Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [art] lowest " in BNC.

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1 This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances .
2 Thus , even on the unrealistic assumption that consumers acting through the market are able to force managements to produce at the lowest possible cost , companies nevertheless retain a discretion within that constraint over such issues as plant location , appropriate levels of automation , and policy on research and development , since these and other delegated questions do not yield unique least-cost solutions .
3 With respect to the issue of subsidiarity , he emphasised that the British view of subsidiarity was to have decisions taken at the lowest effective level of authority .
4 Village elders voted at the lowest level instead of constituents and determined representatives to vote at the next highest level .
5 Official figures out yesterday indicated that British consumers saved at the lowest rate for 31 years while living standards actually declined 0.6 per cent between the first and second quarters of the year .
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