Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun sg] of [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of serious arrestable offences the rights can be postponed for up to 36 hours on the authority of an officer of at least the rank of superintendent if that officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the exercise of either right would : ( a ) lead to interference with evidence connected with a serious arrestable offence ; ( b ) lead to interference with or physical injury to other persons ; ( c ) " tip-off " other persons suspected of a serious arrestable offence ; ( d ) hinder the recovery of property . |
| 2 | The maintenance of an over-rate of at least 110 overs per six and a half-hour day . |
| 3 | A new top rate income tax of 50 per cent will apply to individuals with an income of at least £40,000 this year . |
| 4 | Each subject participated in three experiments performed in random order , with an interval of at least seven days between each . |
| 5 | Finally , rooms containing gas cookers must have an openable window or other means of providing ventilation , and if the room 's volume is less than 10cu m , it must also have a permanent ventilation opening with an area of at least 5000sq mm . |
| 6 | These will be made up into an album of at least eight prints and the best portrait will be specially framed for you . |
| 7 | Additions could be made to existing New Towns around London , particularly Stevenage and Harlow , but also at Basildon , Crawley and Hemel Hempstead , and also to a dozen other towns in the South-east , all of which offered scope for an expansion of at least 30,000 population : Aylesbury , Banbury , Bedford , Chelmsford , Colchester , Hastings , Maidstone , Medway Towns , Norwich , Poole , Reading and Southend . |
| 8 | This is its highest level for eight years and will result in an increase of at least one per cent on home loan rates , possibly more . |
| 9 | The reader can confirm from Table 5.1 that 10% of such trials would result in an imbalance of at least 20:10 after 30 patients . |
| 10 | We find a simple splitting into two states only for molecules in which there is a single halogen atom , lying on an axis of at least 3-fold symmetry . |
| 11 | Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug . |
| 12 | As detailed on May 2 , the measures gave the government the technical right to dismiss strikers in these sectors and laid down that strikes in non-essential services had to be approved by an assembly of at least one-third of union members concerned , while in essential services strikes had to be announced 48 hours in advance and a minimum level of service ensured . |