Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] high [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provide very high levels of expenditure authority for division general managers — and all other levels as well |
| 2 | Does he further agree that people in the Province deserve equally high standards of security and protection from terrorism as those who live on the mainland ? |
| 3 | Nitrogen mustards in suitable doses damage only cells and tissues which normally exhibit relatively high rates of proliferation and growth . |
| 4 | The British Government 's accounts adopt very high levels of aggregation . |
| 5 | Three species of owl produce slightly higher levels of breakage of the teeth of their prey , mainly of isolated teeth rather than those preserved in the jaws , and these will be seen below to be the same species that produce the greatest degrees of digestion , namely the European eagle owl , tawny owl and little owl . |
| 6 | The tapes and scores which they produce come across with real sincerity , and display surprisingly high levels of competence . |
| 7 | It has been found that injected microorganisms are able to migrate in the subsurface , but these display relatively high levels of attenuation . |
| 8 | However , the latest amendments to the Building Regulations require much higher standards of insulation than ever before and have also belatedly recognised the problems that over-insulation can cause as far as condensation is concerned — both inside the house itself and also within the building 's structure . |
| 9 | Vegetables grown near city centres , particularly lettuce , cabbage , spinach and parsley , contain dangerously high levels of lead . |
| 10 | Modern warfare and the modern economy , for example , require increasingly higher levels of technology and this can not be avoided if any state wishes to participate , or if threatened , survive in the contemporary world . |
| 11 | Secondly , we need to help all our flexible packaging companies achieve much higher rates of return . |
| 12 | Canid assemblages have generally high levels of digestion of the molars both in terms of degree and numbers affected ( Fig. 3.21 F-I ) , and they fit well with category 5 , but the small African canid , the bat-eared fox fits category 3 in all respects ( Fig. 3.21 G-H ) . |
| 13 | Yet Afro-Caribbean women have substantially higher rates of unemployment than white women : 20 per cent compared with 13 per cent for white women ( according to figures for the PSI survey ( Brown 1984 ) ) . |
| 14 | At present atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide , C 4 plants have substantially higher rates of photosynthesis than C 3 plants at all temperatures above approximately 15°C . |
| 15 | The pupil can : 1 detect a generalization and express it informally ; 2 describe a generalization , using particular examples ; 3 describe a generalization in general terms ; 4 state a generalization using algebra. 1–4 represent increasingly higher levels of response and may be too general for a graduated test scheme . |
| 16 | Some parents have very high expectations of cleanliness and expect complete conformity from their child . |
| 17 | A year-long survey of the habits of 24,000 adults in England , Wales and Scotland has found that people with an annual household income of £20,000 or more have considerably higher levels of attendance than those in lower income groups . |