Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at least 20 [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At the same time the Secretary of State gave notice that for certain categories of crime where life sentences had been passed , the offenders could expect to spend at least 20 years in prison . |
| 3 | According to the state-owned newspaper L'Union , one soldier and one civilian died in the rebellion , and 52 people were arrested ; those arrested were thought to include at least 20 GPP supporters . |
| 4 | As part of the post-war baby bulge , I am confidently expecting to spend at least 20 years in retirement along with an unprecedented number of my peers . |
| 5 | Sadly , there was no Marmite and no honey , we were told , and we 'd have to wait at least 20 minutes . |
| 6 | But whoever pays the bill , most of us still regularly visit the hairdresser , whether it 's once a week or once a year and as each town seems to have at least 20 salons , this is an entirely random list . |
| 7 | English Nature , the government 's wildlife adviser , expects to recommend at least 20 sites for SPA protection in 1993/94. * Slapton Ley , a coastal freshwater lake in south Devon , has been upgraded from a site of special scientific interest to a national nature reserve . |