Example sentences of "[adv] at [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swinging leg has to touch down at exactly the right speed and lock straight in time to convert the kinetic energy into lift . |
| 2 | He can claim , whether truthfully or not , that he had recommended clients to come in at exactly the right times . |
| 3 | The job of the chant leader is simply to make sure that ‘ Shit ! ’ comes in at exactly the right time . |
| 4 | He has a habit of playing in at least the inaugural event held on one of his lay-outs and in December 1988 fully intended to play in the Austrian Open of 1989 . |
| 5 | Second homes were liable for Standard Community Charge which was normally at twice the personal rate . |
| 6 | Each month cardholders can either pay off their whole bill , in which case they pay no interest charges and the credit is ‘ free ’ for up to fifty six days ; or they can pay off at least the minimum amount , which is usually 5% or 5 , whichever is the greater . |
| 7 | Defending against smashes is even trickier — you have to press up and fire to jump up at exactly the right moment to block the smash , and sometimes the other player will fool you by just tipping a weak shot over your head ! |
| 8 | Should a big enough gap open up at just the right time , then you will be able to stay on port and merely harden up to cross the line . |
| 9 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for sorting out at least the hon. Gentleman 's mathematics with obvious skill and knowledge . |
| 10 | One lucky spin-off from the system is that it reproduces intelligible sound at normal pitch , when the tape is played back at twice the intended speed . |
| 11 | Instead , there was a tall , straggly looking tree seemingly at precisely the right spot , but it was definitely not a palm ; no-one could mistake it for one . |
| 12 | And was partially at least the inevitable consequence of the fact that the Murphy brothers were being prosecuted at the same time as the complaint against the arresting officers was being investigated . |
| 13 | Almost at once the National Anthem summoned them both to their feet , but Mark responded sluggishly . |
| 14 | There at least the ideological differences have not been obfuscated by national divisions . |
| 15 | He positively brims with charm , suggesting that , like the proverbial Don , he has the enviable ability to turn it on at just the right moment . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , by the early 1950s the extremes of difference between working and middle class women 's experiences , which had been the result chiefly of poverty on the one hand , and a cloistered existence in a home where at least the heavy chores were performed by domestic servants on the other , had disappeared . |