Example sentences of "at a higher [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pricing policies of our car factories , which show very low profits , mean that foreigners can sell their vehicles in Britain at a higher profit than in their own home markets . |
| 2 | in severe cases the affected fish may be treated at a higher dose 10mg per litre in a separate hospital tank , for five days . |
| 3 | The desire to complement the relative strengths and frailties of a practice may commend a true amalgamation of firms of more or less equal standing with the aim of providing a more comprehensive service at a higher standard . |
| 4 | The history of continuing post-war pressure by officers for a flatted development in the East End of North Shields is a fascinating one but for our purposes here what matters is that nearly 1000 flats and maisonettes were built , again at a higher unit cost than that of the contemporary construction of traditional dwellings . |
| 5 | A business mistake is made , and it is assumed that the mistake would have been avoided if somebody at a higher position in the organization had known about it , or had intervened . |
| 6 | Qualitative factors call for the exercise of managerial judgement , and decisions involving value considerations should be taken , or at least reviewed , at a higher management level . |
| 7 | The latter has become a form of economic drip-feed of dubious value to the patient , although it has maintained economic activity at a higher level than would otherwise be the case . |
| 8 | In order to create sufficient headroom within the studio , it was necessary to remove an existing tie-beam which spanned between two timber posts that helped to support the roof structure and to adapt and re-site this member at a higher level , just below the soffit of the ceiling ( Plate 11 ) . |
| 9 | Hence it was decided to remove this ceiling and its supporting joists and to resite it at a higher level . |
| 10 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 11 | The window manager is used with Xlib ( or , at a higher level , the X toolkit , or an X toolkit with predefined objects called ‘ widgets ’ ) to build a graphical user interface . |
| 12 | Peter Coni , chairman of the Stewards , announcing the new rules yesterday , criticised a growing number of top crews for entering lesser events at Henley ‘ rather than showing the ambition and confidence to try to win at a higher level ’ . |
| 13 | Graduates pass final examinations in a minimum of six subjects , three at a higher level , similar to A-level , and three at a lower level . |
| 14 | Smaller wage rises would make it possible to have lower inflation at a higher level of output — a combination that clever manipulations of macroeconomic policy ( interest rates , exchange rates and budget deficits ) have always failed to achieve . |
| 15 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |
| 16 | Strains with improved insecticidal activity have been produced in our laboratory by partial plasmid curing — so that the remaining genes are expressed at a higher level — and by transconjugation to produce new combinations of plasmids , giving a desirable activity spectrum . |
| 17 | Midway , a loop road branches from the A683 and runs at a higher level before rejoining it two and a half miles further on . |
| 18 | An advantage of this slender branch byway , which runs at a higher level than the main road , is the splendid panorama it affords of the encircling hills : across the valley the distant double-topped Frostrow merges in the long whaleback skyline of Rise Hill ; at the head is Great Knoutberry Hill carrying the railway ; rising to the left are the lower slopes of Whernside , succeeded by Great Coum beyond the gap of Deepdale , and finally Middleton Fell closes the horizon . |
| 19 | About 10 million years ago the sea was at a higher level . |
| 20 | A group is a lesser thing than a team , which performs at a higher level of cohesion than a mere group needs to ( see Teams on page 161 ) . |
| 21 | Learning how to solve problems is a more complex activity in that it involves thinking at a higher level . |
| 22 | Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ? |
| 23 | The candidate 's interests , and ability and motivation to study at a higher level are what matter . ’ |
| 24 | If you are attending a meeting , arrive in good time , plan to have a clear view of the speaker , being reasonably close to him with hearing-aid volume low rather than being more distant with the volume at a higher level , picking up more unwanted noise . |
| 25 | At a higher level in the gardens are two more swimming pools and a garden restaurant . |
| 26 | In this scenario present employment and income patterns continue , but at a higher level of unemployment . |
| 27 | The reason I ask is this ; Last season my club achieved promotion in the Courage League and naturally all the players were very pleased and excited by the prospect of competing at a higher level of rugby . |
| 28 | She confirms that there are still vacancies at a higher level . |
| 29 | The Hardy Hall case was both longer than Dubbingtons and couched at a higher level . |
| 30 | ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said . |