Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | You still have to be on top of your stuff , though — judges expect a certain level of competence to staging a little-girl-lost act in court will do no good whatsoever . |
| 2 | ‘ Our customers expect a high level of knowledge . |
| 3 | The 30-nation talks in Geneva failed to bridge the gap between countries such as Germany and the Nordic states , which are seeking a 79 per cent cut in emissions by the end of the decade , and those like the UK and France which want a lower level of cuts over a longer period . |
| 4 | Outside Kent there are particular regions which reveal a high level of consumption of exotic goods imported from aboard . |
| 5 | Failure to pay due regard to the relativities between units will ensure that some nurses work under greater pressure than necessary and that some patients receive a reduced level of service . |
| 6 | Investigations by Nielsen Media Research , for example , show a remarkable level of penetration by television in the United States . |
| 7 | Incisor digestion is almost always greater than molar digestion , so that most points fall above the equal proportion line ( Fig. 3.25 ) , but they show a high level of correlation ( r = 0.848 ) . |
| 8 | Yet even people with severe mental retardation show a high level of curiosity in certain circumstances . |
| 9 | Patients in understimulating environments also show a high level of arousal . |
| 10 | These were the result of spontaneous revolutionary activity from the base , which even embarrassed the union leadership , and demonstrate a high level of class consciousness among the mass of workers . |
| 11 | Parliament approved a bill on June 5 to establish a 25-member Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation , designed to operate until 2001 , which would redress Aboriginal disadvantages and create a greater level of awareness of Aboriginal history and culture . |
| 12 | Third , those who do have long-term relationships with particular organizations , whether these relationships are exclusive or not , enjoy a considerable level of informal protection . |
| 13 | They also need to be reasonably labour intensive and give a high level of added value which can be retained by the production unit or community involved . |
| 14 | They also bring a high level of expertise which will obviously benefit our clients . |
| 15 | For these and other linguistic and cultural reasons it is relatively easy for the speaker of one Bantu language to learn another and develop a high level of competence in it . |
| 16 | This will , of course , only introduce a new level of complexity . |
| 17 | These contracts , concluded before the recent fall in French energy consumption predictions , guarantee a higher level of supply than France is likely to need . |
| 18 | We maintain a high level of capital expenditure to improve productivity and quality in production and packaging , exemplified by the investment of more than 200 million in Scotland and Spain over the next three years . |
| 19 | The reduction in the and the persistent rise the depreciation charge , which is going over the last four years as we maintain a high level of capital spending . |
| 20 | Any substantial evasion increases the burden on those who pay because central government grants assume a certain level of income from the community charge for each local authority . |
| 21 | This is done by presenting them with programmes designed for native speakers and setting tasks which assume a high level of comprehension of the video material . |
| 22 | The statistics indicate a reasonable level of explanation for a difference equation . |
| 23 | They stipulate a maximum level of 500 coliform bacteria per 100 millilitres of water ; the mandatory standards allow a level of 10,000 coliforms per 100 ml . |
| 24 | So any changes in the financial system which promote a higher level of productive investment will permit a higher living standard for today 's savers in the years to come . |
| 25 | Erm but there are certain civil engineering activities which e I 'm thinking perhaps more about the bridge design side of things really , but there are certain activities which actually demand a certain level of qualification before you , you can actually sign , sign off drawings or a or agree to calculations or whatever . |
| 26 | Fat people occasionally produce a low level , thin people sometimes a high one . |
| 27 | It could sustain a more rapid development of the ‘ productive forces ’ contribute to the greater satisfaction of social needs and produce a high level of employment which would increase the social power of the working class . |
| 28 | they just keep a certain level of |
| 29 | Meanwhile , in relying on projected trends in age structure , Beveridge forecast a certain level of dependent poverty , but failed to address the generational variations in lifetime patterns of personal economic behaviour which helped to create it . |
| 30 | They offer a high level of financial security . |