Example sentences of "high on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prunus padus is well named the bird cherry , for its black fruits are high on the animal and bird menu of gastronomic delights . |
| 2 | Philosophical reflexivity is not high on the agenda and in an organization which makes much of the concept of loyalty but really means subservience , the insider can find it hard to bite the hand that feeds and reveal any unhealthy aspect in the agenda . |
| 3 | I have seen many dangerous foot sweeps applied high on the side of the opponent 's leading leg , with some even catching the side of the knee . |
| 4 | His first job , in 1920 , was in the Rhos Slate Quarry high on the shoulder of Moel Siabod . |
| 5 | This would lead to a decline in the volume of less essential traffic in urban and rural areas and bring an overall reduction in all its adverse effects , including its contribution , through carbon dioxide , to global warming — certain to be very high on the political agenda in the next few years . |
| 6 | This could prove a significant advantage over their chief rivals — Blue Orca , Hard As Iron and Red Paddy , who are all drawn high on the far rails . |
| 7 | In the nineteenth century the actress Sarah Bernhardt , ‘ attracted by the Absolute , ’ as one guidebook puts it , built a chateau high on the cliff near its northernmost end , the Pointe des Poulains ( Foals ' Point ) , where the offshore rocks are said to resemble young horses galloping in the swaying navy-blue sea . |
| 8 | The issue was expected to be high on the agenda at the summit of presidents of the so-called Group of Eight — Peru , Colombia , Mexico , Venezuela , Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay — which started in Ica yesterday . |
| 9 | The environment , the battle against drugs , and measures to combat terrorism will be high on the agenda if the British have their way . |
| 10 | Dingwall , in another context , calls these stories ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( 1977 ) , and Richman shows how they feature prominently in the discourse of traffic wardens , in an attempt to socialize new recruits into what they can expect , as well as being a means of stressing the moral worth of traffic wardens : a concern which was high on the priorities of such a stigmatized occupational group ( Richman 1983 : 115 ) . |
| 11 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
| 12 | ‘ If we climb high on the rock we can then drop to flatter ice . ’ |
| 13 | Sloshing up the tracks in the dank woods that separate Chedworth 's Roman villa from its village , high on the eastern edge of the Cotswolds , three sights await you . |
| 14 | Damp is n't a major problem ; we are high on the site and there is the moat to take away any surface water . ’ |
| 15 | It made Patrick cringe of course , but the inevitable comparison with his brother was high on the agenda when , clutching his share of the £45,000 winners ' cheque and £15,000 for finishing eighth in the Nabisco points table , he walked into the interview room . |
| 16 | There would be a specific duty on local authorities to make plans for the recycling of waste which must be high on the list of priorities when formulating policy . |
| 17 | AS the Irish Prime Minister , Mr Charles Haughey , prepares to take over the presidency of the European Economic Community on Monday , promoting his country is high on the agenda . |
| 18 | Having nowhere to sit while waiting also came high on the list . |
| 19 | On completion of timber treatment or chemical damp coursing the contractor will normally issue a long-term guarantee , but the number of unqualified contractors offering these guarantees for timber treatment and dampcoursing has increased rapidly and this section of the building industry is high on the list of Company failures . |
| 20 | High on the back wall was the window of the projection room , where strange machinery aimed its flickering beams at the big screen and by sheer magic produced talking , moving , living pictures . |
| 21 | Each house stood high on the hillside that sloped down to the lakeside road , with curling or zig-zagging driveways and thick modern stone walls . |
| 22 | He was high on the flooding wave from the bursting dam of his dark nature , all the anxiety , guilt , hate and repressions sweeping out in a reckless torrent , no longer containable . |
| 23 | It has to cool a little and you must pour off excess juices , then it is turned out , becoming a rather tropical tarte tatin , sitting inches high on the puff pastry . |
| 24 | Protecting children will be high on the agenda , as will the full implementation of the Children Act and the UN Convention to promote childrens rights . |
| 25 | He sheeted both sails hard in and glanced back to see the Zodiac lift high on the edge of a breaking swell . |
| 26 | They talked together about the tests ( and Isobel thanked God she understood so little of it ; it all sounded so complicated and unfriendly ) , and she watched the baby on the monitor screen high on the wall and the patterns on the machines , the ones linked up to the cot with its attachments for measuring his heartbeats and his breathing and his body temperature . |
| 27 | Look over to the platform high on the opposite bank of the river where once loomed a huge statue of Stalin , which the Communist Party ordered to be destroyed in 1962 . |
| 28 | The church effect was heightened by the Santa Fe 's cross symbol and by one or two paintings placed high on the walls . |
| 29 | In the Hadrianic period the tiers of locks disappeared , and hair was simply drawn into a plaited bun set high on the crown of the head . |
| 30 | Ruddy mortals , crouching and crawling around the under-carriage , they can look up for inspiration to the immaculate lives portrayed high on the walls of the workshop , to those models of determination and robust heroism familiar to all Soviet citizens : Riveters and Liberators , Welders and Flag-bearers , beaming Foundry-women with goggles thrown back on their brows like aviators from the Great Patriotic War . |