Example sentences of "a high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickets are important , but not at the expense of a high run rate . |
| 2 | There also appears to be a high incidence of educational retardation and school problems among the children in all three countries ( see Heath et al . , |
| 3 | There is virtually no evidence to associate UFOs ( whatever they are ) with leys , though there is now a basis of evidence to suggest that stone circles at least , may be associated with geological locations that have a high incidence of geophysically-produced luminous atmospheric phenomena . |
| 4 | Clients feel that they are being overcharged for an inadequate service : they quote a high incidence of mistakes and insufficient contact with personnel handling their affairs . |
| 5 | High divorce rates and a high incidence of dissatisfaction among both sexes indicate that we may need to rethink the forms of relationships , the roles we play within them , and the expectations we have of them . |
| 6 | Bangladesh is a developing country with a high incidence of diarrhoeal diseases . |
| 7 | The previous chapter introduced Bangladesh as an overpopulated developing country with a high incidence of diarrhoeal diseases . |
| 8 | There has also been a high incidence of murder following rape.Allegations have to be handled with care , but there is clear evidence that rape camps have been set up . |
| 9 | Defective colour perception has a high incidence among males ( one in ten ) and teachers should be aware of the fact that some of the coloured materials that they present will not be normally discriminated by a proportion of their pupils . |
| 10 | It states that it is not ‘ cost effective ’ to care for premature babies as there is a high incidence of disabilities amongst them and stresses that the government could save between £70 million and £200 million ( if one includes their education ) by allowing them to die . |
| 11 | It is undisputed that , notwithstanding single capacity , there existed within the financial service industry a high incidence of conflict of interest situations . |
| 12 | There is a high incidence among high earners , the unemployed , separated men , those with 10 or more partners , and people who did not enjoy losing their virginity . |
| 13 | Two hypotheses have been suggested to account for this : there is a high incidence of subclinical deep vein thrombosis ( DVT ) in pregnancy and leg ulceration increases with age . |
| 14 | The APU collection of questions was searched for items which conformed individually and collectively to the following criteria : — nearly all the items would have success rates between 60 per cent and 95 per cent nationally ; — all the items would have low omission rates among the bottom 20 per cent band of attainers nationally ; that is , they would not deter this group of pupils , who would be willing to " have a go " at them ; — overall , the items should cover a reasonable variety of topics , including basic ideas such as fractions , decimals , graphs ; and , — as far as possible the items selected would have a high incidence of a distinctive error or errors which would give them some diagnostic value . |
| 15 | Although thrombolytic therapy dissolves the clot , angiographic studies have revealed a high incidence of residual atheromatous narrowing in the coronary artery . |
| 16 | Harrison and colleagues found that for vessels with a residual lumen of less than 0.4 square mm in cross-sectional area , there was a high incidence of re-thrombosis . " |
| 17 | All have shown a high incidence of arrhythmic events or sudden death in patients with late potentials ( 17–29% ) compared to those with a normal signal averaged ECG . |
| 18 | Also within the /a/ system , however , there is a high incidence of back varieties of /a/ : in BV , this vowel is realized in certain following consonantal environments as a long , back vowel , which is in many contexts virtually identical to RP ( as in RP dance , bath ) ; on a superficial view we may therefore be tempted to believe that speakers are adopting this external norm . |
| 19 | In a number of dialects in northern England and peripherally in southern Scotland ( J. Milroy , 1982c ) there is a high incidence of noticeably ‘ clear ’ ( palatal ) variants of /l/ , chiefly in pre-vocalic syllable-initial position , but also in other positions . |
| 20 | For our present purposes , there are two main senses in which the inner-city phonology can be said to be complicated : first , there is a much higher degree of ‘ low-level ’ allophonic variation in the inner-city than in outer areas , resulting in a wide range of variation and frequent overlap between phonemes ; yet , this variation can be shown to be rule-governed ; second , there is a high incidence of what I have called phono-lexical alternation ( as measured in variables of type 2b ) in the inner-city , which is much reduced in outer-city communities . |
| 21 | Robert Kerr caused outrage in the mid-1860s by suggesting that the doctrine of three bedrooms ( stipulated in the 1840s when the blue books revealed a high incidence of incest ) should be abandoned ; but , though the moral problems did not of course vanish , his view came to be increasingly shared . |
| 22 | One short video trigger , filmed and edited by a few ASAP high school students , is an exploration about their own neighbourhood , a low-income primarily Hispanic area with a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse . |
| 23 | Again , there are no national figures but a number of local studies indicate a high incidence of certain physical and sensory impairments amongst black and Asian communities ; the high incidence of sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia among people of Caribbean and Mediterranean origin is also well known . |
| 24 | The condition is associated with a high incidence of sudden death ( 2.5% per year in adults and 6% in children and adolescents ) , and it is the commonest recognised cause of sudden death in competitive athletes . |
| 25 | Several workers have reported disappointing results in a high incidence of gastrointestinal side effects . |
| 26 | In addition , there is a high incidence of sexually transmitted infections , including genital ulcerative disease . |
| 27 | Furthermore , most 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin dose schedules have a high incidence of severe gastrointestinal side effects and may thus interfere with the patients ' quality of life , one of the most important aspects to be considered in palliative treatment . |
| 28 | In some premises there is bound to be a high incidence of small fires for which conventional forms of fire attack by the occupants would be appropriate . |
| 29 | There has been a high incidence of political succession by means of military coups d'état . |
| 30 | It should institute a review in any establishment in which there is clear evidence from the monitoring arrangements referred to later in this document that there is a high incidence of violence in that unit . |