Example sentences of "the [noun pl] at the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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1 | Nationalization of all the utilities at the earliest opportunity , that is the task of the next Labour government , a basic quality of life for all , that is the meaning of clause four , so tell Sid , no VAT on fuel . |
2 | Critical acclaim for The Cranberries has been immediate , enthusiastic and forced upon us not just in Ireland but in Britain too , in quantities so large that entire rain forests quake at the knees at the merest mention of this band 's name . |
3 | Although the first production order for V-bombers ( the Valiant ) was placed in December 1950 , the V Force itself , carrying British-manufactured atomic bombs , could not become operational before the mid-1950s at the earliest . |
4 | Specifically- one strong hypothesis is that of Fama and Jensen : Organisations compete for survival , and the form of organisation that survives in an activity is the one that delivers the product demanded by the customers at the lowest price while covering costs ' ( 1983 , p. 345 ) — a Darwinian view . |
5 | Contrary to left-wing and anti-fascist claims , the police at the highest levels were not biased in favour of fascism , even if there were problems of interpretation of the law in developing conflict situations at the street level amongst the junior ranks and local magistrates treated anti-fascists more harshly than fascists . |