Example sentences of "that [prep] least " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the school 's theatre resources , a full term of productions may mean that at least three or more plays will be staged , giving agents , directors and casting pundits a chance to evaluate your work . |
| 2 | ‘ She does n't always have to upset the table , though , when she is there , does she ? ’ remarked Henry Tyler in a tone that at least one ambassador had been known to call ‘ eminently reasonable ’ . |
| 3 | Try and get a dual flight on the airfield so that at least you know something about the airfield and its surrounds . |
| 4 | Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse . |
| 5 | Practise stepping quickly from one stance into another , always ensuring that at least the width of a fist separates your leading guards . |
| 6 | It is important that at least three coats are applied and that the top and bottom edges are given at least one coat to prevent moisture being absorbed . |
| 7 | Eliot and Empson take off their poet 's hat , and wear a critic 's hat — that at least is the decorous illusion which , by their style and procedures , they try to maintain ; Pound and Dryden on the contrary wear the poet 's hat all the time , even when they criticize . |
| 8 | With Chinese wages still roughly one-seventh of those in the colony , so many companies have shifted production across the border that at least two million Chinese workers — twice the size of Hong Kong 's manufacturing workforce — are employed in Guangdong , processing goods for the textile , toy and electronics firms which are the backbone of Hong Kong 's industrial sector . |
| 9 | The Hong Kong government , no longer able to down-play the exodus , admitted that at least 45,000 of its best and brightest left last year . |
| 10 | He was responding to Monday 's claim in the Belfast Irish News that at least three dozen officers were members of a secret ‘ inner circle ’ which had the objects of ‘ removing ’ republican suspects and bringing down the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 11 | The private group , which insures invoices and financing arrangements , recorded 1,220 falures in the first half of this year , but indications so far show that at least 2,000 more failures will be recorded by the end of the year . |
| 12 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
| 13 | Compared with 10 years ago , when it was estimated that at least 70 per cent of two-parent households with two children came within the scheme , less than half of two-parent families now qualify , according to the author of the study , Michael Murphy , a statistician at the London School of Economics . |
| 14 | But Mr Ahtisaari said that more recent checking , against the roll of Namibians who registered to vote in recent months , turned up 54 more names , and the mission expects to find that at least 20 others have been repatriated . |
| 15 | He said he was confident that at least 85 per cent of LWT 's shareholders , and all the managers , would support it . |
| 16 | We showed that at least the British version of socialism could be reversed and that a nation could win back its prosperity and its pride . ’ |
| 17 | He is glad that at least he will not be pitted against his own class in this way . |
| 18 | On the positive side one could cite the wider political knowledge acquired by a territory invaded on all sides during 1917–21 , so that at least the many peasants , caught up in military life , like our travelling soldier , might acquire broader interests . |
| 19 | Krupskaia admitted more truthfully that at least three-quarters of their inmates were the result of contemporary conditions , not of past sufferings . |
| 20 | The best of deciding to be ordained is the knowledge that you dimly see your future and have the courage to embark on an irreversible way and feel that at least you commit yourself to help humanity in its suffering or its moral predicament . |
| 21 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 22 | Fire up the 1.4 after any 1.6 , even a well run-in example , and it 's immediately plain that the smaller capacity , carburetted CVH is smoother and quieter , with noise , vibration and harshness levels that at least border on the acceptable . |
| 23 | They provide that at least half the proceeds of surplus asset sales must go to reduce consumer bills and would affect the so-called ‘ K-factor ’ on which price rises are calculated . |
| 24 | While we stood for election alongside the men , a decision taken in July by Labour MPs to bring more women into prominent positions in the party ensured that at least three women would be elected . |
| 25 | With more than 4.3 million people registered for shares , ministers expect that at least one quarter of the entire flotation will be bought by small British investors . |
| 26 | With more than 4.3 million people registered for shares , ministers expect that at least one quarter of the entire flotation will be bought by small British investors . |
| 27 | Fifa officials could not immediately say how many players would benefit from the yellow-card amnesty , but confirmed that at least three players would be suspended for one World Cup match after receiving red cards . |
| 28 | Fifa officials could not immediately say how many players would benefit from the yellow-card amnesty , but confirmed that at least three players would be suspended for one World Cup match after receiving red cards . |
| 29 | The bidder 's estimate is that at least £31million of the property profit has been taken above the line , and Kingfisher also questions whether Dixons made any profit at all in 1988-89 from selling electrical goods in the UK . |
| 30 | A Hungarian with relatives employed at a Timisoara hospital told Budapest radio that at least 250 bodies had been admitted to one hospital and that the death figure was bound to be higher . |