Example sentences of "[conj] [det] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or both at the same time ?
2 During the 1950s and early 1960s , retirement at the statutory pensionable age of 60 for men and 65 for women became widely established across occupations and social classes , although least at the highest status-levels .
3 It is a reasonable assumption — though little more than an assumption that ads in the categories at the lower end of the scale as it appears on the page will be more closely studied , and more thoroughly and consciously used by purchasers , than those at the upper end of the scale .
4 Oh , bit hard carrying the dinner and this at the same time .
5 A sluice gate was installed up the hill where the water that would create our power was diverted from the Meloch into the millpond , and another at the other end of the pond above the terraces at the back of Melin Cottage .
6 And all at the same time .
7 The Manager of the package and those at the next level in the structure which reference it are reset to their original values for the package being updated and all packages which reference it ( see ( i ) above ) .
8 It is artificially constrained in a way that ensures that the burden is not fairly distributed and those at the top end of the property range , and very likely to be at the top end of the income range , are being given shelter which is not justified .
9 Course , Derek Weintraub just sat there , totally gormless and I-know-it-all at the same time as only a fifth-year O-level repeat can be .
10 You really do seem to be trying to have your cake and eat it ; being anti-cruise , anti-Thatcher , anti-Foot , anti-SDP/Liberal Alliance and anti-CND-all at the same time !
11 They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to .
12 They argue that they have a strong commitment to the environment and are making major investments to improve efficiency of water consumption , but that at the same time they also have a commitment to their customers .
13 He said that the basic principle for a compromise should be that " all extreme proposals , such as dismantling the project , should be ruled out , but that at the same time the Danube should not suffer irreversible damage " .
14 The advantages of a centralized policy are the speed and scale of reform it allows ; the disadvantages , particularly in a complex arena like education , are the resistance and disaffection it may generate , and the inevitability that the practice which emerges will be rather different from that intended because those at the receiving end may have insufficient understanding or commitment to secure its implementation .
15 Since those at the front shout loudly , you wo n't necessarily know that those at the back ca n't .
16 Between 1979 and 1989 those at the highest decile ( ie those earning more than 90 per cent and less than 10 per cent of the population ) increased their real income by 36.6 per cent whereas those at the lowest decile ( ie those earning more than 10 per cent and less than 90 per cent of the population ) who increased their real income by only 5.7 per cent .
17 The centre and one end pair were fixed wheels , while those at the other end were radial .
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