Example sentences of "[verb] for a higher " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TV companies that own ITN are also clamouring for a higher bid . |
| 2 | All these conditions make for a higher incidence of illness among working-class than middle-class babies . |
| 3 | In Labour 's ranks Marjorie Mowlam , the shadow citizen 's charter minister , is tipped for a higher profile job . |
| 4 | Mr. Bickerstaffe goes on to repeat : ’ We would like to have argued for a higher minimum wage , for example , but the party has said no , there are others — pensioners and so on . |
| 5 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
| 6 | ‘ We are preserved for a higher ending . |
| 7 | Ships would race to deliver the tea , as the first of the new crop to reach land could be sold for a higher price . |
| 8 | As it was Chaplin threw him a challenge to a round of fisticuffs , accusing Mayer of encouraging Mildred , who was under contract to Mayer , to press for a higher divorce settlement . |
| 9 | In 1973 , the board used the public outcry over leaked reports of proposed cuts in the network ‘ to press for a higher level of investment , which they now thought they had a chance of being granted ’ ( Pryke and Dodgson 1975 : 23 ) . |
| 10 | CAST awards are offered for periods of two to three years dependent on the anticipated duration of the project , and they will enable students to submit for a higher degree such as MPhil or DPhil . |
| 11 | It also calls for a higher price threshold for company car tax . |
| 12 | A growing number of nurses are making a personal contribution to clinical research : some are even aiming for a higher degree . |
| 13 | Currently , business investment accounts for a higher proportion of GDP than at any time in the 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 14 | Some go on to study for a higher degree , and some take postgraduate courses in management or production engineering . |
| 15 | A fall off in world prices dampened the expectations of international creditor banks , which had hoped for a higher level of interest payments on Ecuador 's foreign debt ( estimated to be over US$12,000 million ) , as well as domestic hopes for increased social spending . |
| 16 | It is the price the arts must inevitably pay for a higher political profile . |
| 17 | However , the duplicate set is an unapproachable ideal unless you are reading for a higher degree , in which case it is sound policy . |
| 18 | They are often allowed ( and expected ) to spend part of their time studying for a higher degree . |
| 19 | She confesses to thinking more now about her social life , and marriage and children do n't seem quite so remote from her dreams but her temporal desires remain on the backburner still , sacrificed for a higher purpose : the music and anyone who attempts to dig for a Máire , a Sinéad , or a Mary Couglan should be arrested for indecency . |
| 20 | The rules on incorrect scores are simple and Draconian : if you sign for a score which is lower than your actual score you are disqualified ; if you sign for a higher score than your actual , the higher score stands . |
| 21 | Hence , there may be little or no incentive for a low paid worker to strive for a higher income , whether by gaining promotion or by working overtime , if the welfare benefits previously received disappear rapidly as income rises . |
| 22 | Quite apart from the program differences there are changes in the way the output is handled for a higher resolution device and there may be significant changes in the versions of PostScript being used . |
| 23 | Young physicians entering their first research post and hoping for a higher degree are vulnerable and naive . |
| 24 | They , too , will owe a lot to the boycotters and sanctioners , including one in particular that I used to revile and later was honoured to be able to call friend — also a keen cricketer , a left-hand bat who as a schoolboy in Pretoria was thought promising enough to be headed for a higher grade of cricket one day . |
| 25 | The way the costs break down is affected by the region as well as the type of school : in rural areas , for instance , transport costs will account for a higher proportion of spending than in metropolitan areas ( CIPFA , 1990 , Tables 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 26 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 27 | The successful candidate will be expected to register for a higher degree and will also contribute to the teaching programme . |
| 28 | or individuals possibly working for a higher degree , have gathered information and analysed it . |
| 29 | Murie says that this was also happening under the previous system : ‘ As the new subsidy scheme under the Housing Act 1980 had been operated to increase council rents ( which in 1982–3 accounted for a higher proportion of average earnings than at any time since 1945 ) , so exchequer subsidies have fallen ’ . |
| 30 | A laborious internal review of the Long-Term Costing is undertaken to whittle down the gap , and to highlight vulnerable programmes so that the Secretary of State can be given the strongest possible brief to help him fight for a higher allocation of resources ; and conversely to enable him to fend off attacks by other high-spending ministers , who are intent on grabbing a larger share for themselves , often at the expense of Defence . |