Example sentences of "[be] at the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I make no bones about believing that this should always be at the lowest possible level , making me an enthusiastic decentraliser and a sceptical centraliser — whether to Whitehall and Brussels , or Westminster and Strasbourg . |
| 2 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 3 | Just when their prospects appeared to be at the lowest ebb , Murray , in the 3,000 metres , and McKean , at 800m , pulled off a golden double triumph in Toronto at the World Indoor Championships . |
| 4 | Mrs McCarthy said : ‘ Police protection this weekend will be at the highest level , particularly in view of the historic importance of the Cobham Hall buildings and grounds . ’ |
| 5 | that 's what I 'm saying Mark , what , no matter what the state of the economy , the Russian military will be at the best it can be which will be |
| 6 | Perhaps communication should be at the broadest possible level if that is done well ; if not , it should be only at that level which can be done well . |
| 7 | There is now no doubt that those societies who were not represented will deeply regret the step they adopted , for those would-be representatives have missed having had the honour of being at the best gathering ever held in the annals of the deaf and dumb . " |
| 8 | Ozone levels over much of North America and Europe were at the lowest levels on record in February , at between 9 and 20 per cent below normal , following a winter of persistently depleted levels . |
| 9 | There was a master over-ride switch outside each of the stages , allowing them to pass swiftly through until they were at the deepest level . |
| 10 | ‘ Her reports were at the best misleading and at worst untrue reports , ’ Mr McMillan said . |
| 11 | They were at the highest point for twenty li about . |
| 12 | Unlike previous years the majority of sales were at the cheapest end of the price range , between £100 and £500 with works at the top price of £1,750 harder to shift . |
| 13 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 14 | Those are the facts about the state of manufacturing industry , and industrial disputes are at the lowest for half a century . |
| 15 | Thus priority is given to existing employees in the allocation of individuals to posts , and entry points to the system are at the lowest level of any particular hierarchy . |
| 16 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 17 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 18 | This is as true for those who , like those in FYT 's full-time staff team , serve God 's servants , as it is for those who are at the sharpest end . |
| 19 | Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race . |
| 20 | This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment . |
| 21 | Erm when the sun 's at the hottest anyway it 's sheltered it only gets , oh and the other thing is , you , er it , it does n't say here but you 're supposed to , it 's supposed to be somewhere where they 'll be sheltered from the early morning sun if there 's been |
| 22 | Again a reflection of technological backwardness because natural disasters can be controlled with a sufficient investment of resources China is n't able to do that , there are plagues of locusts , there is widespread flooding er there are also , by contrast , periods of severe drought , particularly up in the North China Plain which is at the best of times erm a semi-arid region . |
| 23 | Scum … aside from the ( hopefully short ) european distraction — their confidence is at the highest . |
| 24 | To take one example , in October 1988 male unemployment in East London was at the highest levels in the South-East : 21 per cent in Tower Hamlets ; 18 per cent in Southwark and 14 per cent in Newham , reflecting the acute poverty and low levels of education in these areas . |
| 25 | Hawkshead Grammar School was at the highest point of its reputation when Wordsworth arrived ; boys were sent to it from all over the north-west of England and even from Scotland . |
| 26 | It was as though an extraordinary story — a great mythology , with half-forgotten legends , languages and lore — had been unfolding in his head from the time he began to think ; and his appreciation of the Old Literature was at the deepest level imaginative and creative . |
| 27 | Her caravan was at the worst end of the site , surrounded by a sea of mud whenever it rained , and close to the rubbish dump . |
| 28 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |