How To Use Minimum In A Sentence

WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.
At a minimum, the Bush administration had better step up its promotion of the economy's current sizzling performance.
Content is kept to a minimum while style wins over substance every time.
BDC is currently conducting a Phase two placebo-controlled proof of concept study with the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, etanercept, epidurally administered to a minimum of 40 patients with sciatica. THE MEDICAL NEWS

He is serving a life sentence with a minimum of eight years. Times, Sunday Times
Competition is keen and candidates must offer a minimum of an upper second class honours degree together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements.
You must get a minimum of 60 questions right to pass the examination.
As a person, though, she is very knowing, which is why she's trying to get through the whole thing with a minimum amount of fuss.
Since I haven't read anybody else saying it yet, I'll jump up and be the first: they should be fired, at a bare minimum.
While you can get pretty close to walruses here, within 30 feet in some cases, you're not allowed to be on the beaches, so conversations are kept to a minimum and there's a rush to get up.
Temperatures will fall to a minimum of 10 degrees.
They're usually the ones who've been around for a while, and they usually manage with the barest minimum of speaker support.
The minimum possible bid price is equal to the cancellation price.
Leaders like that get only the bare minimum of effort and never rouse employees to cooperative activity.
They will block further tax cuts, except modest breaks for small businesses to ease the burden of a minimum wage increase.
I like to cane it for a minimum of two nights, more often three.
Garden irises are hardy, long-lived perennials that need a minimum of care.
Adults need a minimum of four servings daily from this group. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Faced with the new electric fields introduced by the sound wave, the electrons and holes in the quantum well seek out their respective points of minimum energy in the presence of the fields.
Both require a minimum investment of ￡1, give instant access and include gifts.
The policy would set a minimum amount of tax payable on a pack. Times, Sunday Times
Please also rate the article as it will help us decide Hmm, I'd like to agree with Andy and say a minimum requirement would be straight up visual design but the term web designer seems to be taking on a broader meaning every … Smashing Magazine Feed
Many tool rental companies offer ready-mix concrete with small minimums and reduced prices.
We want a minimum one-year custodial sentence-longer for repeat offenders and organised gangs.
A minimum of one Lotto ticket serial number is drawn from all valid tickets each Lotto draw.
The course is open to people of all nationalities and religious affiliations, and the minimum age is 15 years.
The compact dimensions of the system means minimum impact on interior space and the design of the drivetrain is surprisingly simple but highly efficient.
Check to make sure you meet the minimum requirements for using a cable modem.
In Aberdeen, the licensing board has proposed minimum drink prices in pubs of £1.75 for a pint of beer, cider, premium lager or cocktail.
Wage increases are being kept to a minimum because of the recession.
Since dropping to the minimum distance this term she's really found her form. The Sun
If you choose to returf, know that turf farms have minimum order quantities and delivery charges and may only sell to contractors.
Just in the name of dignity you will need to ratchet up the effort three more points, minimum. Times, Sunday Times
Then, using an electronic compass and ultrasonic sensors, it cuts the area about 10 times, ensuring a minimum of missed patches.
He said animals had to be 16 hands 3ins minimum and a cross between a heavy working breed and a thoroughbred.
In Switzerland and the Netherlands, insurers are required by law to provide a 4% minimum annual return.
But few people with the specialised knowledge I have would give up their jobs and join the police when the prospect is a minimum of 4 years in a job where that experience is useless. OSPRE Selecta! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
After paying a deposit (usually a minimum of ten per cent), you pay monthly instalments over a fixed term at a fixed rate of interest.
The reason that the minimum wage is problematic is that it is also self-limiting, only because companies can't pay employees less than the minimum wage, what generally gets limited is the number of jobs.
The SP Howitzer shall have a laser ignition system that shall provide for a minimum of 30 ignitions without replenishment of the ignition source.
What is the basic happy minimum? Times, Sunday Times
Storage, offer free collection or van hire with a minimum storage term. Times, Sunday Times
The minimum wage is nowhere near enough. Times, Sunday Times
To make the tabbouleh warm the cracked wheat in the microwave or in a small frypan with minimum water.
Buyers get unlimited texts and 100 minutes talktime, after signing up for a minimum of one month. The Sun
Up to 1956 there were doubts as to whether deposits for fixed periods and deposits repayable at a minimum notice could, thus, be garnished.
On October 1, 2009, Octapharma provided a $4.5 million advance to ProMetic on a long-term prion capture resin supply agreement signed in December 2008, linked to minimum yearly purchase orders for the prion capture resin incorporated into Octapharma's manufacturing process for its solvent/detergent treated plasma product, OctaplasLG®. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
At a minimum, they can force the issue back on to the political agenda and make Republicans publicly address the subject again.
The minimum number for a tour is four people. The Sun
Think of the good done - the minimum wages, the new deals and other sops to middle class consciences, they plead.
She herself meant eventually to marry, because one couldn't forever hang on to rich people; but she was going to wait till she found some one who combined the maximum of wealth with at least a minimum of companionableness. The Glimpses of the Moon
Each of the seven-bone USDA prime standing ribs is aged for a minimum of 28 days before being roasted in the old English way, on top of a bed of course rock salt. Jay Weston: Lawry's the Prime Rib -- Donating, Doing, Delicious!
The psychiatrists and other medical staff avoided this ward, making only the bare minimum of calls and writing off the patients there as unsalvageable.
Gerhardt, after all, was trained -- trained to think and expound with minimum waste of words, fast and in hazardous circumstances. DARE CALL IT TREASON
My biga and soaker sat in my fridge for 3 days -- you don't need to wait 3 days, 12 hours is the minimum, but I figured that the longer it sat, the tastier it would be, and I knew I wanted to serve the bread with a lamb stew I would be making (and will be sharing with you). Archive 2008-10-01
What cheeses me off, of course, is that these offers are available only to those who can be provided with a service at minimum cost and thus maximum profit to the service provider.
Yet this time they have done it with the minimum of fuss. The Sun
Some, however, doubt that a minimum five-year jail term will deter hardened criminals.
However our parrots, such as lorikeets and rosellas, need weather proof nesting boxes for natural hollow logs fixed a minimum of 3 meters from the ground.
Swift Transportation pulled a planned $1.07 billion refinancing that the trucking company expected to reprice at 3.5 percentage points over Libor with a minimum rate of 4.75%, according to a person familiar with the deal. High-Yield Bond Issues, Loan Repricings Pulled; Treasurys Rise
Of course, there are certain minimum standards to which companies must adhere but it is the culture within a company that defines it. Times, Sunday Times
The training budget has been pared back to a minimum.
He did the bare minimum of work but still passed the exam.
It is all white, with maximum workspace and minimum cupboards, and has a built-in breakfast table and matching chairs.
As an international vulgate institution of labor and social security, minimum wage is disputed after its birth.
What does that imply for the minimum acceptable income from the project? Principles of Corporate Finance
Over two matches, we could donate a minimum of 20,000 items for the foodbank. The Sun
-- Since calcium carbide is only useful as a means of preparing acetylene, it should be bought under a guarantee (1) that it contains less impurities than suffice to render the crude gas dangerous in respect of spontaneous inflammability, or objectionable in a manner to be explained later on, when consumed; and (2) that it is capable of evolving a fixed minimum quantity of acetylene when decomposed by water. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
All local governments should conduct a general survey of compliance with the minimum wage system and minimum wage standards for part-time workers.
Take a minimum of five good pictures of both the exterior and interior. The Sun
Several have been carried out under the government's recently enacted internment legislation, which was rushed through parliament with minimum debate.
There were so many loopholes and shelters that only the chumps got that big of a bite taken out of their pockets - hench the alternative minimum tax was created. Matthew Yglesias » The Case for More Tax Brackets
The danger signs include being able to make only minimum debt repayments and being unsure about how much is owed. Times, Sunday Times
Thirdly, much of the rise in incarceration results from the drug laws and the mandatory minimums. Matthew Yglesias » Out of the Insane Asylum, and Into the Prison
Basically, it does exactly what it says on the tin with the minimum of fuss and hassle.
But we are all intensely aware of the fact that work and its corollary, employment, are essential requisites for most people to be able to live in dignity with at least a minimum of comfort and security.
The requirement for minimum holidays is a health and safety measure. Times, Sunday Times
It is complementary to low energy electron diffraction, which probes long range order - ie a minimum domain size of 100-200A/9.
What are your minimum requirements for the job?
These branches will afford the unbanked population with affordable minimum bank balance accounts that currently are unobtainable from most commercial banks.
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
Each topic is covered in the same folksy style, with the minimum of ‘geek-speak’ and the text is often amusing in the extreme.
All employees work a minimum of 15 hours per week and are paid the going rate for the job.
Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum.
She kept her accessories to a minimum, save for a belly-button piercing and a light pink tote which she kept next to her sun lounger.
It will shortly be put up for sale under the terms already communicated to you, which, to recapitulate, call for a very minimum of publicity.
Once you were hired as a part time minimum wage earner, that is where you stayed. Power Line on the Minimum Wage
These sleds reach a minimum speed of 80 mph and the driver has to contend with g-force in each of the turns.
Copious quantities of caffeine and alcohol will stimulate the production of urine, so keep them to a minimum.
We'll have the minimum of clothes, two cans of fuel and one of water and that's the lot.
However, this is only partly outside, and the 2.5% penalty would be Constitutional, just the minimum would notbe. The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform
All windows are triple glazed, and the south-facing facade has large glass sections that let in daylight and keep the need for artificial light to a minimum. Times, Sunday Times
I tried another tack and suggested that the company introduce a minimum standard of dress in first-class carriages. Times, Sunday Times
Four aircraft remained airborne, and we continued to push our approach minimums.
At a minimum, we wonder why the SEC didn't insist that Mr. Mozilo cooperate in naming the politicians and others in government or at Fannie and Freddie who benefited from Countrywide's mortgage largesse. Angelo's Ashes
He wanted the minimum of a yellow card. The Sun
We always use an independent booking agency to keep costs to an absolute minimum. The Sun
A temperature of 121? ? C is regarded as the minimum necessary to achieve sterility.
Whenever possible I cook from scratch, using fresh and organic ingredients, keeping animal fat, sugar and salt to a minimum
Thanksgiving should be every person in the community should be some basic ethical guidelines, is the minimum life of self-cultivation, but also human.
Politically, raising the minimum wage is good for the Democrats.
If signing with 19 Entertainment were a good idea, its Idol winners would neither sue to get out of their bad contracts or at the minimum re-sign at their expiration. Morris W. O'Kelly: Why You (and I) Shouldn't Root for Jacob Lusk to Win American Idol
The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
She had reduced her consumption of fat and sugar to an absolute minimum.
Communion in the hand kept to a minimum, 2 Deacons alongside the Celebrant, no concelebration, birettas, supremely reverent atmosphere, and beautiful vestments and even more beautiful music exclusively polyphonic/chant. "Liturgical paradigms for the whole world..."
We normally eat one course at a minimum of two venues each. Times, Sunday Times
The endosperm cap (the testa included) was placed on the needle and was pierced by moving the needle down into a polyvinyl chloride block with a conic hole with a minimum diameter of 0.7 mm.
Judging was based on a surfer's best three waves of the round, forcing competitors to compete with the other boarders in the water just to reach the minimum requirement.
The minimum quantity of air at the end of the line brattice before starting each cut and the operating range after the scrubber is started will be measured by a certified mine official.
But thanks to double bogies front and back, wide tracks, and a mighty handy boom, ground disturbance is kept to a minimum.
No, Blair's Britain had a minimum wage, a New Deal for the unemployed and spent serious money on health and education.
As far as minimum requirements go, you will need to take at least one blank video cassette with you.
The arguments therefore tend to focus on three borderline questions: What is the minimum fault required for conviction of murder?
Crucially, it then requires that "representation… shall be degressively proportional", with a minimum threshold of six MEPs per Member State. European Parliament seats
At a minimum, they're guilty of extremely shoddy scholarship and overcredulity," says Boston Globe -- Ideas section
We also ask you to raise a minimum of £ 2500 in sponsorship.
However real channels are generally non - minimum phase systems, baud - spaced equalizers exhibit poor performance under this circumstance.
What I have in mind is a small selection of visual material with a minimum of caption text.
A triangle or square, while requiring the minimum number of vantages for sight lines, enclosed too much unutilized space in its corners and presented too large a perimeter.
But if you don't maintain the minimum balance, watch out - you'll get soaked on fees.
Simplifies tax filing for thousands of middle-income Californians by increasing the exemption amounts used in calculating the Alternative Minimum Tax.
Now add up all your debts and total the minimum payments due on each.
Important advantages are its short makeready times of only seven minutes, as well as the minimum initial wastage of just 10 startup sheets to the first sheets of saleable quality. Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox
The chromosphere extends from the top of the temperature minimum region up another 2000 kilometers and is named for the Greek word chromo which means color. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1067
4 Mb is the absolute minimum you need to run the program.
The president has proposed a hike in the minimum wage.
He achieved enviable results with the minimum of effort.
We improved our policy to stimulate and expand employment by encouraging business startups, and enforced the minimum wage system.
Our trial was of factorial design in order to compare three types of treatment within a single trial, in order to derive the maximum amount of data from the minimum number of patients.
The one time minimum repayments come in handy is if you have multiple debts. The Sun
Most of the junior office staff are on the minimum wage .
He wanted the minimum of a yellow card. The Sun
The output from a single handset can vary enormously, ranging from a minimum of two milliwatts to a maximum of about a watt, depending on whether the phone is in use and how good the signal is.
Even though I've bought the MINIMUM of luggage for these two weeks I still have to apologise anytime someone trips over a hatbox or two.
Management had asked the union to present minimum requirements for the resolution of the dispute.
Those of us subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (don't get me started on this silliness) in the middle-class and in the upper-income class will not have to worry about it for now.
The work, however, needs to be done and we are doing everything we can to make sure that it is done as quickly as possible with the minimum of inconvenience.
He also wants to set minimum wage increases in line with inflation if he gets in office.
China shall issue import licences for a minimum duration of validity of six months, except where exceptional circumstances make this impossible.
Households have the bare minimum of furniture, with mattresses spread on the floor at night for beds.
I believe Gadget wrote about the tendency of many “Police Officers” to do the bare minimum at the front line before trying to find a comfy doss job. If Carlsberg Made Justice Secretaries………… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The club management will try to ensure that the building work is carried out with the minimum of inconvenience to guests.
Well the problem with the minimum wage and Mr Howard is that Mr Howard is the chief chiseller.
More detailed guidance was given about what should be included under this heading, and a minimum disclosure requirement proposed.
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, overheads were kept to a minimum.
The minimum standard of living for rural resident is the key to establish social care system.
Gerhardt, after all, was trained -- trained to think and expound with minimum waste of words, fast and in hazardous circumstances. DARE CALL IT TREASON
Various types of pipe may be used (PVC, polythene, cement, fibrocement, etc.), with a minimum diameter of 100 mm. Chapter 3
This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
There are marked temporal interruptions and ellipses between the episodes; there are edits but they are kept to a minimum.
All candidate cities that meet minimum requirements and evaluation criteria to take part in final ballot.
Arguing against minimum wage laws because they harm small businesses or lead to rising prices opens us up to just the kind of counterargument so vividly pointed out in this story.
The draft regulations also provide details of the proposed minimum content of summary financial statements for banks.
Incidents of civil disobedience are now jointly orchestrated by participants and police so they can be carried out with minimum fuss.
This dose of oestrogen has previously been shown to be the minimum required to prevent bone loss in normal menopausal women.
The minimum investment is set at ￡500 with an initial charge of 5 percent plus an annual fee of 1 percent.
The minimum bid is one, and each player in turn must either bid higher than the highest bid so far or pass.
The execution of juvenile offenders is extremely rare and at least 72 countries set 18 as the minimum age for the death penalty.
The inclusion rates of finely ground feed should be kept to a minimum (for example, ground cereals, maize gluten).
The article was entitled 'Making up with the minimum of fuss: a five-minute beauty routine that every busy woman should know'.
Two fire crews managed to keep damage to a minimum.
The revised notice says "The purpose of this modification is to revise the minimum number of Soyuz seats which maybe procured from a minimum of 18 seats to a minimum of 3 seats. Is COTS-D Gaining Ground? - NASA Watch
They are really fishermen's ministers and their job is not to conserve the stock but to ensure that their national fishermen get the maximum catch with the minimum of regulation.
Either way, the result -- in theory -- will be cost-effective pollution abatement, that is, overall abatement achieved at minimum aggregate cost. Robert Stavins: Environmental Problems and the Myth of Simple Market Solutions
The Finance Ministry will have to determine the minimum declarable amount of local or foreign currency.
You must get a minimum of 40 questions right to pass the examination.
You will need a full passport, and it must have a minimum of six months remaining before expiry.
Until the late 1970s, this annual event occurred with a minimum of publicity.
A temperature of 121? ? C is regarded as the minimum necessary to achieve sterility.
Applications should be made by ground equipment using a minimum spray volume of 10 gallons of spray per acre.
Now the university will guarantee students a minimum of ten hours a week contact time. Times, Sunday Times
It's also the third, following Washington and Oregon, to index its minimum wage to inflation.
Registered establishments must comply with national minimum standards and the requirements of regulations setting out how they are expected to operate.
There are some mitzvos that can be fulfilled by meeting minimum standards, such as eating a small portion of matzah at the Seder.
Costs must be kept to a minimum .
Pressure cook with minimum water along with chillies, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger.
The state and federal government established guidelines requiring a minimum level of quality as indicated on the certified seed tag.
Leather is worked into luxurious softness and seams are reduced to a bare minimum.
Concern over the implications for deterrence of reducing the emphasis on nuclear weapons lay at the centre of many of the doubts expressed over minimum deterrence. NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda
The dip of the minimum reflectance (R_c) in the allochthon turns from NNW to WNW, indicating the state of stresses in the frontal zone of nappe.
The clean-up of the derelict factory site has stalled over minimum requirements. Times, Sunday Times
The code prohibited polygamous marriages and forced marriage for girls, established a minimum age for marriage, and required judicial divorce rather than repudiation.
These accuracies met the USGS minimum requirement of 85% for land-use and land-cover classification of remotely sensed data.
Its verification programme demands a minimum 80% of binary code is tested dynamically - 100% statically - before certification is awarded.
So you see, maximum evil stepmother effect, minimum effort. The Sun
Each state is guaranteed a minimum level of antiterrorism funding. Houston Chronicle
Some of these models also provide a greater number of programs, automatic shut-off timers and mechanisms that keep noise to a minimum.
Atoms that are compressed into this minimum volume are said to be in a degenerate state.
The minimum requirement for the post was a degree in engineering.
Please send us minimum prices of rubber V belt, timing belt endless belt and conveyor belt.
They abruptly slashed welfare rates by 22 percent, used workfare and other regulatory changes to drive people off benefits, froze minimum wages and stopped building social housing.
Keillor’s jeremiad is wrong on so many levels, and proceeds from a place of such monumental self-regard and fundamental misinformation, that a proper rebuttal would require an entire afternoon and a minimum of ten double-spaced pages. Publishing vs. that guy with the voice I can’t stand
Eighteen is the minimum age for entering most nightclubs.
He wanted the minimum of a yellow card. The Sun
Some suppliers have large quantity minimums and it may be worthwhile to go in with other area growers for an order.
Thoroughly rinse the tank with clean water for a minimum of 5 minutes, flushing water through the boom and hoses.
Yesterday he was jailed for a minimum 25 years after a jury found him guilty of murder. The Sun
The union scored a triumph in negotiating a minimum wage within the industry.
You also like citrus and dried fruits and anything that involves the minimum of fuss. The Sun

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