Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at a high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accelerated by the current economic recession , old manufacturing industries are disappearing while the new information technology based industries are developing at a high rate . |
| 2 | which is burnt off when the whole thing gets fired in the kiln , so what will have to happen is the , your pots you 've done so far , once they 're thoroughly dried and go into the kiln , they 're fired at a high temperature and then they 'll come out this bit fired you 'll then separate them with oxide pastes , dip them into glaze , which I 'll explain in a minute , and re-fire them at a higher temperature , the glazed would |
| 3 | But if the tentative claims for attention of deep , albeit hazy , personal beliefs are consistently ignored , clarity has been bought at a high price : damage to integrity and the loss of real satisfaction . |
| 4 | However , it appears that when the measurement both of the disorder and of the type of event are attempted at a high level of specificity , then more specific correlations are revealed . |
| 5 | You are never far away from the decision-making in this kind of work , so you learn how to manage a whole range of areas and can be involved at a high level relatively quickly . ’ |
| 6 | However , by using a good catalyst a reaction can be run at a high rate and at a lower temperature , thus saving energy . |
| 7 | The need for flexibility also implies equipping the men with the best weapons , so R&D must be continued at a high level . |
| 8 | The decision as to how detailed a breakdown of costs is required is crucial and should only be taken at a high level in the management structure . |
| 9 | As a result US interest rates had to be kept at a high level . |
| 10 | However , if the Revenue 's approach represents a new hardening of attitudes that will affect all small family companies , then this matter ought to be explored at a high level by the appropriate professional body or be taken through the courts by a consortium of practitioners . |
| 11 | For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending . |
| 12 | It is essential that RBGE continues to co-operate with these bodies , and that we are represented at a high level in those international bodies which are active in taxonomic database work |
| 13 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 14 | The photographs were taken at a high water level . |
| 15 | It 's blood that 's being lost at a high rate , it 's dangerous whatever ver vessel it 's coming from , so you will stop it by pad , pressure and elevation , you will attempt to reduce the loss of blood and assist the formation of a clot , once you 've assisted in the formation of a clot , by putting the pad on it , would it be sensible to have a little peak to see how it 's doing ? |
| 16 | Stewardship of our resources , as well as respect for the preferences of many of our people , demands that it be maintained at a high level . |
| 17 | That it might be centrally implicated , however , adds to the overall impression that the stimulus to efficiency that that the market undoubtedly , though variably , creates , is achieved at a high price , and might be achievable with fewer side-effects by other means . |
| 18 | Hot air is circulated at a high velocity in the cooking cabinet where it instantly envelopes the food and seals the meat so that it remains juicy . |
| 19 | Like other Third World countries its quest for World Bank-induced export earnings through cash crops has been purchased at a high price with no apparent significant complementarity in food crops . |
| 20 | Thus violence was sustained at a high level by American capitals ‘ first great offensive against labor ’ from the late-nineteenth century to the 1920s . |
| 21 | The only disturbance to the peace of this natural sanctuary occurred 120 years ago when a spectacular railway was laid at a high level across the head of the valley ; this apart , Dentdale today is very much as it was three centuries ago , happily free from modern developments and well content to remain so . |