Example sentences of "at the [adj -est] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His institute claims the record for growing bananas at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone , among other more widely applicable examples of energy efficiency . |
| 2 | No subject developed diarrhoea , and even at the highest dose tested of 400 pmol vasoactive intestinal polypeptide/kg/h only reduced absorption or a low rate of secretion of water and electrolytes was observed . |
| 3 | At the highest dose examined ( 500 pM/kg ) , it resulted in a 30.2% increase in bile output over the period 30–150 minutes after injection when compared with control ( control : 23.2 ( 1.2 ) ml/2 hours ; neuropeptide Y : 30.6 ( 1.1 ) ml/2 hours ) ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 4 | THE innocence of youth will give way to the pressures of adulthood when Duncan Ferguson plays against Germany at Ibrox tomorrow night , ending a nine-month period during which his future at the highest level looked in doubt . |
| 5 | Cecil 's colt 's success at the highest level came on this very course in last season 's Racing Post Trophy . |
| 6 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |
| 7 | I called the meeting in New York during our chairmanship of the Security Council so that the council could meet at the highest level to reaffirm and develop its commitment to peacekeeping and peacemaking . |
| 8 | ( a ) it must be in cash , at the highest price paid by the offeror or any member of the concert party within the previous 12 months , and |
| 9 | Shareholders will know that any subsequent bid made within three months ( or such longer period as the Panel may require in order to ensure equality of treatment for all shareholders ) may not be made on less favourable terms than the tender offer because of Rule 6.1 ( see para 7.2.3 below ) and , because the buyer will ( usually ) have acquired 10 per cent of the target 's voting rights for cash , any bid within the next 12 months must be for cash ( or include a cash alternative ) at the highest price paid by the bidder ( whether under the tender offer or in respect of market purchases ) during the 12-month period in accordance with Rule 11 ( see para 7.2.2 below ) . |
| 10 | FLU is sweeping across Britain at the highest rate recorded for 14 years , according to figures published yesterday . |
| 11 | To cover this range of possibilities we concentrate on four DEMs : a 10 7 K isothermal one resulting in the hardest spectrum ; a solar flare-like DEM taken from ref.21 ; the solar active region DEM of ref.22 , modified at the highest temperature to decrease to zero above 10 7 K ; and an isothermal DEM at 10 6 K resulting in a very soft spectrum . |
| 12 | In the metrical hierarchy , at the lowest level beats simply mark out a pulse . |
| 13 | The activity obtained at an intermediate ionic strength ( 70 mM ammonium sulphate ) was about 80% of that observed at the lowest concentration used ( 20 mM ) , a situation in which the activity of P A2b in linear templates was of about 10% if the initiating NTPs were present or even lower in their absence . |
| 14 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 15 | A main aim of that rescheduling had been to allow Gorbachev at the earliest opportunity to push through reforms and install a more sympathetic central committee . |
| 16 | New legislation to be introduced at the earliest opportunity to put an end to the current need for children to give live evidence and face intimidating cross examination in either open court or by video-link . |
| 17 | If tax is owing and payment on the due date is impossible , the Inland Revenue will discuss payment over a period of time to meet the liability ; and any taxpayer who is in difficulty in paying his or her tax should contact the Inland Revenue at the earliest opportunity to discuss how the difficulty might be resolved . |
| 18 | Moves by the Government to incorporate the EC directive on money laundering into UK law at the earliest opportunity have received strong support from the Institute 's Financial Reporting and Auditing Group . |
| 19 | I hope the chairman of Sedgefield District Council will at the earliest opportunity demand an apology from Coun Ord and if he fails to respond , to ban him from the council chamber . |
| 20 | I suggest that the Minister talks to his departmental officials at the earliest opportunity to find out whether my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) is right . |
| 21 | ‘ No , but you 'll find him in the bar at the nearest race meeting to London . |
| 22 | At the nearest sample points to the ridge ( l=342.5° , 343.0° , 343.5 ° ; b =2° ) , there is a velocity component at -32kms -1 which is much less evident at adjacent sampled positions . |
| 23 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |
| 24 | At the latest hypermarket to open in the North-East you can buy 13,000 different food items from all over the world , whatever the season — strawberries at Christmas , plums in spring , nuts in May and new baby vegetables at any time . |
| 25 | The LVF advantage at the shortest duration implies that the right hemisphere may recognise genuine words when it sees them , even though it can not necessarily identify them , which suggests that in this respect the right half of the brain is not inferior to the left . |