Example sentences of "[adj] for [prep] least a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's won dozens of gold , silver and bronze medals as a distance runner … more recently he has been awarded the MBE in the New Year 's honours list … and now he will be due for at least a service medal , at the end of the Gulf War . |
| 2 | It is very laborious and time-consuming , involving the researcher full-time for at least a matter of months , and sometimes years . |
| 3 | Hey one thing I was gon na query you on Mike the erm sanding sealer you know you say you must leave that for at least a week ? |
| 4 | Examinations usually start at 9 a.m. , so make sure that you are physically attuned to that time by keeping regular hours and rising sufficiently early for at least a week before . |
| 5 | I thought we were good for at least a point with our second-half display . ’ |
| 6 | He did not explain why the CIA had waited until December 1990 , to draw this conclusion when the ‘ proof had been available for at least a year , nor did he explain why no advance warning based on this report , reliable or not , had been passed down the line to those responsible for airline security . |
| 7 | Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene . |
| 8 | The future of Kedleston was uncertain for at least a decade . |
| 9 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 10 | Thus , early marriages tend , as a rule , to be barren for at least a while ( adolescent subfecundity ) . |
| 11 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |