Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the [adj -est] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British chiefs were anxious for American aid at the earliest possible moment in the event of war with the USSR . |
| 2 | The aim to teach and carry out research at the highest possible level in the University 's mission statement is key to the future successful development of the University . |
| 3 | The Nationalist government , led by Edward Fenech Adami , had filed an application for EC membership in July 1990 [ see p. 37625 ] and was strongly in favour of securing the country 's entry at the earliest possible date . |
| 4 | I do not intend to rehearse at length — the opportunity for that will come tomorrow — the powerful arguments , financial and practical , which would support the abolition of this rule at the earliest possible date . |
| 5 | It is clear that by taking positive action at the earliest possible opportunity we have the opportunity to control how a claim develops . |
| 6 | For that end , for that end , you people over there , who took a decision to implement Local Management at the earliest possible time , regardless of the state of preparation of each particular school , regardless of the resources of staff and equipment and , if that was not enough , you also introduced a cut of thirteen million pounds in education funding . |
| 7 | I do not know what purpose the meeting served in persuading Wapping of the merits of our plan , but it did enable me for the first and only time to see the terrain on which we were working and reinforced my enthusiasm to kill the committee at the earliest possible moment . |
| 8 | Thus , if the whole internal process were slowed down enormously , one could actually see a representation of each command executed by the machine at the lowest possible level of representation . |
| 9 | After all , the first two merely restate the assumptions made earlier in Chapter 2 that investors prefer a higher expected return at the lowest possible risk . |
| 10 | ‘ However that be , ’ he said portentously , ‘ I have come to discharge my solemn duty to view the body of the deceased at the earliest possible opportunity . ’ |
| 11 | It will be assumed for present purposes that society 's wealth is maximised when production takes place at the lowest possible cost , thus avoiding the waste of scarce resources ( the goal of ‘ productive efficiency ’ is satisfied ) , and goods and services are produced in the quantities and are of the quality demanded by consumers ( the goal of ‘ allocative efficiency ’ is satisfied ) . |
| 12 | On Sept. 17 the central government pushed through legislation postponing the polling set for Sept. 25 but promised that elections would take place at the earliest possible date . |
| 13 | Firstlight at the earliest possible moment . ’ |
| 14 | He 's known to be self-opinionated , tenacious , a despiser of ‘ corporate bullshit ’ ( a favourite catchphrase is ‘ There are no Misters in this company ’ ) and a believer in the absolute rightness of making the best possible product at the lowest possible price . |
| 15 | He 's known to be self-opinionated , tenacious , a despiser of ‘ corporate bullshit ’ ( a favourite catchphrase is ‘ There are no Misters in this company ’ ) and a believer in the absolute rightness of making the best possible product at the lowest possible price . |
| 16 | A much more marketing-orientated approach is to take people into the school 's confidence at the earliest possible stage . |
| 17 | ‘ Then I suggest we reconvene our own meeting at the earliest possible opportunity . |
| 18 | The much celebrated correspondence in the matter of Arkell v Pressdram involved only two letters : the first , from the solicitors Goodman Derrick & Co , to the editor of " Private Eye " , ended with the familiar legal demand : " Mr Arkell 's first concern is that there should be a full retraction at the earliest possible date in " Private Eye " and he will also want his costs paid . |
| 19 | But the borrower must cooperate with the lender , particularly by answering correspondence and making contact at the earliest possible moment . |
| 20 | 11.2.4 discontinuance at the earliest possible opportunity of all listings and telephone books , trade directories and the like of any and all wording involving the Trade Marks , |
| 21 | The Prism encoder enables its output to be optimised for a particular target decoder design to maximise image quality at the lowest possible bit rate so that a video-on-demand service provider can minimise central disk storage and maximise use of the available system bandwidth . |
| 22 | But it is excellent this type of agreement will create the spirit of co-operation at the earliest possible age . ’ |
| 23 | They make a sudden darting movement at the highest possible speed and then quickly freeze , staying quite still in the undergrowth . |
| 24 | It aims to help participants to find the most effective way of publishing literature with the best visual impact at the lowest possible cost . |
| 25 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 26 | The Government have introduced the Bill at the earliest possible moment in the Session , and we shall ensure that secondary legislation is made as quickly as possible . |
| 27 | We hope that the European Court will make its ruling at the earliest possible moment so that the House of Lords can give a judgment . |
| 28 | The commission believes that tougher standards on fuels and engines should be introduced by the government at the earliest possible date to provide an incentive to the transport industry . |
| 29 | Warnie had retired from me Army at the earliest possible opportunity , in December 1932 , and moved in with Jack and Minto as a permanent fixture . |
| 30 | Today 's highly competitive business world requires a great deal of capital at the lowest possible cost . |