Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So daunting is this prospect , that many taxpayers should look afresh at the best forms of taxation and the best destinations for the proceeds . |
| 2 | This was reflected in a loosening of what had traditionally been a strong correlation between landownership and civil and military office , especially at the highest level . |
| 3 | Craigleith have produced a perfect card , winning all nine matches by more than the 2 per cent required — a very rare achievement , especially at the highest level . ‘ |
| 4 | erm Indeed one of the sad things perhaps at the lowest level is how many jobs are requiring mathematical skills that , that perhaps twenty years ago were n't assumed . |
| 5 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 6 | Passengers and passers-by alike found its wide , illuminated photographs of mouth-watering meals irresistible — though at a cost ( in 1980 ) of nearly £½million , Casey Jones was obviously going to pay for himself only at the busiest venues . |
| 7 | Generally , however , anyone wishing to buy or sell listed shares will want to do so at the best price obtainable and for that purpose to use the facilities of The Stock Exchange instead of himself seeking out a willing counterparty . |
| 8 | But assuming Collor 's Brazil makes it into the ranks of the developed world , it will do so at the lowest level of eligibility , on a par with the East European countries . |
| 9 | While it might be to your advantage to do so at the earliest opportunity , there is nevertheless no legal urgency for you to make the journey other than at your convenience . |
| 10 | Loyalty to specific lords was an essential aspect of medieval life , running from the most humble serf , who was virtually a possession or slave , to the bond between vassal and lord that held the entire culture together at the highest levels . |
| 11 | They finally come together at the lowest level of their relationship . |
| 12 | As Westergaard and Resler say ( 1975 , p. 101 ) , ‘ sex inequality in pay reinforces class inequality : it strikes hardest at the lowest levels of the occupational hierarchy ’ . |
| 13 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 14 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 15 | They were on the lovely island putting together the whole package ; visiting tourist boards , airlines , exclusive hotels , doing their utmost to get the best at the best rates for their clients . |
| 16 | Shorter himself was displayed prominently at the busiest intersection of the moor , Wishmoor Cross , where three counties and four parishes meet . |
| 17 | Finally at the highest level , the limits of reason are exposed when a critique is mounted of a form of thought as such . |
| 18 | Inside , I was barely able to stand upright at the highest point , for I was head and shoulders taller than my sinister host ; and it did not escape my notice that the roof at its highest point was infested with cobwebs , in the corners of which sat large square spiders . |
| 19 | In a bwlch or mountain pass the road cut deeply at the highest place straight through the ridge to show as a notch afar off . |
| 20 | ‘ I had n't quite seen it like that , ’ McLeish acknowledged humbly , remembering that the beautiful woman in front of him , whom you could not suppose ever to have encountered rejection in any form , had lost a father when young , and had been so little attached to her stepfather that she had left home at the earliest opportunity . |
| 21 | It would be helpful to state this clearly at the highest level and work out a strategy to match the vision . |
| 22 | Burble , burble , burble — I do miss you , Jeanette , often at the oddest times — like when ‘ preparing ’ the washing up or using your bubble bath . |
| 23 | Gian Galeazzo Visconti was responsible for the construction of a set of canals — here at the lowest point of the Lombardy Plain — and initiated the building of one of the wonders of Italy , the Duomo . |
| 24 | Black pupils need to achieve academically in order to enter the labour market even at the lowest level in spite of evidence that qualifications do not necessarily lead to jobs ( see Brennan and McGeevor , 1987 , for example ) . |
| 25 | Since this energy will , on its way to the satellite , be reducing rapidly in accord with the inverse square law ( i.e. double the distance and the power reduces by a factor of four ) even at the lowest GA cruising altitudes such emissions will be irrelevant . |
| 26 | No subject developed diarrhoea , and even at the highest dose tested of 400 pmol vasoactive intestinal polypeptide/kg/h only reduced absorption or a low rate of secretion of water and electrolytes was observed . |
| 27 | Even at the highest level , where politics and family connections still so often determined appointments , there were signs that the claims of mere ability were beginning to be heard . |
| 28 | Even at the highest pressures used here , the progressive loss of conduction by the small amounts of fluid still remaining in the pores unfortunately prevents quantitative comparisons with a dry rock containing only compact carbon and matrix minerals . |
| 29 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 30 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |