Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] at [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overriding principle , though , is that consultation must commence at the earliest opportunity . |
| 2 | The conclusions are , discrimination must end at the earliest opportunity for both men and women changes should include a full and p proper consultation exercise . |
| 3 | I called the meeting in New York during our chairmanship of the Security Council so that the council could meet at the highest level to reaffirm and develop its commitment to peacekeeping and peacemaking . |
| 4 | Paradoxically , though , Roxburgh observed that Jess , who he favourably compared with a young Kenny Dalglish , had ‘ become an internationalist ’ at Ibrox by proving he could function at the highest level . |
| 5 | He kept a set of bags packed inside the door of Downing Street , so he could escape at the earliest opportunity to the grouse moors or trout streams . |
| 6 | ‘ Oo , ’ they 'd say at the merest smear of mud , ‘ you had a pig in here ? ’ |
| 7 | He had made her whole body feel as though it would explode at the slightest caress from him . |
| 8 | He was playing with her emotions , stringing them out like a taut band that would snap at the slightest pressure . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’ |
| 10 | Having a factory bike can put a lot of pressure on you but when after just a couple of races you discover you can compete at the highest level , everything gets easier . |