Example sentences of "at the [adj -est] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 One highly ‘ political ’ Lord Chancellor — like Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — can , if he chooses , make a considerable impact on judicial lawmaking at the highest level but , for this to be so , it is not necessary that he should have held political office or have been a Member of Parliament or a law officer .
2 Weekend talk of policy rifts at the highest level and of impending recession , and a perception that the Government is most reluctant to raise interest rates again , caused sterling to collapse to its lowest against the Deutschemark since the celebrated events of March last year .
3 It would be helpful to state this clearly at the highest level and work out a strategy to match the vision .
4 TREVOR FRANCIS spent the whole of his playing career at the highest level and is now making it clear he 's not going to drop those standards as a manager .
5 It is only in such circumstances that I would feel assured that the matter had received consideration at the highest level and that there was no risk that the criminal law would be impeded .
6 He has already sampled success at the highest level and after winning the Celebration Mile at Goodwood last Saturday on Swing Low he has his eyes firmly focused on more Group One events .
7 ‘ Mickey has played at the highest level and he gets the same thing out of the game as he has always done .
8 In the next Chapter , for example , it is shown that the system requires a large forcing resistance to operate at the highest speeds and in most cases the total phase resistance is then much greater than the optimum for electromagnetic damping .
9 At every stage of the interchurch process we were hearing voices saying to us it is not sufficient that there should be fellowship , agreement , companionship , cooperation at the highest levels but it had to be found at every level , it had to be found at grass roots level .
10 However , UI chief Peter Cunningham , speaking from the dais , alluded to discussions that were being held at the highest levels and suggested that they were very close to some sort of agreement .
11 It could not have been more than three feet deep at the deepest point and as little as six inches in others .
12 At that time we can respond by the greatest amount and at the greatest speed and we perceive it as being least difficult .
13 It is this age group which is now growing at the fastest rate and the support of the sometimes frail ‘ old ’ is an important policy issue .
14 They did n't happen often , and could come at the unlikeliest times and places .
15 ( Employees must maintain their houses in good condition , make every effort to sell at the best price and receive company authority before accepting an offer . )
16 Effective purchasing is important to ensure that quality materials and equipment are sourced at the best prices and made available when required .
17 Prenatal diagnosis often improves the management of such cases by allowing the baby to be delivered at the best time and place for appropriate surgery .
18 But globalisation means that companies have to invest where they can produce cheapest and at the best quality and where they can earn profits .
19 He flailed for balance , snatched at the closest tablecloth and dragged a cascade of smashing china and chinking silver to the floor as he fell .
20 A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 .
21 The Visegrad countries stressed their wish to join the EC at the earliest opportunity and repeated their call for economic help from the EC , in particular through access to EC markets .
22 Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season .
23 Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst .
24 LINDA NEWMAN KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL THOSE MATTERS THAT AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS
25 LINDA NEWMAN KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL THOSE MATTERS THAT AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS
26 Mr Knight , who was a county councillor for Harwich for 12 years , said he was very upset at the latest snub but did not want to comment further until he had considered his next move .
27 London , at the easiest rates and may be ascertained of the right kinds .
28 Now the trick of course is to buy at the cheapest price or sell at the most expensive .
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