Example sentences of "[vb pp] at the [adj -est] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Village elders voted at the lowest level instead of constituents and determined representatives to vote at the next highest level . |
| 6 | 11 , has been a source of problems which perhaps have yet to be resolved at the highest level . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Precisely this eventuality had been considered at the highest level in the days just before the war ended . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The allocation was decided at the highest level of government , and radio broadcasting had long been low on the list of priorities . |
| 11 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 12 | I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Child abuse cases to be given priority to avoid delays and enable therapeutic help to be offered at the earliest opportunity . |
| 18 | Therefore , the gastrin concentrations in the present study are probably measured at the lowest level . |
| 19 | Both Detective Sergeant Window and PC Hall are brave men who deserve to be commended at the highest level . |
| 20 | Such analyses are only performed at the lowest level when the areas of uncertainty have been reduced and refined . |
| 21 | Mr Coetsee said a warrant would also be issued for the arrest of Captain Dirk Coetzee , the former head of a police murder squad who confirmed and amplified Nofomela 's disclosures , claiming that the killings had been approved at the highest level . |
| 22 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and my hon. Friend the Minister have made clear , the community charge is to be replaced at the earliest opportunity . |
| 23 | Hence , in this case there is a lower measured exothermicity from a structure which is already partially disordered at the lowest temperature from which ΔH is measured . |
| 24 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 25 | Sole is one of those rare front-row forwards whose remarkable range of skills not only makes him a complete footballer but also brings fresh possibilities to the way the game can be played at the highest level . |
| 26 | ‘ Mickey has played at the highest level and he gets the same thing out of the game as he has always done . |
| 27 | They 're in Oxford for a preview of Scrooge the musical … what 's been billed at the hottest show outside of London . |
| 28 | The 1989–90 Committee recommended that this should be provided at the earliest opportunity , as an adjunct to the permanent televising of the House . |
| 29 | Dissociation from the isolated sites 1 and 5 is also very slow ; the DNase I footprints are only slightly reduced at the longest time point ( 30 minutes ) . |
| 30 | Begin to add the warm distilled water , drop by drop at first , to the oil and wax , beating with a rotary whisk , balloon whisk or an electric food mixer set at the lowest speed . |