Example sentences of "a highly [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
| 2 | This is , of course , a highly abbreviated description of what happens in practice . |
| 3 | Above all , however , it makes it possible to yoke together a generic model of racism as a global ideological form with a highly differentiated notion of its relational properties , in a way which makes its enactment or sufferance the monopoly of specific individuals or groups . |
| 4 | The ultimate aim was to replace a highly differentiated workforce by single-status , multi-disciplinary process craftsmen responsible for all appropriate ancillary , maintenance and quality inspection functions . |
| 5 | He overcame them by a highly organized campaign . |
| 6 | Each of these in turn subdivided into separate , smaller fibrils which are themselves composed of a highly organized array of myofilaments made up of the proteins actin and myosin ( Fig. 53 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a plot , a highly organized attempt to overthrow the government , by a select group of the elite , ’ said Carlson . |
| 8 | Simplicity , however — at least the sort that scores in argument or fiction — can be a highly achieved state of mind , ‘ costing not less than everything ’ , and only highly complex beings arrive at it at all , or need to seek it out . |
| 9 | Last night a highly placed source said the last 12 months had spelt the end of the marriage . |
| 10 | While in the late 1980s it was comparatively easy to secure a highly geared mortgage , these are far less easily available today . |
| 11 | The statistics are presented in a highly summarised form which it is not possible to further summarise . |
| 12 | Runners and spinnaker sheets and guys double up on the same winches by using sheet jammers and , while this might be fine for a highly tuned crew , a less well-trained outfit might find it demanding . |
| 13 | Said Mound : ‘ Without doubt , the success can be attributed to the integration of the subsurface team who moulded the comprehensive database bequeathed by a laboured appraisal programme into a highly tuned reservoir management tool . ’ |
| 14 | He was a highly tuned machine for using people . |
| 15 | Place your eye close to the drop and adjust the strip slightly up or down until you can see a highly magnified picture of the letters on the newspaper . |
| 16 | Was it perhaps because the work did indeed look like typewriting ( by this time neither a highly paid nor a highly regarded occupation and mostly done by women ) and therefore an effeminate calling and beneath a man 's dignity ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a highly regarded system — other companies are always asking us why it 's so good , ’ said Julius Robertson , engineering planning supervisor . |
| 18 | We were particularly pleased to have had the opportunity of acquiring Perkins Slade Limited , a highly regarded insurance broking business based in Birmingham , Petersfield and Bridgwater . |
| 19 | IN Britain the Asian woman is not a highly regarded species . |
| 20 | The swan was once a highly regarded delicacy on the Christmas table . |
| 21 | Their driving force is the government 's determination to open up the market ; to increase choice for viewers and listeners ; to allow new entrepreneurs access to a highly regulated system ; and to appease the advertisers , whose protests about the cost of TV advertising have reached a crescendo . |
| 22 | In a number of decisions , involving the Spanish oil refinery industry , the Commission took account of the fact that Spain was in the process of liberalising what was currently a highly regulated market . |
| 23 | An internal market is created by splitting up the service agency into buyers and sellers , who then trade on a highly regulated market . |
| 24 | This is not as simple as adding a cassette tape and storing the messages — the sort of companies looking for voice record storage are often in a highly regulated environment . |
| 25 | After conflict and controversy she converted the committee to the idea of a district-nursing service as a corps of educated , trained women under the superintendence of a highly trained nurse . |
| 26 | I believe it would be more accurate to say that by using a solicitor , you 're dealing with a highly trained specialist in conveyancing and related matters , who , if not a property specialist in terms of marketing , may well employ one , a description which applies to no estate agent , let alone a ‘ handful ’ . |
| 27 | In court he has to be on the alert every moment and is watched by a highly trained expert on the other side who pounces upon his slightest mistake . |
| 28 | Operational er commanders of incidents erm have a , what is called a firearms tactical advisor , er a highly trained officer who is made available to people in the position that I then found myself , er in order that they can advise as to the tactics to follow and my tactical advisor on this occasion was er Sergeant . |
| 29 | What Myeloski did n't appreciate was that that was how the plane was meant to be landed in such terrible conditions , that he had witnessed a superb piece of flying by a highly trained pilot . |
| 30 | JOHN Calton was a highly trained paratrooper who turned to a life of crime when he left the Army . |