Example sentences of "set [adv] high " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Word I can not set supremely high : |
| 2 | Many of the larger investment managers now concentrate on institutional funds or set very high minima of £1m or so for the private client portfolios they will take on . |
| 3 | He stopped in his perambulation and his gaze fell on the table by the window ( set too high for children to see out of ) , on which was laid out a display of local history material . |
| 4 | If you do set too high , you may find that the first syllable spoken after a pause is distorted , especially on p's and b's , after which the overall level of the recording drops to a lower value as the speaker continues ; during the next pause in speech , the background slowly returns to its original value until the speech resumes , whereupon it falls again . |
| 5 | As the Ruddock case has shown , the standard of review employed in national security cases is set so high that it is possible that the Tribunal could be compelled to refrain from interfering with discretionary decisions taken for this reason . |
| 6 | His position develops into scepticism proper ( i.e. the view that knowledge is impossible rather than merely rarer than one thinks ) when the standards are set so high that they can not be fulfilled . |
| 7 | Ray has also set up High Rise Aquatics to market plants and accessories . |
| 8 | ‘ All groups have said we will review it in September and there is a general feeling that the charge should not have been set as high as it has been . ’ |
| 9 | The output level usually needs to be set fairly high to drive distortion pedals etc. , so as to achieve the best signal-to-noise ratio . |
| 10 | The lower value limit of goods which can be accepted for sale has been set fairly high — it is rumoured to be £10,000 for the Jewellery Department . |
| 11 | The main boom , however , is set fairly high on the mast and one has to make use of the fold-down mast steps when stowing the head of the sail . |
| 12 | If you can hear a humming noise in the pipework , the cause may be the pump speed being set too high . |
| 13 | Humming noises in pipework are often the result of the pump speed being set too high . |
| 14 | Similarly , if the float has been set too high , or it has been damaged , and no longer floats on the surface , water will also reach the overflow . |
| 15 | If the level of this is set too high , there may be an adjuster which controls it , or you may be able to simply bend the float arm down to the correct level . |
| 16 | It does nevertheless require some expertise and the melody line is often set too high for congregations . |
| 17 | The threshold , perhaps , was set too high ; the courts , remembering the Moneylenders Act , tended to equate ‘ extortionate ’ with ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ . |
| 18 | It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable . |
| 19 | If the level was set too high , Michael could hear all right , but unfortunately so could the rest of the theatre , in a sort of ghostly pre-echo . |
| 20 | If it is set too high then the end of tape may be physically reached and Offline will believe there is still space available . |
| 21 | However , the quota limits , determined largely by commercial considerations , are now believed to have been set too high . |
| 22 | Too soon to write them off but the benchmark has been set very high already . |
| 23 | ‘ My predecessors have set very high standards and I will do my best to maintain the dignity of the office , carrying out my duties with appropriate taste and decorum but perhaps with a little fun , too , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Rather than setting unrealistically high expectations that you then fail to realise , or low expectations that become a self-fulfilling prophecy , take time out to sit and visualise a situation going well . |
| 25 | Begin by setting exceptionally high standards in everything you do . |
| 26 | If they are strongly and exclusively attached to domineering parents who set impossibly high standards and are deeply ‘ hurt ’ when their offspring fail to live up to them , it is probable that they will acquire a sense of conscience so severe and restrictive that their spontaneity and emotional life will be crippled and much of their creative energy will remain unused . |
| 27 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 28 | Appearance faults , according to the Breed Standard , include the following : Light , tall , greyhound-like in general appearance ; too long , too short , narrow body ; prominent occipital bone ; hound-like head and expression ; narrow , light , too short , too long , or coarse head ; flat forehead ( little or no stop ) ; narrow lower jaw ; long or pointed muzzle ; cheeks too protruding ; ram 's or split nose , bridge or nose dished or sloping ; tip of nose light or spotted ; open , pink or spotted lips , corners of the mouth open ; distemper teeth ; wrinkles on the head ; ears set too low , large , long , floppy , turned back , not lying close , or irregularly carried ; light ( yellow ) eyes , or a light and a dark eye , open , deep-set , too full , round , staring eyes , piercing gaze ; neck too long , thick , weak muscled , dewlaps or loose skin on throat ; forelegs set narrow or not straight ; light nails ; tail set too high or too low ; coat soft , too short or too long , wavy coat , absence of undercoat ; markings of the wrong colour , poorly defined or too extensive ; white spots ; dewclaws on the hind legs . |
| 29 | If it set too high , then performance will be poor since it will be completing its workload using a higher number of smaller portions than necessary . |