Example sentences of "[to-vb] at least [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is also likely to provoke at least a verbal protest from the United States , which has warned against any attempt to stem the flow of American programmes across the Atlantic .
2 Poll tax payers in Hambleton will have to find at least an extra £25 after district councillors yesterday set the rate at £210 for the area 's 60,000 payers an increase of 13pc .
3 Though the evidence for so precise a statement is not at all clear , he does also present two pieces of documentary evidence which appear to provide at least a probable terminus post and ante quem respectively for the appointment .
4 We plan to launch at least a dozen more agencies in April , when 50 per cent .
5 In the market , shareholders in one automobile firm can observe the profitability of the competitors to obtain at least a rough idea about the managerial quality of the given firm .
6 The publisher , traditionally , needs to sell at least a thousand copies of that to be worth even advertising it , but this means that you can print an extra copy whenever you want and this then implies perhaps and even larger and larger growth and more and more specialised information , which only computers can manage , and one hesitates to work out where the end of all this is .
7 The publisher , traditionally , needs to sell at least a thousand copies of that to be worth even advertising it , but this means that you can print an extra copy whenever you want and this then implies and even larger and larger growth in more and more specialised information which only computers can manage , and one hesitates to work out where the end of all this is .
8 One of the advantages of a religious education is the ability to identify at least the better-known texts of scripture and this was one which it needed no effort of memory to recall .
9 Further good news is that more and more survivors are regularly meeting together , often to unburden themselves , sometimes to experience at least the psychological satisfaction of knowing that they 're not alone .
10 Frame claims 38% of the world market for desktop publishing under Unix ; nearest rival is Interleaf Inc , and in Japan expects to win at least the same market share , according to senior vice-president Pat House .
11 The fact that ‘ official ’ criminals were overwhelmingly from the working class and were seen to be responding to the same forces that promoted socialist consciousness tended to favour at least a positive , if not heroic view of their activities .
12 It is common ground that in a majority of cases where an order may be made under section 18 for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the costs of appellate , as opposed to first instance , proceedings , the Court of Appeal or this House will be in a position at the conclusion of an appeal on the information then before it to decide under section 18(3) what , if any , order for costs should be made against the assisted party and to form at least a provisional view under section 18(4) ( c ) as to whether it would be ‘ just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds . ’
13 It 'll never rank with the French Riviera , but this council video aims to persuade at least a few people that Swindon 's the place to be next summer .
14 These conditions have fostered a ‘ pick-and-choose ’ or ‘ supermarket ’ approach to sentencing on the part of the courts which neither Parliament nor the Appeal Courts have until recently sought to discourage , though the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ( see below , page 107 ) appears to herald at least a partial break with that tradition .
15 Nevertheless , the exposure will be mentioned where relevant , to give at least a relative idea of the values used .
16 This is the shortest par-three but is guarded by enough sand to build at least a four-bedroom castle .
17 The third requirement grew out of this — namely , as America became more involved in this conflict , so it looked to Britain to send at least a token force to assist in the war in Vietnam , or failing that to give strong diplomatic backing to the United States .
18 ( i ) Reselection is every five years for a further five-year period : ( a ) If panel members are with the same firm they would be expected to demonstrate at least the same level of competence covering their experience , skills and knowledge as when they initially joined the panel , and to have attended a number of updating courses , accumulating at least 20 continuing education points ( or hours ) from courses related to medical negligence work .
19 With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux .
20 Devlin 's argument is that ‘ exploitation ’ and ‘ corruption ’ are such nebulous terms that almost any field of morality could be defined in a way to allow at least the theoretical intervention of the law .
21 Many employers ‘ contracted out ’ of the Graduated Pension Scheme and agreed to pay at least the same amount as their employees would have received from the State under the graduated scheme , from their own occupational scheme .
22 He expects to pay at least the same dividend again in 1993 .
23 This fact , coupled to our urgent need to export at least a third of our gross national product , simply to maintain ourselves , points to an obvious answer to our problems , for service industries and export together , suggests leisure and tourism .
24 An author may expect his or her reader to have at least a general idea of when the Vikings lived , or what it feels like to be bullied , or to be able to cope with simple scientific concepts , or to know the general geography of the USA .
25 It is therefore essential to have at least a general knowledge of the physical background of CL to avoid serious misinterpretation .
26 Although I have stressed that one should not keep large amounts of money at home , it is of value to have at least a small amount of emergency money carefully hidden somewhere in the house , say , £20 .
27 That was an essential b eventually that was taken away , but the building trade still believed if a building firm wanted men , they had to have at least a thirty two hour guarantee , which is at present still in operation .
28 I did choose it in my first book , The Selfish Gene , so I thought that here I would fly a kite for a somewhat less-fashionable theory ( although it recently has started gaining ground ) , which seems to me to have at least a sporting chance of being right .
29 Whereas the pet Rottweiler living at home would require a low degree of sharpness , a Schutzhund dog or a dog who is required to guard a family home would need to have at least a medium degree of sharpness .
30 I think I obscurely felt relief that I would continue to live alone , to have at least a few hours of the day and night when I could try to regain one of my mixed-up selves .
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