said Mansell , who set the record in the penultimate lap of the session . |
| 27 | With this weekend 's match against Paisley now rendered meaningless , Stokes is likely to promote at least a couple of players from the advanced training group to give them national league experience . |
| 28 | Backed by the army , the administration was generally able to keep a semblance of order , to crush peasant insubordination , and to gather at least a proportion of the taxes decreed . |
| 29 | In particular consider time limits — both for enacting and for advising , perhaps the performers have to spend at least a minute improvising before they can request advice . |
| 30 | It is not a place you can just go to for the day and therefore you need to spend at least a couple of days getting there overnight , coming back again and er , for a family of four I calculate that even taking one 's own car across the Channel , the average cost for a family of four , is of the order of five or six hundred pounds . |