Example sentences of "[to-vb] at least [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , I think there are good reasons to encourage at least one food supermarket in the city centre . |
| 2 | None of the theories proposed for the phenomenon is wholly satisfactory but there is evidence that requires us to accept at least some aspects of several of them . |
| 3 | In January 1991 the Supreme Court ruled that the adjournment was in breach of the Constitution ( which contained an obligation for the legislature to meet at least three times a year ) , causing Namaliu to announce that the legislature would reconvene in May . |
| 4 | It may be too that in the lower regions of society women were freer to find at least part-time employment : the distaff provided occupation for almost all , and even if the invention of the spinning wheel may have reduced the opportunities for some , it enormously increased those of others . |
| 5 | Anyone dropping into the church any time , any day , during the sorting period would have been sure to find at least 10 people working ( ‘ sustained solely by lemon barley water ’ ) . |
| 6 | But another federal appeals court struck down an Ohio law requiring a doctor to inform at least one parent before performing an abortion on a teenager , on grounds that it infringed Roe v Wade . |
| 7 | With the standard deviations being relatively high ( in the order of 8.0 to 12.0 ) , clearly a much larger data sample is needed ( to provide at least 100 data points , i.e. 25-30 sentences ) . |
| 8 | * Western countries need to provide at least another £4.1 billion to make former Soviet-bloc pressurized water reactors safe , according to the head of the German Siemens group energy division . |
| 9 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 10 | After two months in kennels they move on to the dog supply unit for 11 months , during which time they will be required to train at least six dogs up to the blindfold standard , and pass the guide dog trainer examination . |
| 11 | For that to begin to come about , a challenger would need to attract at least 70 MPs to vote for him or abstain . |
| 12 | Those with no record of social security contributions , in other words new entrants to the labour market , have to work at least 26 weeks if they are to be eligible for Unemployment Benefit when they lose their jobs . |
| 13 | According to Charles Rycroft , Artemidorus required to know at least six facts about a dream before it could be interpreted — " Whether the events depicted in the dream were plausible or bizarre ; whether they were approximately interconnected ; whether they were customary for the dreamer ; what events prior to the dream could have influenced it ; and the dreamer 's name and occupation " . |
| 14 | Full-time students are required to pass at least 7 modules in the first year of Stage II , their second year , to satisfy the requirements of a full-time year of study . |
| 15 | To maintain satisfactory progress , a part-time student has to pass at least one course each year . |
| 16 | er , that in future , said conference would be able to pass at least one motion to the T U C Congress elect delegates to the same . |
| 17 | Over the next 12 months he expects the three to sell at least 10 systems solutions n the UK . |
| 18 | Sega boss Nick Alexander , who hopes to sell at least 275,000 Game Gears this year in the UK , says : ‘ I think that hand-helds are really fashion items . |
| 19 | Thirdly , even if people were inclined to shop around actively for credit , the practices of lenders themselves are likely to set at least some limits to their ability to do this . |
| 20 | Start drinking plenty of bland liquids such as water , milk , weak tea or orange squash ( not orange juice or carbonated drinks ) , and aim to drink at least eight pints a day . |
| 21 | His pulse and blood pressure were recorded regularly and he was encouraged to drink at least 2 litres of fluid a day . |
| 22 | People are likely to create at least one piece of paper when making an agreement of sufficient complexity to incorporate expert determination . |
| 23 | They had to serve at least two years as trainees in one of the main deaf centres before sitting for examinations and , if successful , being awarded a diploma . |
| 24 | Mrs Buttafuoco , 39 , begged the court to order her attacker to serve at least 7½ years . |
| 25 | Osborne , a 20-year-old crane driver of Leicester , was recommended to serve at least 10 years . |
| 26 | Donald Mackay , aged 41 , was jailed for life at the Old Bailey — and recommended to serve at least 40 years — for the murder of a prostitute , Ann Petherick , and for assaulting another prostitute , Rosemary Saunders . |
| 27 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 28 | Power companies are under an obligation to install at least 100 megawatts of wind power capacity by the end of the year under contract to the government . |
| 29 | It is suggested that the UK 's existing LFA is assessed in order to define at least 3 zones of natural handicap within it , viz : — |
| 30 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |