Example sentences of "at the [adj -est] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oo , ’ they 'd say at the merest smear of mud , ‘ you had a pig in here ? ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Those who persisted discovered the drives ' disconcerting tendency to implode or deliquesce at the merest touch of a screwdriver . |
| 5 | Infusion of bFGF subcutaneously in various doses ( 1–100 µg/kg/hour ) did not significantly alter gastric acid or pepsin secretion , although at the highest fose of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg ) gastric secretion tended to decline ; acid output fell to 103 ( 15 ) µmol/30 minutes and pepsin output fell to 0.76 ( 0.17 ) . |
| 6 | For five hours I had thought about and written about Machu Picchu at the highest level of my consciousness . |
| 7 | At the highest level of society there were the names given to the great tenants-in-chief who held their estates directly of the Conqueror , and it must be remembered that if these magnates were already powerful in their own country they may even have brought locative bynames with them , as was the case of William de Moyon already mentioned . |
| 8 | The allocation was decided at the highest level of government , and radio broadcasting had long been low on the list of priorities . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’ |
| 10 | As their names suggest , these councils covered broad policy areas affecting several departments ; they brought together senior White House staff with cabinet members at the highest level of decision-making . |
| 11 | The affirmation is not just by the state , but at the highest level of lawmaking in Hungary , the parliament . |
| 12 | I think that given that University work is supposed to encourage intellectual activity at the highest level of which any individual is capable it is very important to increase motivation by allowing those individuals to proceed at their own pace and to establish their cognitive frames as and when they feel capable of doing so . |
| 13 | It is characteristic of incongruity that there is no superordinate of either xenonym which can restore normality ( except , perhaps , at the highest level of generality , such as thing , or entity , for nouns , or do something for verbs ) . |
| 14 | At the highest level of NCp7 used , the protein slightly inhibited the cleavage by IN ( lanes 6–7 ) . |
| 15 | His term of office covered periods of world turmoil , and his papers reflect complex negotiations at the highest level of statesmanship throughout that time . |
| 16 | A confidential US Defence Department report had concluded that China 's sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia [ see pp. 36254 ; 36312 ] had been the result of a decision taken at the highest level of government to confront the USA in the Middle East . |
| 17 | On external relations , the European Council welcomed " the results of the United National Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ) held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14 , 1992 [ see p. 38947 ] , and in particular the acceptance by the international community at the highest level of the aim of sustainable development worldwide . " |
| 18 | The global system is made up of economic transnational practices and at the highest level of abstraction these are the building blocks of the system . |
| 19 | ‘ We have now proved that we can match anyone at the highest level of the sport . |
| 20 | After knowing only life at the highest level of the game , McGrain is full of admiration for the players Arbroath have assembled from Tayside , Edinburgh and Glasgow who combine playing , training and travelling long distances with everyday jobs . |
| 21 | Your premiums get tax relief at the highest rate of tax you pay ( so a gross premium of £1,000 will cost you only £600 net if you are a 40% taxpayer ) , and your lump sum at retirement is tax free . |
| 22 | Individuals can get tax relief on contributions at the highest rate of tax they pay . |
| 23 | What is more , when inflation is taken into account , the present middle-income earners have relatively less disposable income under the present higher tax rate of 60% than they did under the old regime of tax charged at the highest rate of 83% such is the falling-behind effect of tax allowances granted in recent years . |
| 24 | Women are to be found in the lower grades in large numbers but are much less common as the grades go up , until at the highest grade of all there are no women at all . |
| 25 | Hawkshead Grammar School was at the highest point of its reputation when Wordsworth arrived ; boys were sent to it from all over the north-west of England and even from Scotland . |
| 26 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 27 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |
| 28 | The wall can be found behind the Beran Filling Station , which lies at the highest point of the Bangor on Llanberis road ( B4547 ) , about 200 metres from the Deiniolen turn-off . |
| 29 | At the highest point of the rising damp there will be an ugly tide-mark . |
| 30 | He was standing on the exposed rocks at the highest point of the headland ; the ground fell away steeply from here , mostly bare rock and scrub , with just a narrow shelf of land that was almost a beach down at the water 's edge . |