Example sentences of "[conj] at the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that is certain is that , if he buys bars of chocolate from a retail shop or acquires the wrappers from another who has bought them , that purchase is not , or at the lowest is not necessarily , part of the same transaction as his subsequent purchase of a record from the manufacturers . … |
| 2 | Each genre established you as ‘ commander ’ at a particular level — for example as total military supremo controlling grand strategy , or at regimental level in charge of smaller units such as squads or platoons , or at the lowest level actually controlling individual tanks or airplanes . |
| 3 | Its fuses were expected to blow the lot about five o'clock next morning , Saturday , or at the latest by nine o'clock . |
| 4 | People really began to expect the war to end in August , or at the latest in September . |
| 5 | On this principle write all initial letters together on the day you receive instructions , or at the latest the following day . |
| 6 | Students will need to discipline themselves to keep a record , in a loose leaf binder , on a very regular basis eg. weekly or at the longest once a fortnight . |
| 7 | Except at the lowest level each module contains a single sub-program . |
| 8 | EXCEPT at the highest of America 's ski resorts , the lifts have stopped and the instructors have moved on to Argentina or New Zealand . |
| 9 | It is subdivided into three geographical and administrative regions which are independent except at the highest level . |
| 10 | Infusion of bFGF subcutaneously in various doses ( 1–100 µg/kg/hour ) did not significantly alter gastric acid or pepsin secretion , although at the highest fose of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg ) gastric secretion tended to decline ; acid output fell to 103 ( 15 ) µmol/30 minutes and pepsin output fell to 0.76 ( 0.17 ) . |
| 11 | The second factor shows that at the highest speeds the pull.out torque is inversely proportional to the supply frequency and that , as before , a large total phase resistance improves the high speed performance . |
| 12 | Geoffrey , discussions about the Common Market , for example , tend to be carried out using rational arguments based on economics and legal principles , but do n't you think that at the deepest level international relations depend on national characteristics ? |
| 13 | The path down to the sea was certainly steep but Brian noticed that at the worst bends , new paling had been erected . |
| 14 | During which time I found that at the worst all Englishmen stuck together in regard to the West Indians … it was like a thorn in my heels to know that I was working in an atmosphere of hostility . |
| 15 | Tilting her head back , Ruth saw that at the farthest height the green melted into . |
| 16 | Yorkshire Water has calculated that at the busiest time August Bank Holiday it could have 50,000 people using it . |
| 17 | A simple handle-sliding action secures the cooking position , the bell-shaped shield diffuses steam downwards and at the lightest touch , all pressure can be harmlessly released . |
| 18 | At the worst they were little better off than the best paid sections of the working class and at the best they were able to afford a distinctively different education for their children and adopt a lifestyle which aped their financial betters . |
| 19 | But globalisation means that companies have to invest where they can produce cheapest and at the best quality and where they can earn profits . |
| 20 | At that time we can respond by the greatest amount and at the greatest speed and we perceive it as being least difficult . |
| 21 | Calcretes developed in this way are thickest and at the greatest depth in the soil profile in areas of 100 400 mm ( 4–16 in ) of rainfall especially on the temperate margins of deserts ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) and become thinner and much nearer the surface in the arid regions proper . |
| 22 | They have clients who wish to sell certain products and services and their task is to enable their clients to reach as many potential customers as possible and at the lowest possible cost . |
| 23 | The company says this technological approach enables changes made anywhere in the process including development of documentation , design models and source code and at the lowest level of granularity , to be automatically reflected and maintained throughout the entire development process and all software deliverables . |
| 24 | And at the lowest level in the EC , they are also fully consistent with the prospects for recovery this year . ’ |
| 25 | Others have survived similar heart complaints and are still working , both in the First Division and at the highest level on the Continent . |
| 26 | 23.1 If any dispute or difference arises between the Parties hereto in connection with or arising out of the Agreement and provided that either of them shall have given notice in writing thereof , the Parties shall try to reach an agreement by negotiating in goodwill and at the highest level . |
| 27 | The global system is made up of economic transnational practices and at the highest level of abstraction these are the building blocks of the system . |
| 28 | As the company will be using significant cash resources to finance the purchases in such circumstances , the requirement to make a statement as to the adequacy of working capital in the circular ( on the basis of the maximum utilisation of the authority and at the highest price — which assumption must be stated ) will be of particular concern . |
| 29 | ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied , as was the case here … |
| 30 | In Clarke v. Clarke [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 115 , 119 Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. said : ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied [ the committal order ] can not stand . ’ |