Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] a high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This limits , or complicates to a high degree , the explanatory force of a psychoanalytic discourse whose terms are founded on an Oedipal moment of lack , castration and desire . |
| 2 | He suggested that the Government were engineering or conniving at a high level of unemployment . |
| 3 | Isolation groove 7 may be filled with insulation or replaced by a high resistivity region . |
| 4 | However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor . |
| 5 | In some cases a relatively low rateable value more than compensated for a high rate poundage ( Blair 1988a:2 ) . |
| 6 | There was music , too , and those long shafts of light that fell from a high window , somewhere over to my right . |
| 7 | A recent investigation of moorhens is one of the first studies to show exactly what it is that makes for a high quality mate ( Science , vol 220 , p 413 ) . |
| 8 | It should be based on or at least draw from coherent bodies of knowledge which go beyond mere skill and are capable of being explicated and taught at a high level . |
| 9 | A piece of magic from Collins settled the issue when he won a tackle and looped over a high pass for Chris Higgs to race clear for the Police 's fourth try . |
| 10 | Production workers are likely to be more concerned with the task and to work in a high structure organization . |
| 11 | The following morning , Arty was taken by ambulance to the huge Victorian red-brick pile on the edge of town — a massive structure set well back in the fields and surrounded by a high wall to protect the sensibilities of the sane from too close a confrontation with one of society 's more disagreeable problems . |
| 12 | The pool was large for a private one , lying at the bottom of a vast expanse of immaculate lawn and surrounded by a high yew hedge which effectively hid it from all directions ( unless you were on a horse or a double-decker bus ) . |
| 13 | These disturbances are of course influenced by the level of nutrition , being exacerbated by a low protein intake and alleviated by a high protein diet . |
| 14 | The three bedrooms are attractive and decorated to a high standard , equipped with private bathrooms and colour TV . |
| 15 | Her face was devoid of make-up and with the hair drawn back tightly and twisted into a high roll it looked naked , a face stripped for action . |
| 16 | More than six years ago Bank of Ireland advertised for school leavers with a high level of secondary education who were intelligent , energetic , ambitious and possessing of a high level of social skills . |
| 17 | Cement for export was packed in more sturdy casks , often of oak construction with iron bands and produced to a high standard . |
| 18 | Journalists sought to divide universities into ‘ premier league ’ universities which would do research and teaching at a high level , and the others . |
| 19 | A very good-value lunch can be enjoyed here , cooked and served to a high standard by the students of the school . |
| 20 | Loopholes had already been made in the stone walls of Gemioncourt 's huge barns which , like the buildings of so many of the isolated farms in the low countries , were joined together and protected by a high stone wall , making the whole farm into a massively strong fortress . |
| 21 | The last coat is rubbed down with wet and dry paper and brought to a high gloss with a burnishing cream . |
| 22 | Fortunately there was a scientist about who had invented and brought to a high pitch of development , a time machine . |
| 23 | Hence , no matter how competitive labour and commodity markets are ( Keynes assumed perfect competition in the former and allowed for a high degree of competition in the latter ) , imbalances between the supply of and demand for labour would not be rectified through spontaneous variations in the real wage rate . |
| 24 | As one would expect , they have such common features as escape by boat , animals taken aboard , and grounding on a high peak . |
| 25 | They recognise the need to provide powerful incentives if students are to remain at school beyond 16 and graduate with a high school certificate . |
| 26 | It is of vital importance that open spaces and parklands are protected and maintained to a high standard , and that schemes such as the floral baskets , spring bulb displays , extensive tree planting are continued and expanded if Belfast is to become an increasingly attractive city for future generations . |
| 27 | A side road leaves here and climbs steeply to Dent Station , four long miles from the town it was intended to serve , and continues at a high level before descending to Garsdale Head . |
| 28 | The bartender , squat and ugly with one white eye , wore an apron and soiled shirt and sat at a high stool reading a newspaper . |
| 29 | Quando remained a little known cult band in England but aspired to a high degree of success in the New York dance floor market . |
| 30 | ( j , j' ) when expression of Krox-20 begins to be downregulated in r5 , but remains at a high level in r3. ov , Otic vesicle ; r3 , r5 rhombomeres 3 and 5 . |