Example sentences of "[be] at the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They were at the highest point for twenty li about . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 10 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |