Example sentences of "[prep] the high " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such comments we find ourselves in the precise atmosphere of Rudolf Otto 's ‘ numinous ’ , the ‘ mysterium tremendum et fascinans ’ — the mystery that creates wonderment as well as terror — which surely accounts at least in part for the high level of religious feeling in Canadian folklore and literature ; not least in Leonard 's expression of it . |
| 2 | The production of Mark 3 vehicles , at first for the High Speed Trains , began in 1975 , but the proportion of even top-grade express trains composed of them in the early 1980s was stili small . |
| 3 | In general , though , the book is written in a fresh style and conveys a real enthusiasm for the high alpine peaks . |
| 4 | Law : Crucial battle for the high moral ground : As Parliament prepares to debate embryo research , Simon Lee says the time has come to approach the issues more responsibly |
| 5 | Local residents and the London boroughs of Camden and Islington want the redevelopment shelved until the Commons has seen the delayed bill for the high speed rail link , not now due to be resubmitted until next November . |
| 6 | After Calgary ( population : 400,000 ; rail service after January : one train a week , summer only ) we were in the mountains , and people crowded into the dome car for the high spot of the trip . |
| 7 | The heavy use of pesticides and chemicals in agriculture in Azerbaijan and the Central Asian republics is blamed for the high incidence of leukaemia , some of the worst infant mortality rates in the world , and liver disorders and cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 8 | Columbia , now owned by Japan 's Sony , has become as well known for the high spending of its management team , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , as its films ; Mr Peters has now taken a back seat . |
| 9 | Headingley 1976 and Gordon Greenidge at second slip practises for the high jump . |
| 10 | It goes far towards helping to account not only for the high and growing degree of relative autonomy from non-Nazi élites enjoyed by Hitler and the Nazi leadership , but also — as the counterweight to terror , repression , and intimidation — for the weakness of resistance to the regime . |
| 11 | If we like them enough to invest , we will either cut our spending ( bad for the high street and the recovery ) or switch savings from other institutions ( notably the building societies ) putting pressure on them to match those terms . |
| 12 | The judges discharged the costs order made against the wives for the High Court hearing , but said that they would have to meet the council 's bill for the appeal . |
| 13 | The inhabitants of the closes and the tenements had headed for the high ground , leaving the trams and turmoil behind for the mist , the heather , and a good brew-up in the but and ben . |
| 14 | As Philip Warner has said in The Special Air Service , the official history re-issued in an expanded edition in 1983 , the regiment ‘ has often been criticised for the high proportion of officers and N.C.O.s , as well as first-class men , which it absorbed , and the answer must invariably be that used in this way they caused far more damage to the enemy than they would have done if they had been with other units . |
| 15 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 16 | A registered charity , all dogs and prospective owners are vetted and this accounts for the high success rate but it must be kept in mind that people who need to find a new home for their dog usually have a problem , or a problem dog . |
| 17 | If , as seems probable , most teachers will sort out their pupils into the high and the low fliers at a fairly early stage , and if there is a whole separate set of papers in some subjects for the high and the low , then the difference between the higher grades of GCSE and O levels will not turn out to be very great . |
| 18 | This is the reason for the high incidence of pre-menstrual tension among women who find it particularly difficult to relax or unwind . |
| 19 | For the high and mighty only appear so because we are on our knees . |
| 20 | Many non-insulin-dependent ( Type 2 ) diabetics are overweight and this may be one reason for the high prevalence of hypertension observed in this group . |
| 21 | Such social class disparities have been linked to a variety of factors , for example , the deficiency of safe play areas for children of the lower social class groups is offered as one explanation for the high rate among them of pedestrian fatalities . |
| 22 | Infectious diseases , particularly the diarrhoeal diseases , are both difficult to prevent and control in such circumstances and they are largely responsible for the high morbidity and mortality rates in many areas of the world . |
| 23 | The French Senator-Minister for the High Police controlled a web of espionage as efficient as that of the Hapsburgs , and if anything even more ruthless . |
| 24 | For that matter , there are also one or two of our countrymen who are on their own side , notably our Senator-Minister for the High Police . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You may recall my telling you that he was probably an agent for the High Police . |
| 26 | It might well assist the devious Minister for the High Police were he to learn something of Bonaparte 's future plans , reception in Austria , any little weaknesses , indiscreet comments upon the situation back in France … |
| 27 | Among the challengers , excellent boxers from the Army who were stationed nearby often took a chance to make an extra pound or two , although if caught , would be for the high jump , as this sort of contest was strictly against regulations . |
| 28 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 29 | One of the reasons for the high prices was , according to the expert talk , that there was not much of the wine made . |
| 30 | The weapon is 5 m long , 55 cm in diameter and weighs 650 kg , including 170 kg for the high explosive warhead . |