Example sentences of "at the [adj -est] possible [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The aim to teach and carry out research at the highest possible level in the University 's mission statement is key to the future successful development of the University .
2 This trial shows yet again the danger that work with vulnerable children , particularly in residential homes , may attract the very people who should be kept at the greatest possible distance from it .
3 Thus , if the whole internal process were slowed down enormously , one could actually see a representation of each command executed by the machine at the lowest possible level of representation .
4 11.2.4 discontinuance at the earliest possible opportunity of all listings and telephone books , trade directories and the like of any and all wording involving the Trade Marks ,
5 The legislation for the new agency was expected to have been introduced into Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity by Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , who is expected to set a firm date for publication of the consultation paper on the new environment agency sometime in October .
6 The much celebrated correspondence in the matter of Arkell v Pressdram involved only two letters : the first , from the solicitors Goodman Derrick & Co , to the editor of " Private Eye " , ended with the familiar legal demand : " Mr Arkell 's first concern is that there should be a full retraction at the earliest possible date in " Private Eye " and he will also want his costs paid .
7 The Government have introduced the Bill at the earliest possible moment in the Session , and we shall ensure that secondary legislation is made as quickly as possible .
8 The British chiefs were anxious for American aid at the earliest possible moment in the event of war with the USSR .
9 This proposed approach to design is thus one in which the constraints or functional attributes are established at the earliest possible time in order to allow the design to be monitored .
10 The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters .
11 A Cabinet committee , expected to be chaired by the Prime Minister , will be set up soon to look at the broadest possible scope of environmental policy , taking in road traffic , housing , agriculture , the rural economy , energy , and industrial development , as well as the obvious ‘ green ’ areas of policy such as planning , waste disposal and pollution .
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