Example sentences of "least once " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will also need clipping or pruning to shape at least once a year , especially in the case of formal hedges . |
| 2 | Whereas the inexperienced glider pilot needs to fly at least once a month to be safe , more experienced pilots can go much longer without always becoming badly out of practice . |
| 3 | You should attend for routine follow-up visits as instructed , probably at least once a year . |
| 4 | It is advisable to apply three coats of oil to new wood , and as oiling does not leave a thick protective film on the surface ( as does a varnish ) , exterior wood has to be re-oiled at least once a year to keep the surface in good condition . |
| 5 | Chalais and Aubeterre figure at least once in the Cantos that Pound has written more recently . |
| 6 | Patience is not what we associate with Pound , and from time to time he seems to have kicked over the traces ( at least once to be ticked off for it by Dorothy ) : yet we see all over again that the young Pound was well content with Edwardian England , was hopeful of it and ready to abide by its rules in everything that mattered . |
| 7 | At four , three-quarters of all children were smacked at least once a week and only 3 per cent were never smacked . |
| 8 | By the age of seven , more than half the boys and nearly a third of the girls were being hit at least once a week . |
| 9 | But 18 per cent were still being struck at least once a week . |
| 10 | Among those with a criminal record at 20 , some 73 per cent had been smacked or beaten at least once a week when aged seven and 40 per cent when they were 11 . |
| 11 | However , if you do take out a foreign currency loan , make certain that it is possible to switch back into sterling at least once , and at short notice without incurring heavy charges , otherwise you are very exposed . |
| 12 | Umbro have the England and Scotland teams on contract until 1994 , and are entitled to introduce a new look at least once . |
| 13 | An elderly widow who was robbed , attacked , and raped by a gang of youths was moved to sheltered dwellings with the help of the police , visited by policewomen from the unit at least once a week , and taken regularly to visit the family of one of the policewomen , which adopted her as the children 's granny . |
| 14 | Within the first year of the 1987 Parliament a quarter of Conservative back-benchers rebelled against the government at least once . |
| 15 | He travels to the US at least once a month and enjoys getting out and about . |
| 16 | Most people , he felt , have an altruistic streak in them — irrespective of social background , culture or experience — and they should have the opportunity , at least once in their lives , to work together with others for the benefit of the community . |
| 17 | From then until the middle of August , there were incidents at least once a week . |
| 18 | Many said they were regularly bullied — 8 per cent of secondary pupils at least once a week and 5.5 per cent of middle school pupils several times a week . |
| 19 | If you have liver or a generous portion of a soya product at least once a week this will help . |
| 20 | Other vegetables or salad at least once each day . |
| 21 | They were about 3,500 miles apart and I was visiting each one at least once a month for a year . |
| 22 | He described them as ‘ associates ’ and tried to visit every store at least once a year ( always staying at budget motels ) . |
| 23 | Research also shows that many youngsters in residential care have experienced difficulties with schooling ; for example , over half of all boys in residential care have stayed down a class at least once . |
| 24 | We think that everybody should come here at least once in their life . |
| 25 | Every four years each of the fields would be fallow at least once , thus giving the soil a rest . |
| 26 | Nightlife can be fairly active , but even during the day there is plenty to do and we guarantee you 'll be tempted at least once by the luscious cakes on offer in the resort 's many cafes . |
| 27 | This meant that Blake was allocated a special cell which was changed at irregular intervals , that had to be examined every day , and Blake and the cell completely searched at least once a fortnight . |
| 28 | But it has been held that although all statements must be reviewed at least once a year , a LEA is not obliged to re-assess a statemented child 's special educational needs before s/he is that age unless the parents so request . |
| 29 | Nearly half the population does it at least once . |
| 30 | The forked road which every star , perhaps every person , faces at least once in a lifetime lay dead ahead . |