Example sentences of "[adj -est] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 2 | Dr Tony Cox , programme director for atmospheric sciences at the Natural Environment Research Council , said that the warming effect of CO2 and CFCs in the lower atmosphere will be greatest at low latitudes , while the cooling caused by ozone depletion is strongest at the poles . |
| 3 | Aspiration is strongest at the beginning of a stressed syllable : port , tiger , incur , but there is no aspiration if the syllable begins with /s/ : sport , sty , scarf . |
| 4 | This signal , we believe , is a diffusing chemical , a morphogen , which is released by the polarizing region , so the concentration is highest at the posterior margin and the concentration decreases away from the polarizing region , being lowest at the anterior margin . |
| 5 | Equilibrium is at its lowest at the water 's surface and as pressure is exerted on the bladder its volume decreases which causes the fish to ‘ sink ’ . |
| 6 | The bone is heavily digested after breakage , with the digestion being heaviest at the broken ends of the shafts on the right . |
| 7 | Media use also varied during the week , being heaviest at the weekend . |
| 8 | The distortion generated is worst at the kind of levels needed for headphone listening . |
| 9 | And the cold was worst at the feet , he thought . |
| 10 | A kink at the end of the shaft provides an ‘ S ’ shape , with an arm-rest at the end . |
| 11 | For instance , when the selectors were working at their hardest at the English and British Match-Play Championships — Joanne was feeling and playing far below her best because of a species of salmonella food poisoning . |
| 12 | The principle of the conservation of energy implies balance in all interactions , from the largest at the intergalactic scale to the smallest at the elementary particle scale … with somewhere between them , the human scale . |
| 13 | However , it can be shown that the containment is weakest at the magnetic equator , and the outcome is leakage from the belt beyond about 20 R J . |
| 14 | ‘ It is clear that UK standards are the highest at the moment . |
| 15 | This signal , we believe , is a diffusing chemical , a morphogen , which is released by the polarizing region , so the concentration is highest at the posterior margin and the concentration decreases away from the polarizing region , being lowest at the anterior margin . |
| 16 | Business fed the results from its chosen group into a computer and stacked the combined scores in 30 categories : women 's highest at the top , the lowest at the bottom , followed in each case by similar scores for the men . |
| 17 | You will find the lowest calorie meals at the start of the section , the highest at the end . |
| 18 | Resilience is highest at the beginning of the new school year and hits rock bottom in February . |
| 19 | Because the pressures are always highest at the front the expansion is always fastest there , although the most rapidly expanding elements may be swept away by the flow . |
| 20 | The great problem for any navigator was to know where his ship was : it was relatively easy to determine the latitude , which measures distance north or south of the equator , but it was much harder to find the longitude , or distance east or west of a fixed meridian — a line from pole to pole running through all the points at which the sun is at its highest at the same moment . |
| 21 | One of the corporate myths is that top managers have a monopoly on stress — the incidence of stress is actually highest at the bottom of the hierarchy among process , clerical and service personnel . |
| 22 | The flowers mature in sequence , starting with the oldest at the top . |
| 23 | Gas-pressure from the reaction would develop steadily over the brief time of contact , and would be greatest at the rear of the zone where the tread was about to lift off . |
| 24 | This is greatest at the point where the main vein , carrying blood from the animal 's body back into its heart , is constricted as it passes through the animal 's chest . |
| 25 | The influence of the friendship group is greatest at the base of the hierarchy , where the search for relationships between members is strongest ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 26 | The potential for a successful Jacobite restoration was probably greatest at the time of the Hanoverian Succession . |
| 27 | Lewis taking over from the greatest at the pavilion er Lawrence and er , first time we 've seen Lawrence this morning , and on the subject of frustration Victor which you were just airing then , did you by any chance see Tony Locke at er Old Trafford when Laker took his . |
| 28 | The principle of the conservation of energy implies balance in all interactions , from the largest at the intergalactic scale to the smallest at the elementary particle scale … with somewhere between them , the human scale . |
| 29 | For June 1990 to June 1991 , gravity increases occur at all stations but are largest at the summit . |
| 30 | Indeed , in 1984 some eighteen smallish tour operators failed and in late 1984 an important firm , Budget Travel ( the tenth largest at the time ) also suddenly went out of business . |