Example sentences of "one [prep] the highest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain already has one of the highest beer tax rates in Europe . |
| 2 | In the Cherangani mountains , looking towards Sondhang , one of the highest peaks in the range . |
| 3 | AN EARLY Picasso painting , which most of the authoritative books on the artist recorded as lost or destroyed , is to be sold in Paris on 30 November and is likely to fetch one of the highest prices paid for a picture at auction . |
| 4 | As late as 1926 90.9 per cent of all inhabitants in the guberniia were in rural locations , one of the highest percentages for European Russia . |
| 5 | One of the highest scoring fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain , Bob Doe has written an interesting book that goes a good deal further than describing some of his exploits in the Battle . |
| 6 | By 1989 monetarism was attracting more support , as Britain had one of the highest inflation figures in the European Community ( 8 per cent in April 1989 ) . |
| 7 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 8 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 9 | In an almost throw-away sentence the book gives one of the highest figures for the number of those whom Stalin killed or imprisoned during collectivisation and the purges : ‘ According to preliminary estimates , the total number of victims of the repressions was around 40 million . ’ |
| 10 | As the commercial whaling industry has declined throughout most of the world , Greenland has been left with one of the highest catches of whales and small cetaceans . |
| 11 | The Irish economy began to enjoy one of the highest growth rates and lowest inflation levels in the EC . |
| 12 | A report on Portugal published in February by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said early entry into the mechanism ‘ could help ease the costs of lowering its inflation rate ’ , which at 11.4 p.c. last year was one of the highest in Europe . |
| 13 | The British would continue to enjoy one of the highest living standards in the world . |
| 14 | This may help to explain why the country has a national debt of about 120 per cent of GNP , one of the highest in the world , compared to a modest 35 per cent in Britain . |
| 15 | BEN Allen , one of the highest Extel-ranked sterling bond salesmen , has resigned from UBS Phillips & Drew . |
| 16 | In true French fashion this ensures a good power output and top speed to match , one of the highest in the class in fact . |
| 17 | Bail was set at a remarkable $300m , one of the highest on record . |
| 18 | Mexico has one of the highest rates of alcoholism in the world , which appears to be the result of the coincidence of traditional and modern advertisement-inspired modes of behaviour . |
| 19 | One of the highest survivors is near Cranham , called Suttons Mill . |
| 20 | The price was one of the highest Modigliani ever received at the time . |
| 21 | England & Wales has one of the highest divorce rates in Europe |
| 22 | The UK has one of the highest divorce rates in Europe . |
| 23 | Britain has one of the highest proportions of one parent families . |
| 24 | Northern Ireland has one of the highest levels of car theft in Europe . |
| 25 | An example of the futility of pouring money uncontrolledly into a service is given by the United States , which has one of the highest rates of infection with the sexually transmitted diseases , one of the highest rates of resistance among its gonococci , and one of the highest , if not the highest , budgets for research and education into these diseases in the world . |
| 26 | An example of the futility of pouring money uncontrolledly into a service is given by the United States , which has one of the highest rates of infection with the sexually transmitted diseases , one of the highest rates of resistance among its gonococci , and one of the highest , if not the highest , budgets for research and education into these diseases in the world . |
| 27 | An example of the futility of pouring money uncontrolledly into a service is given by the United States , which has one of the highest rates of infection with the sexually transmitted diseases , one of the highest rates of resistance among its gonococci , and one of the highest , if not the highest , budgets for research and education into these diseases in the world . |
| 28 | They take in over 16,000 animals a year , ‘ nothing is ever turned away ’ , and have one of the highest re-homing rates in the country . |
| 29 | Thus , in May 1988 , one of the highest turn-outs of Lords this century saw the Government home on the introduction of a flat-rate poll tax , a measure which had caused great concern amongst regular attendants . |
| 30 | It was once again one of the highest turn-outs of the century . |