Example sentences of "[noun] at the [adj -est] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |
| 2 | THE innocence of youth will give way to the pressures of adulthood when Duncan Ferguson plays against Germany at Ibrox tomorrow night , ending a nine-month period during which his future at the highest level looked in doubt . |
| 3 | If tax is owing and payment on the due date is impossible , the Inland Revenue will discuss payment over a period of time to meet the liability ; and any taxpayer who is in difficulty in paying his or her tax should contact the Inland Revenue at the earliest opportunity to discuss how the difficulty might be resolved . |
| 4 | A main aim of that rescheduling had been to allow Gorbachev at the earliest opportunity to push through reforms and install a more sympathetic central committee . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but you 'll find him in the bar at the nearest race meeting to London . |
| 6 | Moves by the Government to incorporate the EC directive on money laundering into UK law at the earliest opportunity have received strong support from the Institute 's Financial Reporting and Auditing Group . |
| 7 | I suggest that the Minister talks to his departmental officials at the earliest opportunity to find out whether my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) is right . |
| 8 | His institute claims the record for growing bananas at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone , among other more widely applicable examples of energy efficiency . |
| 9 | I hope the chairman of Sedgefield District Council will at the earliest opportunity demand an apology from Coun Ord and if he fails to respond , to ban him from the council chamber . |
| 10 | FLU is sweeping across Britain at the highest rate recorded for 14 years , according to figures published yesterday . |
| 11 | Cecil 's colt 's success at the highest level came on this very course in last season 's Racing Post Trophy . |
| 12 | The LVF advantage at the shortest duration implies that the right hemisphere may recognise genuine words when it sees them , even though it can not necessarily identify them , which suggests that in this respect the right half of the brain is not inferior to the left . |
| 13 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |