Example sentences of "by the high " in BNC.

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1 Further , in response to the growing impression given to the public by the highest in the land that repudiation of the marriage vows is acceptable , ought not cardinals , archbishops and Christian leaders in general abandon their fears of seeming ‘ judgmental ’ ?
2 Land everywhere varies in its capacity to produce ; output depends on the type of soil and the climate , especially seasonal rainfall , and the limits of production are got by the highest standards of good husbandry …
3 Today we are ‘ fanatics ’ , ‘ extremists ’ , or — the most frequently used verbal bomb , the one favoured even by the highest ranking public health official in the United States , Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan — ‘ terrorists ’ .
4 For the past twenty years he had been trying to show the ‘ educated classes ’ the merits of Gothic and now found them acknowledged ‘ by the highest authorities in the land ’ .
5 Judged by the highest standards there may have some stiffness in the rhythm , some slack articulation of the words and some raucous tone from certain voices , yet , urged on by the dynamic playing of the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra , and especially by the cohorts of percussion , the singing was exhilarating .
6 From the plush Connolly hide leather sofa and chairs in the living room to the Bang and Olufsen stereo , and remote control television complete with video , you 're surrounded by the HIGHEST QUALITY .
7 A related international custom which appears to have emerged is that the use of nuclear weapons can only be authorised by the highest political authorities in each nuclear state .
8 The A.87 enters Glen Shiel at Shiel Bridge and after a level two miles in which the scenery is dominated by the highest of the Five Sisters , Sgurr Fhuaran seen in full stature , starts the gradual ascent to Cluanie , bypassing the old Bridge of the Spaniards , so called because of a battle here in 1719 between Redcoats and Jacobites , the latter being reinforced by Spanish troops .
9 Nevertheless , Zhukov 's intervention had been solicited by the highest authority ; by Party norms no impropriety had been committed ( as would have been so had Khrushchev 's colleagues been acting in accordance with Central Committee sentiment ) .
10 Stereotactic coordinates refer to the maximal activation indicated by the highest Z score in a particular cerebral structure .
11 Used by the highest deity in heaven , its head is formed into the shape of a cloud .
12 The lack of legal status of the unborn child poses a peculiar problem in the context of the law of negligence , but the resolution of that problem achieved by Potts J. is entirely consonant with the general principles of that law as developed by the highest English and Scottish authority , as Potts J. observed [ 1991 ] 1 Q.B .
13 This means the boats , equipment , operating methods , safety standards and staff are examined and approved annually by the highest UK National Authority .
14 So our boards , sails , operating methods , safety boats and staff have been examined and approved by the highest UK national authority .
15 When the marsh has built up to an elevation such that it is covered only by the highest tides , it is usually reclaimed for pasture by building a simple embankment around it .
16 This doctrine was never , however , approved by the highest court in the land , the House of Lords .
17 They had a good past and a reasonable future , but they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century and an unrealistic exchange rate , which lost them export markets and provided further competition in their home markets .
18 The proclamation followed approval on Oct. 17-20 by the highest state body , the unicameral National Assembly ( Országgyülés ) , elected for a five-year term , of a new transitional constitution and electoral law which introduced a multiparty democratic system ( hitherto the sole legal party had been the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party , reorganized at the beginning of October as the Hungarian Socialist Party ) .
19 The proclamation followed approval on Oct. 20-27 by the highest state body , the unicameral National Assembly ( Orzággyülés ) , elected for a five-year term , of a new transitional constitution and electoral law which introduced a multiparty democratic system ( hitherto the sole legal party had been the Hungarian Socialist Worker 's Party , reorganised at the beginning of October as the Hungarian Socialist Party ) .
20 Indeed , so profound and all-pervading is the modern resentment of authority , restraint and control in all its forms that even types of protest which seem to be motivated by the highest ideals of civilized behaviour and the most tender manifestations of conscience can be shown to originate in it .
21 Corresponding with the decreased solubility of fatty acids and bile acids , the lytic activity was completely inhibited by the highest level of dietary calcium and no significant effect of dietary phosphate was observed .
22 The relief exhibited by the highest mountains and the deepest oceanic trenches , although apparently spectacular , is in fact trivial when compared with the dimensions of the Earth as a whole .
23 And rather surprisingly , bearing in mind what happens in the Endsleigh first division , that there it is goals scored that dis differentiates between teams , in this league it will be goal difference that will determine the final positions , followed then by the highest number of goals and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home .
24 And rather surprisingly , bearing in mind what happens in the Endsleigh first division , that there it is goals scored that dis differentiates between teams , in this league it will be goal difference that will determine the final positions , followed then by the highest number of goals and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home .
25 So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home .
26 So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home .
27 This condition is limited by the higher frequency listed .
28 The pamphlet said : ‘ The evidence is overwhelming that he arranged the perpetration of a major war crime in the full knowledge that the most barbarous and dishonourable aspects of his operations were throughout disapproved and unauthorised by the higher command , and in the full knowledge that a savage fate awaited those he was repatriating .
29 But over the eight drafts , what emerged was a particular vision of the whole penal system as almost a plot by the higher powers to perpetuate the whole system of crime , keep it rolling , keep criminals on the streets … ‘
30 In fact , since Anisminic the courts have gone one step further and now presume that any error of law by an administrative tribunal is subject to review by the higher courts , even where there is an exclusion clause purporting to prevent such review .
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