Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] at [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Do not be misled by assurances from dealers that all oriental rugs or at least the ones they are selling , will automatically increase in value ; this simply is not true .
2 The communists had never been in a better position than they were in in , in nineteen forty eight , the civil war was , was clearly going in their favour erm they were to achieve power within eighteen months and at precisely the point where they had everything going for them , they are adopting the most moderate policy .
3 They were yellow with age and patched many times but at least the boy would be clean and warm .
4 A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time .
5 The retention of title is an arrangement whereby the seller of goods retains title to the goods until at least the buyer of the goods pays for them .
6 Unless they 're out carrying out their inspections but at least the administrator 's there , she will help all she possibly can in the absence of the fire safety officer .
7 But even when they were famous names like those , Madame used to recite or whisper them like they were the names of lovers or at least the dear departed , girlfriends , people she had actually met .
8 The kings of the Mercians until at least the time of Ceolwulf ( 821–3 ) claimed descent from either Penda or one of his brothers ( see Appendix , Fig. 8 ) .
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