Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , we take some satisfaction from the knowledge that the involvement of the Board did break the logjam at the earlier stage of this project , and we 're able to report that the Shetland Island Council Charitable Trust has recognized the work of the done by the Board in its final settlement of its account with us . |
| 2 | In making up , sew down the strip at the lower edge of the cable at the back and thread it up through the cable twist to sew it in at the top . |
| 3 | A speck of grit danced over the time-segment at the lower right-hand corner , smearing the rolling figures . |
| 4 | Mr Lamont set an inflation target of between one and four per cent , excluding mortgage costs , with the aim to keep the figure at the lower end of the scale . |
| 5 | In this sense , the search at the higher level only takes small steps . |
| 6 | From 20% in 1980 , investment banking grew to account for two-thirds of the business at the bigger houses in the go-go days . |
| 7 | When examining class differences in mortality and morbidity it is usual to group together social classes I and II to form one category at the top of the class hierarchy and social classes IV and V to form the group at the lower end of the class distribution . |
| 8 | As one tank approaches the top of the incline , the other begins to descend into the water at the lower level . |
| 9 | This is not to say that everything is roses hereabouts though , for when a mountainous swell approaches Stennis from the south west , the platform at the lower end of the terrace can be awash with spray and quite a lively place to be ! |
| 10 | In historical periods a loss factor of about 2 per cent per annum is known to have occurred ; compounded over a period of as long as a century , this will clearly drastically reduce the amount of coinage of year a available to the hoarder at the later date . |
| 11 | ‘ Because there was something foul about the set-up at the Jenner Clinic , and they do n't want it made public . ’ |
| 12 | Bangor anglers Noel Blaney and his son Noel aged 10 did the double at the Bridgewater Fishery . |
| 13 | The rate at the lower earnings limit of £43 a week is reduced from 5 to 2 per cent . |
| 14 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 15 | The almost flat surface cut by the sea at the older high level was left as a plateau . |
| 16 | This was just one of the tips given at the class at the Bellinger Garage at Grove in Oxfordshire . |
| 17 | A large semiconductor ( indium antimonide ) ‘ chip ’ divided into 1024 radiation-sensitive segments can ‘ photograph ’ the source at the shorter wavelengths of 1 to 5 micrometers . |