Example sentences of "at [adj -est] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you fail to achieve the desired standard then you receive lower marks , are demoted , or at worst may be asked to leave . |
| 2 | First , if an error ( even of rounding-off only ) is made during the successive squaring process , it is multiplied by itself unc subsequently , an persists through the calculations ; in the second method , if an error is made in calculating ci , this only amounts to choosing a new arbitrary column , an at worst may prolong the calculations . |
| 3 | Unlike cleaning chemicals which still perform even if they are grossly misused and , at worst can hardly leave a surface dirtier after application than before , misuse in disinfectants and sanitisers can result in an increase in bacterial contamination . |
| 4 | Failure of a biomaterial can at best cause discomfort to the patient and at worst can be fatal . |
| 5 | Basing himself on authority from the United States , La Forest J. concluded that any other rule would at best be inefficient , and at worst could lead to financial chaos : see pp. 194–197 . |
| 6 | In practice , the result at best would be the confusion which must result when two bodies serving different purposes and interests are equally the ultimate custodians ; and the large probability is that there could be no effective accountability at all . |
| 7 | This hostility at best would be similar to blaming someone because he or she does not speak a foreign language . |
| 8 | The first would be a dilution in the domestic passengers throughput at Belfast International Airport , which at best might delay the sale of the airport to a private buyer or at worst , if the numbers were so poor , that no buyer would come forward . |
| 9 | The news means ACE has now effectively lost two of its main founder members — if MIPS ' submission to Silicon Graphics Inc is n't counted — and at best can count only on the flirtatious attention of Digital Equipment Corp and Microsoft Corp , who are conducting their own extra-marital affair . |
| 10 | Obviously this is a coarse instrument and at best can only reveal major features and is quite hopeless when there is a terrace or more than one terrace between each pair of contours . |
| 11 | Clearly , you need to use the time you have available to consolidate what is going to be in the foreground — what is central to your essay — rather than in mugging up materials which at best can only ever form marginal elements of the final piece of work . |
| 12 | The British in their quiet way think of themselves as the salt of the earth , and quite rightly too , but where matters of culture are concerned they do have this tendency to think that the best things happen abroad and at best can be borrowed from abroad . |
| 13 | The artsman is an antique fossil and at best will make a fine filing clerk . |
| 14 | Yet AMP is prepared to embark on a £1bn adventure , representing over 6 per cent of its assets , which at best will only give it a share of the British life insurance market of between 2 and 2.5 per cent . |
| 15 | Yet with annual income from advertising topping £1.3bn and a growth rate of 15 per cent , why should ITV need to bother with what at best will remain a marginal financial contribution ? |
| 16 | It therefore follows that to receive these beacons with the point five frequencies the aircraft equipment must have sufficient bandwidth to cover at least on kHz , and at best will have a much degraded performance with reduced usable range and accuracy . |
| 17 | Be sure to use really juicy tomatoes for this preserve , or the yield of juice will be very small , and at best will not be more than I pint from 2½ lb. of fruit . |
| 18 | Clients will never love the UK OTC market , or at best will only love an isolated stock or two , like Hard Rock Cafe , which achieved a proper stock market listing in the UK and in the United States , and which was taken over by Pleasurama in July 1988 . |
| 19 | it at best could be described as a an early attempt to make progress , but there 's no commitment on behalf of the County Council or I suspect , by the relevant district councils to er that report . |