Example sentences of "at the [adv] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trousers had followed the jacket on to the chair , leaving only a pair of grey and white striped boxer shorts , and in dumb amazement she clutched the towel around her and stared reluctantly at the most impressive male body she 'd ever seen , well over six feet of muscle and sinew and matt-looking olive-tanned skin . |
| 2 | At the most general conceptual level of what we mean by good neighbouring , the ideas are tapping very thorny problems of the sources of social cohesion and solidarity . |
| 3 | The words were said , not harshly but firmly , according to one guest at the most unconventional royal wedding ever . |
| 4 | The Purchaser ought to know whether there are any problems after , say , one or at the most two complete audits ; |
| 5 | Here in Indonesia , at the most fragile geographical division between the earth 's outer , congealed crust and its inner , molten magma , we also found amongst the peoples themselves the thinnest division between our more recently evolved left-brain , rational faculties , and the millennia-old storehouse of right-brain intuitive wisdom . |
| 6 | For Eliot , though , such ideas of tradition and reincarnation would be bound up with heredity at the most basic evolutionary level and with the continuing cycle of renewal and death which he found in the pages of the anthropologists . |
| 7 | I At the most obvious level interest group activity increased in the post-war period in response to more state involvement in managing the economy and in welfare provision . |
| 8 | Let us look at the most common non-verbal signals which affect perceptions . |
| 9 | As the doors opened she stepped out and glanced quickly round her at the tastefully lavish five-star décor . |
| 10 | Hitler 's speech had its background in Germany 's strengthened position since the Munich settlement , in his determination to force the pace in foreign policy in 1939 , and — in its tone of heightened aggression towards the Jews — in the anger he felt at the increasingly strong anti-German feeling in the USA and in Britain which the Reichskristallnacht pogrom had greatly fuelled . |
| 11 | Enterprises would be required to sell a portion of their hard-currency profits to Russia 's State Bank at the artificially low commercial rate . |
| 12 | A tantalising wriggle freed her magnificent breasts , and she saw him gawk in wonder at the delicately rounded snow-white globes . |
| 13 | For Xianju and her colleague Song Gong , coming to learn at the internationally reknowned Hebrew studies centre in Yarnton , has been invaluable . |
| 14 | British audiences may derive enjoyment from laughing at the psychobabble , wincing at the plot contrivances and gaping at the crashingly obvious phallic symbolism , but the movie as a whole goes off at half-Hitchcock . |
| 15 | As Lisa popped a breast of chicken into the microwave she glanced at the brightly coloured childish drawings secured by fruit-shaped magnets to the fridge door and her heart turned over with maternal pride . |
| 16 | Propagating roses by seed is more involved , so we will begin by looking at the less complicated vegetative methods favoured by a majority of amateur gardeners . |
| 17 | The government 's overall aim is to ensure that planning control ensures the provision of much needed industrial materials at the least possible environmental cost . |
| 18 | In others he will have virtually no guidance , beyond looking at the relatively few determinate sentences for attempted murder and considering what adjustment should be made for the fact that death ensued . |
| 19 | Such finance and investment interdependencies are also important at the more general strategic level . |
| 20 | In 1912 the Palace Girls were selected to represent all Tiller Girls when they were greatly honoured by being invited to perform at the very first Royal Command Performance . |
| 21 | At the very successful Potential Teachers ' Day in July , 29 students were introduced to Medau at training level and were given background information about the syllabus and course structure . |
| 22 | As many were at the Very Severe upper end of difficulty , he developed quite a reputation for fearlessness . |
| 23 | The need for user studies has been widely discussed in the past decade , and Chapter 4 of this book looks at the very considerable recent literature on the subject . |
| 24 | ON Monday night in London four of Darlington 's brightest bands appear at the highly trendy Orange Club in West Kensington , hoping to impress a crowd of business executives . |