Example sentences of "[noun] at [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |
| 2 | Nationalization of all the utilities at the earliest opportunity , that is the task of the next Labour government , a basic quality of life for all , that is the meaning of clause four , so tell Sid , no VAT on fuel . |
| 3 | Purchasers should be encouraged to meet with potential acquisition candidates at the earliest opportunity after they have first been approached . |
| 4 | We expect to conclude a sale of the Princess of Wales hospital at RAF Ely at the earliest opportunity commensurate with our responsibility to maximise disposal receipts . |
| 5 | ‘ No disrespect to Grimsby — they are a good club and a fine footballing side — but I still believe I have a future at the highest level , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 6 | THE innocence of youth will give way to the pressures of adulthood when Duncan Ferguson plays against Germany at Ibrox tomorrow night , ending a nine-month period during which his future at the highest level looked in doubt . |
| 7 | Those in Islay range from a very simple wall , which at one time perhaps had wood stakes on it , built to enclose a headland and had a narrow entrance at the steepest part , to a substantial hill fort like Borraichill Mhor which encloses a considerable area . |
| 8 | Those in Islay range from a very simple wall , which at one time perhaps had wood stakes on it , built to enclose a headland and had a narrow entrance at the steepest part , to a substantial hill fort like Borraichill Mhor which encloses a considerable area . |
| 9 | If tax is owing and payment on the due date is impossible , the Inland Revenue will discuss payment over a period of time to meet the liability ; and any taxpayer who is in difficulty in paying his or her tax should contact the Inland Revenue at the earliest opportunity to discuss how the difficulty might be resolved . |
| 10 | A main aim of that rescheduling had been to allow Gorbachev at the earliest opportunity to push through reforms and install a more sympathetic central committee . |
| 11 | A comprehensive questionnaire may mean that you do not need to see the witness at the earliest stage of your investigations ( see Appendix 9A ) . |
| 12 | ‘ There should be some form of grading , like a golfing handicap , allowing you to drive only smaller cars at the lowest level . |
| 13 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 14 | A role for trade unionism which continued to confine its main purpose to the sale of labour at the best price it could get for it was bound to prompt unions first to seek and then to exploit a monopoly of it ; bound to make incongruent two prime objectives — full employment and a stable currency ; and bound to present Government with reasons of national interest or excuses of ideology for intervening . |
| 15 | I 'm no expert , but what worries me is that , when you 're dealing with madmen , they increase their demands at the slightest sign of weakness . ’ |
| 16 | On 12 March 1991 Hirst J. ordered that , unless persons claiming an interest in the cargo could show cause otherwise , the cargo should be discharged and sold by both parties at the best price they could reasonably obtain and the proceeds of sale paid into court . |
| 17 | Rocky outcrop at the highest point of the grouse moors ; view over Wharfedale towards Burnsall and of Skyreholme , a tributary valley . |
| 18 | Greatly outnumbered , the ducks would abandon their foraging mission and beat a hasty retreat to their island stronghold at the slightest sign of trouble . |
| 19 | The meeting concluded that " the well-being of children requires political action at the highest level " . |
| 20 | She ran a caravan site and rented out grazing and stables at the lowest rate in the neighbourhood — naturally ! |
| 21 | The approach used by Sheffield was particularly helpful , in that it established credibility for partnership at the highest level , with a supportive framework for development . |
| 22 | Critical acclaim for The Cranberries has been immediate , enthusiastic and forced upon us not just in Ireland but in Britain too , in quantities so large that entire rain forests quake at the knees at the merest mention of this band 's name . |
| 23 | For five hours I had thought about and written about Machu Picchu at the highest level of my consciousness . |
| 24 | ‘ No , but you 'll find him in the bar at the nearest race meeting to London . |
| 25 | Going back perhaps 200 years the Ponderosa was a little farmhouse nestling in a redoubt at the highest point on the mountain road between Belfast and ‘ Derry . |
| 26 | The Scots ' intervention was motivated almost entirely by religion , the price for their help being a commitment by parliament to introduce a Scottish-style Presbyterian church system into England at the earliest opportunity . |
| 27 | Moves by the Government to incorporate the EC directive on money laundering into UK law at the earliest opportunity have received strong support from the Institute 's Financial Reporting and Auditing Group . |
| 28 | Kenneth Williams , the main prop of the show is a young man with a face which twists into grimaces of anguish and leers of terrible delight at the minutest provocation . |
| 29 | It moved to the then co-ordinator of security and intelligence in the Cabinet Office , Sir Antony Duff , who was given the right of direct access to Mrs Thatcher and encouraged to override the JIC 's supporting machinery and voice his concerns at the highest level when a potential emergency was sensed . |
| 30 | The omissions are always noted here in Korea and they add to the sensitivity and fear of the Korean Government and Korean citizens that the United States Government is not fixed in its determination to assist Korea and will abandon Korea at the earliest opportunity … |