Example sentences of "at the worst " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be the Sabbath getting into our bones. , ‘ It is as well to take a full look at the worst . ’ |
| 2 | At the worst the plaintiff who starts in the wrong division will be removed to another division , and may have to pay the expenses , if any , incurred by his mistake ; but he can not fail altogether for his mistake . |
| 3 | At the worst they were little better off than the best paid sections of the working class and at the best they were able to afford a distinctively different education for their children and adopt a lifestyle which aped their financial betters . |
| 4 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 5 | At the worst he can merely be accused of unwittingly acting out a fantasy , but even if this were so , it was a fantasy with very real consequences . |
| 6 | At the worst the uneducated only wear down old things by sheer walking . |
| 7 | The prose does the work , the illustrations interfere at the worst and supplement at the best — so much for pictures in the classroom . |
| 8 | Among the many good things in this life is that it exacts a full look at the worst of Waugh . |
| 9 | The path down to the sea was certainly steep but Brian noticed that at the worst bends , new paling had been erected . |
| 10 | If we drop a tin can probably nothing will happen ; at the worst we may make a small dent . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Like Thomas Hardy , I think , he held ‘ that if way to the Better there be , it exacts a full look at the worst ’ . |
| 13 | Spring this on them at the worst possible time ; make sure they 're all in the corridor if possible , so you have the maximum number of potential victims . |
| 14 | At the worst , an unaffected character with Strike to Stun may find his skill called upon to save life and limb here . |
| 15 | For gifted children much of the school day can be at the best an irrelevance , at the worst a tedious obstruction to effective learning . |
| 16 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 17 | At the worst , if hard-liners were to come to power in Moscow , Ukraine could be a buffer for the young democracies of Eastern Europe . |
| 18 | At the worst times she refused to leave her armchair in the lounge all day and occasionally overnight , saying she was too frightened to go to bed or to the bathroom . |
| 19 | This is an overdraft facility and one of the most flexible and convenient ways of balancing short term overspending which you know you can put right as soon as you 're next paid or , at the worst , within the next few months . |
| 20 | At the worst it can be used for making a cold frame or compost bin . |
| 21 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 22 | and all this at the worst point of the war . |
| 23 | When he was a bit older and more rational , William wondered if his interest in the darkest periods of human history was an attempt to exorcise these terrors of his childhood ; to look at the worst of them , coldly and analytically , and not be afraid . |
| 24 | The enlargement of the EC had , quite simply , come at the worst possible time so far as global economic conditions were concerned , and did not bring the dynamic improvements that had been hoped for . |
| 25 | During which time I found that at the worst all Englishmen stuck together in regard to the West Indians … it was like a thorn in my heels to know that I was working in an atmosphere of hostility . |
| 26 | Him , with him : the worst man in the worst place at the worst time . |
| 27 | She told herself to calm down : at the worst they had lost each other and would have to go home separately . |
| 28 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 29 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 30 | At the least , the city is regarded as unappealing ; at the worst , it evokes a loathing which can be as unkind as it is jaundices . |