Example sentences of "[to-vb] at its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 2 | However , there is no denying that the picture quality does suffer at these low levels : the colours become increasingly weak and washed-out looking , and the sharpness of the definition falls off because the lens is having to work at its maximum aperture . |
| 3 | The Post Office has chosen to arrive at its net cash flow from operating activities by using the direct method rather than the indirect method . |
| 4 | The other hand clutched tightly to its robe hanging in furls , as if to beat at its hidden heart . |
| 5 | Despite fears that the rebate would be cut in 1993 , the government has announced that for people over 30 it will continue to remain at its existing level of 5.8 per cent ( i.e. , 4.8 per cent which applies to everyone plus a special 1 per cent age-related addition ) . |
| 6 | Competitors complained that the restriction would effectively turn the race into a one-mile sprint at the end when motorcycle outriders moved from their path to allow the race to proceed at its natural pace . |
| 7 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
| 8 | According to Professor Charles Boudouresque of Marseilles University , " the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate " . |