Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] the highest [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three hundred years later he is remembered as an honourable man , an epithet to be prized above the highest awards attainable . |
| 2 | In the hierarchy of Community legal texts to which I have alluded , the founding treaties may thus be placed at the highest level , in a position comparable to that of a written national constitution . |
| 3 | 11 , has been a source of problems which perhaps have yet to be resolved at the highest level . |
| 4 | They should be designed to the highest mobility standards , making them easy and safe to move around in . |
| 5 | Popular with high earners because tax relief can be claimed at the highest rate , the pension loan also allows borrowers to claim tax relief on their pension contributions . |
| 6 | The chemicals giant announced its new company policy at a European petrochemicals conference in London , where it also pledged that all future plant will be built to the highest standards operating in any country in the world . |
| 7 | ( 5 ) All documents to shareholders from the offeror and the board of the target company must be prepared with the highest standards of care and accuracy , as is the case with a prospectus . |
| 8 | They must be prepared with the highest standards of care and accuracy . |
| 9 | A solar heating system consists of three main components : the solar panel , a feed-and-expansion cistern ( which must be positioned at the highest point of the system ) and the solar cylinder . |
| 10 | Oil will be taxed at the highest rate , adding about US$3.50 to the cost of a barrel of oil , with the aim of discouraging dependence on imported oil . |
| 11 | In 1889 , all the members of the Nez Perce tribe were offered allotments of 160 acres on the Lapwai Reservation ; the surplus to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 12 | Will they too be sold to the highest bidder , regardless of the interests of local people ? |
| 13 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 14 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 15 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 16 | It seems , however , that if the auction is in fact held , then anything advertised to be ‘ without reserve ’ must be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 17 | Sea Scouts Claire Lowis , Samantha Lambird , Christopher Pinnegar and Mark Gent are seen with the ball , which will be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 18 | In any surveying practice , labour is the key issue and since it is an expensive commodity it must be used to the highest level of productivity . |
| 19 | Both Detective Sergeant Window and PC Hall are brave men who deserve to be commended at the highest level . |
| 20 | Sole is one of those rare front-row forwards whose remarkable range of skills not only makes him a complete footballer but also brings fresh possibilities to the way the game can be played at the highest level . |
| 21 | The points must be entered with the highest point first . |
| 22 | Whether this is necessary or desirable should be discussed at the highest level by the legal and medical professions . |
| 23 | Marina , having escaped being murdered due to the intervention of pirates , is sold to a brothel , her virginity to be auctioned to the highest bidder . |
| 24 | Indeed , so profound and all-pervading is the modern resentment of authority , restraint and control in all its forms that even types of protest which seem to be motivated by the highest ideals of civilized behaviour and the most tender manifestations of conscience can be shown to originate in it . |
| 25 | In flow processes , the supply of raw materials has to be planned to the highest standards in order to avoid complete plant shutdown owing to unforeseen shortages . |
| 26 | Therefore , as part of the 1992 programme it was agreed at the Hanover summit meeting of heads of state and government in 1988 that the progressive realization of an economic and monetary union should be studied at the highest level . |