Example sentences of "[prep] least [num] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open latches , take a piece of yarn at least four times the length of the neckband , lay behind needle heads and close latches over . |
| 2 | A club which exists on a shoestring budget could have elected to play Rangers on a neutral ground , and made at least four times the amount of money Arbroath will get from next month 's Cup tie . |
| 3 | At least two attempts have been made to specify the terms of reference of the panel , and on at least two occasions the membership has been reviewed specifically to bring in more active participants and give more clear direction to its efforts . |
| 4 | Indeed a recent study ( Brown , 1984 ) calculated that a more accurate estimate would be a figure at least 10 times the Home Office figure . |
| 5 | The ALP finished with 0.2 per cent less of the two-party preferred vote than did the opposition coalition , and in at least 10 instances the ALP won because they received the second preference votes of supporters of the Greens . |
| 6 | Since the start of the intifada in December 1987 , Israeli soldiers or Israeli settlers had shot and killed at least 850 Palestinians the majority of whom , according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups , were throwing stones . |
| 7 | The capital was distinguished from provincial cities and towns on three counts : it was at least five times the size of any other , almost ten times as rich , and possessed a vastly more complex social and occupational structure . |
| 8 | For example , it takes at least three times the energy to convert iron ore ( most of which has to be imported nowadays ) into steel than to convert ferrous scrap into equally good steel . |
| 9 | After at least 3 weeks the intervention programme should stop and the baselines be measured again for a period of one week . |
| 10 | Zeta , below the British horizon , has an O-type spectrum , and is highly luminous , with at least 55000 times the output of the Sun . |