Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were that the maximum speed of flights was to be reduced from 835 kmph to 778 kmph and that the amount of time permitted at the lowest level of 75 metres was to be cut from 28 to 15 minutes , with the rest of the flight being made at no lower than 150 metres . |
| 2 | Popular with high earners because tax relief can be claimed at the highest rate , the pension loan also allows borrowers to claim tax relief on their pension contributions . |
| 3 | In , if the skills of MAS are likely to be required by the client in the later stages of the acquisition process , MAS should be included at the earliest possible opportunity ( if not already the main client contact ) . |
| 4 | Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season . |
| 5 | To cover this range of possibilities we concentrate on four DEMs : a 10 7 K isothermal one resulting in the hardest spectrum ; a solar flare-like DEM taken from ref.21 ; the solar active region DEM of ref.22 , modified at the highest temperature to decrease to zero above 10 7 K ; and an isothermal DEM at 10 6 K resulting in a very soft spectrum . |
| 6 | Village elders voted at the lowest level instead of constituents and determined representatives to vote at the next highest level . |
| 7 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 8 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 9 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 10 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 11 | 11 , has been a source of problems which perhaps have yet to be resolved at the highest level . |
| 12 | A UN military observer , Colonel Walter van Dijk , who was with the convoy when it was stopped at a police and army barricade in Serbia yesterday , said the fate of the convoy had been ‘ resolved at the highest level ’ . |
| 13 | Providing loans without interest , the People 's Bank is a grassroots financial institution owned by the Government and targeted at the poorest Nigerians who live below the poverty line . |
| 14 | Errors which occur in the main archive of dictionary text , through any circumstance , will be repaired at the earliest convenient time without displacing lexicographer activities . |
| 15 | It is very important indeed that the informant be considered at the earliest possible stage since he or she will be doing the work of supplying answers to the questions and a good ‘ flow ’ in the interview will help greatly in establishing and maintaining interest and rapport . |
| 16 | Precisely this eventuality had been considered at the highest level in the days just before the war ended . |
| 17 | Traditional telecommunication links suffer from a restricted band width which means they are like very narrow pipes capable of carrying only limited supplies of water , even pumped at the highest possible pressures . |
| 18 | Only one test proved sensitive to the effects of gradually reduced sleep — the Rapid Alternation Test — where an increase in the number of long responses , or lapses , was noticed at the lowest sleep levels . |
| 19 | The allocation was decided at the highest level of government , and radio broadcasting had long been low on the list of priorities . |
| 20 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 21 | I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock . |
| 22 | Oil will be taxed at the highest rate , adding about US$3.50 to the cost of a barrel of oil , with the aim of discouraging dependence on imported oil . |
| 23 | The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | His success in being accepted at the highest levels of the League enabled him to provide graphic accounts of their meetings and organization . |
| 26 | At the time a decision was made at the highest political level , with help from the mighty KGB chief Yury Andropov . |
| 27 | Borings made at the deepest of the present pits have failed to find any bottom to the deposit . |
| 28 | The large time-of-flight of the ions disperses them according to their energy : highest-energy ions arrive first in the atmosphere and are seen at the lowest latitudes . |
| 29 | A solar heating system consists of three main components : the solar panel , a feed-and-expansion cistern ( which must be positioned at the highest point of the system ) and the solar cylinder . |
| 30 | Child abuse cases to be given priority to avoid delays and enable therapeutic help to be offered at the earliest opportunity . |