Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] least " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the adolescent , however , one will normally be able to communicate at least on a broadly similar level of sexual understanding with one 's own . |
| 2 | There is , furthermore , at least some limited evidence to suggest that most commercials do not need to be as long as they are in order to communicate at least the more fundamental elements of their message . |
| 3 | Its author , Roger Sedjo , argues that new temperate forests are absorbing at least 700 million tonnes a year , compared to the 1,000 million tonnes released annually as a result of tropical forest loss . |
| 4 | Assuming that uniformity exists for research funding by the EC , as an example , the EC Nuclear Fission Safety 1991–94 programme states that in order to qualify for research support projects ‘ your proposal must be transnational and involve at least two independent participants from different member States ’ , ie three in all . |
| 5 | 1.71 Personal injury cases are unique in that they almost always involve at least one expert : the doctor . |
| 6 | No drugs were permitted at least 48 hours beforehand and during the monitoring . |
| 7 | He kept her waiting a couple of minutes , which raised her suspicions , but when he walked out empty-handed she smiled inwardly at having won at least one small battle between them . |
| 8 | M-19 , participating in the elections following the conclusion of a peace treaty with the government [ see above ] , was thought to have won at least two seats in the House of Representatives and took control of the councils of the small towns of Yumbo , Almaguey and San Alberto . |
| 9 | Although final results were yet to be computed , the opposition Liberal-National alliance appeared to have won at least 19 of the 35 seats in the House of Assembly , with the ALP suffering an adverse swing of around 5 per cent . |
| 10 | Results for the 22 state and federal territory governorships indicated that the ruling Democratic Action ( AD ) party had lost several governorships , while the opposition Social Christian party ( COPEI ) in alliance with the People 's Electoral Movement ( MEP ) had won at least 10 . |
| 11 | The Movement Towards Socialism ( MAS ) had also won at least four states . |
| 12 | The evidence is that at the present time there is a serious lack of resources to care adequately for the number of sufferers living in ordinary housing , and that this mismatch between numbers and resources is likely to increase at least to the end of the century . |
| 13 | Last but by no means least , everyone should buy at least one copy of Olive Geddes ' fascinating Swing Through Time — the perfect Christmas present for golfers everywhere ! |
| 14 | The mujaheddin marked the 10th anniversary of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan on Dec. 27 in similar fashion by launching at least 52 rockets into Kabul killing dozens of people according to a government spokesperson . |
| 15 | Then the man who is believed to have attacked at least 100 women would never again be a threat . |
| 16 | Please let me know at least two days in advance so that I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 17 | But soon the big stories were written in the knowledge that readers would know at least the bare bones from a news bulletin , and the 24-hour cycle of the daily paper lost much of its point as a news medium . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'd know at least you were not serious . ’ |
| 19 | But I do know at least one of his choices , the one that would top his list : something by the Shotts Pipe Band . |
| 20 | However , virtually all were designed at least partially to house people and jobs from the older urban cores . |
| 21 | Not everything was in ruins : rising through the rubble were banks of communications and control consoles , housed in cabinets with flowing , plastic lines that must have been designed at least a century previously . |
| 22 | His devastation of Kent in 676 , in the course of which Rochester was ransacked ( HE IV , 12 ) , may have been partly designed at least to deter the Kentish king from attempting to repossess Surrey . |
| 23 | Political violence was rampant , and still is : it cost at least 3,000 lives in 1990 . |
| 24 | Sean and Mandy would like to buy , but most houses in Enstone cost at least £80,000 , well outside their price range . |
| 25 | The commission calculates that all authorities will need at least 17 inspectors to cover the national curriculum as well as major areas of education such as primary , secondary and special needs . |
| 26 | Peter Williams , the Salford centre , has been told that the shoulder injury which has kept him out for much of this season will need at least another week to heal . |
| 27 | She would need at least one room that was n't like a builder 's yard , ’ Sam says . |
| 28 | ‘ To put the economic aspect into perspective , it would need at least a doubling of the price of energy to make some of the supply options attractive to investors . ’ |
| 29 | A minority Conservative government would need at least 315 seats for the Unionists to be able to deliver a working majority to Mr Major . |
| 30 | You can use vodka or brandy as a preservative but given these are usually less than 50% proof you would need at least 20ml in a 100ml stock bottle to give a 10% alcoholic solution . |