Example sentences of "at the [adj -est] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You hurry slowly in the Atlas : at the highest village we were taken in for tea again , by a sister of Ali 's . |
| 2 | Players certainly gained in terms of rising wages , advertising , and other sources of income , but at the highest level they often found there were new stresses to cope with as they were ‘ declassed ’ and lost touch with their old communities . |
| 3 | Everybody was there to be academically acknowledged at the highest level they could and sport was just something that came as well . |
| 4 | After lengthy discussions at the highest level it was decided that because of the confidentiality of the information , and since most of the authorization procedures were already within the personnel function , the responsibility for the new system should be vested within Personnel . |
| 5 | investment by a member gets tax relief at the highest rate he or she pays . |
| 6 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 7 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 8 | At the smallest noise she held nervously to Moore 's arm . |
| 9 | that at the lowest tier there is a substratum of ‘ folk ’ at the ‘ grassroots level ’ while above them there are no longer folk but only institutions and processes . |
| 10 | But , we have interest rates at the lowest rate they 've been , well , in my memory , really , in terms of er er my time in business , and they may even go down a further one per cent . |
| 11 | They would sell it at the best price they could get for it . |
| 12 | On 12 March 1991 Hirst J. ordered that , unless persons claiming an interest in the cargo could show cause otherwise , the cargo should be discharged and sold by both parties at the best price they could reasonably obtain and the proceeds of sale paid into court . |
| 13 | A role for trade unionism which continued to confine its main purpose to the sale of labour at the best price it could get for it was bound to prompt unions first to seek and then to exploit a monopoly of it ; bound to make incongruent two prime objectives — full employment and a stable currency ; and bound to present Government with reasons of national interest or excuses of ideology for intervening . |
| 14 | Normally , the commission had to dispose of land at the best price it could obtain , but there was one important exception . |
| 15 | 54 ( 2 ) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall affect the creation by parol of leases taking effect in possession for a term not exceeding three years ( whether or not the lessee is given power to extend the term ) at the best rent which can be reasonably obtained without taking a fine . |
| 16 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 17 | Well , first of all we told the people at the earliest opportunity we told the church members what we 've learnt told them about our of the advantages and our enthusiasm and commitment to the process . |
| 18 | At the earliest stage it should be made to come alive for young people and teachers in the processes of education . |
| 19 | At the nearest point they are 30km away from the island of Madeira . |
| 20 | I do n't suppose old Pope Leo the Tenth sat around gazing at the latest thing he 'd just commissioned from Michelangelo , for instance . |
| 21 | At the latest count it was at least a hundred and fifty . |
| 22 | At the simplest level we can ask whether we ‘ cover ’ the content . |
| 23 | At the simplest level we may be in doubt , for example , whether to approach an injured bird for fear of exacerbating its plight , or be uncertain whether the bitch giving birth needs assistance . |
| 24 | At the simplest level they suggest that the three dimensional structure of the matrix and availability of ligands for cell binding may be important determinants of the hepatocyte 's response to matrix constituents either alone or in combination . |
| 25 | At the broadest level it has been contended that stifling the artistic urges of the convicted or incarcerated would have deprived the world of much great literature . |