Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should be brought in at the earliest stages to advise on venues — which would save time , money and frustration . |
| 2 | You should be able to get copies of these codes of practice by telephoning your local British Gas office or electricity company , or by calling in at the nearest showroom . |
| 3 | Boxers , footballers and athletes who eventually broke through at the highest level , in championships in football league , in international meetings , made it not so much in spite of their blackness but because of it . |
| 4 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 6 | I nearly always won , as I remember ; and as we left the club or the hall I would make quite a show of hailing a taxi , offering to drop Julian off at the nearest tube . |
| 7 | Getting a good set of prints is not cheap , although there are less expensive rates for students and most actors have a stock of postcard size prints that they can send off at the merest rumour of work . |
| 8 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 9 | To release this time you must not tolerate desultory study , giving up at the slightest excuse before any solid result is accomplished . |
| 10 | Even after the Union of the Crowns there remained a long period during which old traditions and suspicions simmered uneasily , and old local enmities flared up at the slightest provocation . |
| 11 | It means vital transfusions carried out at the earliest stage , rather than when the child is born , when it may be too ill to survive . |
| 12 | My hair falls out at the slightest touch , sometimes leaving little bald patches . |
| 13 | A most extraordinary ebullient , character , he was one of those lovable teddy-bears , but highly charged with emotion which spilled out at the slightest touch . |
| 14 | Plugged into an amp the EQ takes things from bright , jangling treble to a fat bass which feeds back at the lowest volumes when the relevant slider is pushed way up . |
| 15 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 16 | Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion . |