Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] high [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ponty skipper Nigel Bezani was first to go for a high tackle in which he elbowed centre John Apsee , but the Bridgend man admitted : ‘ I was surprised he was sent off . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | These protect the timber from insects and rots but they also help to account for the high cost of working the best tropical woods because the silica blunts tools very quickly and the splinters of greenheart are poisonous . |
| 4 | Generally , any mechanism that relies on reactions between specific pairs of medium-sized clusters will be flawed , because their specific presence in the plasma will be too small to account for the high yield of the experiments . |
| 5 | Numerous purges in the regions were designed to root out less than committed fascists , which helps to account for the high turnover of membership in the 1930s ; A.K. Chesterton in particular was notorious for the war he waged against literal social fascists , being responsible for expelling over 300 members in Stoke in 1935 who used the local headquarters as a drinking club . |
| 6 | The close integration of Herbarium , Garden and Library is one of the great strengths of the Royal Botanic Garden and helps to account for the high quality of its scientific , educational , and horticultural activities . |
| 7 | Not everyone wants to pay for the highest level of service available , so clients can select the level of service they require . |
| 8 | The British public was not prepared either to pay for the higher cost of the non-marketed sector through higher taxation rates . |