Example sentences of "at its [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas Americans have grown accustomed to participation at the cost of policy coherence , and Europeans to a more professional and collegial structure which risks shackling politicians to the imperatives of officials , the Soviet system at its best avoids both of these pitfalls . |
| 2 | The professional and personal uncertainties she suffers on the way up give heart to this novel , which is at its best exposing the machinations of editorial top brass . |
| 3 | As one might expect of such an assembly of talent , Sahara Blue is a stately , tasteful listen , but only at its best captures the poet 's urgency and potency . |
| 4 | Matthew Spender 's writing is at its best remembering the past as though it has just happened . |
| 5 | One of the few things predictable about future input technology is that it will include an optical scan element which will be at its best handling the output from IT related machines . |
| 6 | The room is at its best looked at as a whole . |
| 7 | Feminist lexicography at its best makes meanings ‘ conscious and critical ’ for women while also suggesting the possibility of change . |
| 8 | Unix at its best outperforms the NT windowing system and even at its worst is equivalent . |