Example sentences of "at least [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1958 , both the United States and the Soviet Union had carried out test explosions with single bombs at least a thousand times more deadly . |
| 2 | For example , polonium-210 concentrates at least a thousand times in fresh fish and more in shellfish . |
| 3 | In fact the possession of a high work of fracture — at least a thousand times higher than the free surface energy — is an essential characteristic of all safe and practical structural materials which are used in tension . |
| 4 | This perhaps supports the criticism that the Queen 's advisers should not have allowed her to be urged into an immediate invitation to Lord Home and that she should have taken at least a little time fully to apprise herself of the changing political situation and of the views of the Conservative leadership , as it was then emerging . |
| 5 | What is remarkable about the text-books ( which describe the chemical structure of the various chains in loving detail ) is not so much that they do not explain the discrepancy but that they do not even notice it ; nor are they apparently interested in the fact that the work of fracture for a material like Polythene or Nylon is at least a hundred times higher than it is for most of the thermosetting plastics . |
| 6 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 7 | You 're being silly , she told herself ; a man as attractive as Luke Denner would be bound to have many women in his life , any number of girlfriends ; had n't she schooled herself into thinking this at least a hundred times — ever since that very first meeting , ever since he had dragged her unceremoniously into that small , chaste bedroom , ever since he had made love to her ? |
| 8 | Unwisely , as it turns out , the credits display the real thing , which is at least a dozen times better than this carelessly silly concoction . |
| 9 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 10 | The young receptionist gave no hint of recognition , even though she had seen him at least a dozen times before . |
| 11 | The previous day , she had demanded halts at least a dozen times , claiming they were being followed by something in the undergrowth , to the left of their narrow path . |
| 12 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 13 | At least the 6-hour time limit narrows the mind . |
| 14 | Further , the fact that there has been such a steep rise in the number of divorces , combined with a fairly high rate of remarriage , means that a rising proportion of all marriages are of people marrying for at least the second time . |
| 15 | At least the first time , she 'd only a vague notion of what might lie ahead . |
| 16 | It was at least the sixth time over a two-year period that the unveiling had been postponed . |
| 17 | So , for at least the fourth time , he told the mortal untruth . |
| 18 | ‘ I still do n't think you should have charged them , ’ Ellie repeated , for at least the third time . |