Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] least [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last sentence begs at least four questions , and will be analysed in some detail . |
| 2 | Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation . |
| 3 | A SIMPLE ANATOMICAL weakness causes at least one in 50 men to suffer from inguinal ( groin ) hernias . |
| 4 | There is no cure for this , but fortunately it is usually found that such processes do not occur in some fraction of photoionization events , so that the observed spectrum contains at least some intensity in an unshifted line , accompanied by various ‘ satellites ’ corresponding to the energy loss processes . |
| 5 | These results show that tenascin has at least 16 consecutive fibronectin like type III repeats . |
| 6 | Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom . |
| 7 | Each yacht has at least one spacious bathroom complete with vanity unit , mirror and electric shower option . |
| 8 | I make it a rule to go at least three times . |
| 9 | Similarly , purposeful action involves at least implicit recognition of some future achievement , but a general sense of the future could not have resulted until man applied his mind systematically to the problem of future events . |
| 10 | One of them Michael Huskison , who took photographs of the incident , said he saw the horse whipped at least 15 times . |
| 11 | This study goes at least some way towards overcoming the problems of other work discussed by Box and Hale ( 1986 , pp. 74–5 ) , in that it relies on self-reported victimisation rather than police figures on recorded crime , and it controls for other socio-demographic variables . |
| 12 | There are enough members in the North-East to demand at least one visit a season from their team . |
| 13 | Labour has at least two good candidates : Mr Harold Walker , deputy to Speaker Weatherill , and Miss Betty Boothroyd , who has proved her competence in the chair and would be acceptable to all parties . |
| 14 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 15 | Market research shows at least 3,500 practices plan to computerise in the next 12 months , and this is almost certainly a conservative figure . |
| 16 | On the day after his inauguration the new President ordered at least 162 people — including his immediate predecessor Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and her entire Cabinet — not to attempt to leave the country for one month . |
| 17 | CITY OF EDINBURGH women stayed on top of the Scottish League first division yesterday with a 99-48 win over an Edinburgh Royals side containing at least four players who have represented Scotland . |
| 18 | The IBM employee gets at least five days training every year . |
| 19 | Daytime fishing entails at least twenty hours , probably more , to fish the best times . |
| 20 | It will continue until every employee managing at least one person is Creci-trained . |
| 21 | The waist was dropped , emphasising the long elegant lines of her figure , and the huge , spreading skirt fell at least six inches below her knees . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's important that this club win at least one trophy every season . ’ |
| 23 | He added : ‘ To do all we need in order to deviate the lava means at least 30 working hours . |
| 24 | A secret report by the UK Atomic Energy Authority ( AEA ) has warned that the UN Coalition left at least 40 tonnes of depleted uranium on the Gulf War battlefield in Kuwait and southern Iraq . |
| 25 | A spokesman for the Amsterdam Fire Brigade said at least 30 flats had been destroyed . |
| 26 | Moed & Vriens found that more than 9% of the 4500 papers in their study had at least one discrepancy in their citations . |
| 27 | This is equally true for the government of Ethiopia 's attempt to move at least one million people , frequently by force , from the northern districts to the west of the country between 1985 and 1987 . |
| 28 | Which means that every E. coli gene of the E. coli genome traversing the human intestine mutates at least 2.5 x 10 8 times daily . |
| 29 | Baker insisted that the delegation include at least one deportee and one person with East Jerusalem links . |
| 30 | The largest user uses at least one of its eight services daily ; this is the department providing an information service to the company at large . |