Example sentences of "[prep] the high " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one of a couple is disabled or older than the other , the couple will qualify for the higher amount . |
| 2 | While annual adjustments are popular with lenders , they can create unexpected problems for borrowers who fail to make financial provision for the higher repayments . |
| 3 | If your employee was employed by you for a continuous period of at least two calendar years into the qualifying week and normally worked 16 hours or more a week , she is eligible for the higher rate of SMP . |
| 4 | If your employee qualifies for the higher rate , it should be paid for the first six weeks that higher rate SMP is due . |
| 5 | Not only did they disclaim any career but motherhood , they even began to question the need for the higher education itself . |
| 6 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 7 | To qualify for the higher limit , disablement must occur before reaching pensionable age . |
| 8 | It also becomes more specific and for the higher potencies the remedy selection has to be more accurate for the remedy to work . |
| 9 | This year the prize table was especially attractive and the wide variety of ‘ white elephants ’ presented quite a problem of which to choose for the higher scoring competitors . |
| 10 | Then multiply that figure by 0.60 ( 60 per cent ) for the lower end of your aerobic walking rate and by 0.85 ( 85 per cent ) for the higher end . |
| 11 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 12 | Because industrial growth has been so fast there is virtually full employment , with a particular shortage of staff at the clerical/secretarial level , since the new generation of university-educated Singaporeans is aiming for the higher paid jobs . |
| 13 | ‘ Manufacturers ’ research shows that buyers will pay a premium for the higher quality perceived in some brand names . ’ |
| 14 | Before expanding , arrangements must be made for the higher cash requirements needed to support trading at increased levels . |
| 15 | Use a sunscreen all day every day , and go for the higher factor numbers . |
| 16 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 17 | My earlier use of ‘ translation ’ to cover both interpretation and compilation into a lower-level language is not intended to carry any suggestion that the lower levels , including the lowest level of all , the machine 's registers , can be an interesting formal semantics for the higher levels , let alone what the highest level ‘ is about ’ . |
| 18 | The current ( 1992/93 ) married couple 's allowance , together with the ceiling limits for the higher allowance , are as follows : |
| 19 | The relative attributable risks for Maori children compared with non-Maori children were 57% for the higher rate of maternal smoking and 22% for the higher rate of bed sharing . |
| 20 | The relative attributable risks for Maori children compared with non-Maori children were 57% for the higher rate of maternal smoking and 22% for the higher rate of bed sharing . |
| 21 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 22 | Consistency suggests placing assessments of upwards of £300 , comprising the very rich , in a separate category , as the base point for the higher rate of 133 per cent in the loan of 1522 , making a total liability of 28⅝ per cent . |
| 23 | It was a normal practice in the period 1259–1340 for the higher offices in the administration of Aquitaine to be held by Englishmen , or at least non-Gascons . |
| 24 | Performance is not startling — with a cruise of around 130 mph for the higher rated twin . |
| 25 | These US estimates tend to emphasize direct rather than opportunity costs , partly reflecting the lower level of welfare support especially for the higher education of children . |
| 26 | During Stage II you may well find that you will need to give up one or both of your snacks each day in order to make way for the higher calorie foods that you will be adding to your diet . |
| 27 | The Black Report , for example , showed that the main explanation for the higher accident rate among children of manual families lies in their residential environment : overcrowding in the house , lack of safe playing facilities in the vicinity of the house and a consequent tendency to play in the streets . |
| 28 | The British public was not prepared either to pay for the higher cost of the non-marketed sector through higher taxation rates . |
| 29 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
| 30 | Currently the rates are £34.90 for the higher allowance and £23.30 for the lower . |