Example sentences of "[v-ing] at least " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its author , Roger Sedjo , argues that new temperate forests are absorbing at least 700 million tonnes a year , compared to the 1,000 million tonnes released annually as a result of tropical forest loss . |
| 2 | The mujaheddin marked the 10th anniversary of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan on Dec. 27 in similar fashion by launching at least 52 rockets into Kabul killing dozens of people according to a government spokesperson . |
| 3 | A new act 's problem is that if they approach an established manager , he or she will already be representing at least one major act . |
| 4 | The federal government had proposed that enactment of its September 1991 constitutional reform proposals [ see p. 38429 ] should depend on approval by seven provinces representing at least 50 per cent of Canada 's population , and the NDP could thus have an unexpected degree of influence over their fate . |
| 5 | He did not want Irina to become a problem to him , now that he was becoming at least welcome , even necessary , to Marcus . |
| 6 | There the Reis-ul-Kuttab , or Reis Effendi as he was usually called by foreigners , the head of the grand vizier 's chancery , showed some signs of becoming at least an approximation to a foreign minister . |
| 7 | This disclosure only applies to : public or special category companies or subsidiaries of such companies , or companies satisfying at least two of the following criteria : |
| 8 | Israel and the SLA responded on Oct. 26 with heavy shelling of Hezbollah and Palestinian-controlled areas in southern Lebanon , wounding at least five civilians . |
| 9 | A BOMB exploded in a crowded railway station in Calcutta yesterday , killing one person and wounding at least 12 in the latest of a number of blasts in India . |
| 10 | Another way to express this motivating power of individualism is to say that we have a tremendously strong interest in explaining at least some social phenomena in individualist terms , since this enables us to explain ourselves to ourselves ; to see what it feels like to be in someone else 's shoes . |
| 11 | Britain has used its veto to block one other : a law that would require any company employing at least 1,000 workers in two or more EC countries to set up consultative works councils . |
| 12 | Table 3.1 Types of work employing at least 1 per cent of university graduate output in each of 25 degree subjects , 1986–7 |
| 13 | The smoke had cleared , revealing at least half the school lined up in rows and Miss Hardbroom still in the same position , with the bucket neatly over her head . |
| 14 | If somebody offers a way of eliminating at least some of the spaghetti which lurks around my PC , they have my undivided attention . |
| 15 | When 16 Mediterranean states signed a similar ‘ framework treaty ’ in 1976 they considered it so insubstantial that they insisted on all parties to the treaty also signing at least one of the more detailed and binding protocols . |
| 16 | That admiration wo n't prevent Keegan signing at least one more goalscorer , with QPR 's Les Ferdinand the latest in his sights . |
| 17 | All parties gaining at least 10 per cent of electoral support in each of the nine regions would send an equal number of representatives to an upper house . |
| 18 | They require flushing at least twice a year . |
| 19 | A Greek oil tanker caught fire and broke up off the west coast of Australia on July 21 , spilling at least 20,000 tonnes of its cargo of light crude oil . |
| 20 | In general those operating from grass strips ( mostly those below the best fit line ) seem to be passing at least some of the savings on to the customer . |
| 21 | During its course Borrow was instrumental in saving at least one man from drowning and , as a result , was mentioned in the Plymouth press . |
| 22 | But there is still a great lack of clarity and we are not prepared to pretend that we know the answer , thereby running the risk of causing at least as much damage as we do good . |
| 23 | The EPA itself admits that pollution of drinking water is one of the four greatest environmental risks facing the population , causing at least 1,000 new cases of cancer each year and impairing the mental development of 240,000 children . |
| 24 | Because it can be sure of filling at least one quota , a big party can be sure of winning at least one seat . |
| 25 | He repudiated his first wife and married a recognised Judaic princess , thereby seeking at least a form of legal sanction . |
| 26 | To start to answer these questions entailed looking at least one humanities subject and at least one physical science subject . |
| 27 | But Benichou , looking at least 10 years older than his age of 27 , concentrated on body attacks . |
| 28 | In the next century it came to be held as a statute and was regarded as a locus classicus defining at least one boundary between clerical and lay jurisdictions . |
| 29 | This behaviour looks on the surface like a complex communication system , and the participants seem to be acting at least intelligently , even rationally . |
| 30 | One in five 15-year-olds admit to regularly smoking at least one cigarette a week — and one in four 15-year-olds admit to smoking at least one cigarette ‘ last week ’ . |