Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to the high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this may well be the fact that IT , like almost all innovations , has emerged and has been developed to the highest standard in countries with strong democratic forces which are able to counterbalance any propensity for excessive power concentration . |
| 2 | The case of Matthew Lucas who is trying to reopen relations with his estranged mother has been referred to the High Court . |
| 3 | We are committed to the highest safety and environmental standards and put great store by the contractual arrangements in place for the return of wastes . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the group did not define fetal distress , and the increased incidence may have been related to the higher rate of meconium staining of the amniotic fluid in spontaneous labours , which is to be expected at a later gestation . |
| 5 | Where a counterclaim ( or set-off and counterclaim ) are transferred to the High Court but judgment has been given on the claim save for the question of set-off , execution is stayed thereon until the proceedings transferred to the High Court have been concluded , unless the High Court otherwise orders ( s 42(2) ) . |
| 6 | We 're looking at the policies and procedures adopted by the local authority because decisions about those individual children are entrusted to the High Court , the family division . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the Scottish Home and Health Department confirmed that the facility had been sold to the highest bidder , but declined to reveal the purchase price . |
| 8 | POVERTY and cuts in social security payments are linked to the high number of deaths in Britain each winter , campaigners will tell the Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , today . |
| 9 | It would , Burlatsky suggested , be based upon a wide variety of property forms , including state property which would be developed to the higher level of public ownership of the whole people . |
| 10 | They should be designed to the highest mobility standards , making them easy and safe to move around in . |
| 11 | If a client objects to the bill submitted by the solicitor in a contentious matter an application may be made to the High Court for an order for taxation of the bill . |
| 12 | Mr McNally said a bail application would be made to the High Court on Friday . |
| 13 | Applications relating to former wards of court in care should be made to the High Court if the order sought may have the effect of varying or discharging an order or direction made in wardship ( In Re C ( a Minor ) , CA ( 1991 ) , The Times , 16 December and see 5(c) below ) . |
| 14 | In pending cases wardship ceases on 14 October 1992 and all applications prior to that date must therefore be made to the High Court whether or not they have the effect of varying an existing order ( see Appendix 5 ) . |
| 15 | An application under the Children Act which would have the effect of varying or discharging a direction or order made in wardship proceedings before 14 October 1991 should be made to the High Court even though the wardship itself may have ceased on that date under the transitional provisions ( In Re C ( a Minor ) , CA ( 1991 ) , cited above , see also Appendix 5 ) . |
| 16 | Can you tell me how to reduce it as I have lost fish for no apparent reason and I suspect it may be connected to the high nitrate level ? |
| 17 | Where proceedings are pending in a county court , the county court or a judge of the High Court may order them to be transferred to the High Court or another county court provided that it is a court having bankruptcy jurisdiction ( r 7.11(2)-(4) ) . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) An action of which the value is £50,000 or more shall be tried in the High Court unless : ( a ) it is commenced in a county court and the county court does not consider that the action ought to be transferred to the High Court for trial ; or ( b ) the High Court considers that it ought to transfer the case to a county court for trial ( art 7(4) ) . |
| 19 | The High Court also has a general power under s 41 of the Act at any stage of the proceedings ( in addition to its powers to make prerogative orders ) to order the whole or part of any proceedings commenced in a county court , or previously transferred from the High Court to a county court under s 40 , to be transferred to the High Court . |
| 20 | The whole or part of any proceedings may under s 42 of the Act also be transferred to the High Court at any stage of the proceedings by the county court . |
| 21 | This was reinforced by the tendency of national governments not to handle unpopular decisions if they could be transferred to the High Authority for action . |
| 22 | But not all the blame can be attributed to the high degree of neve . |
| 23 | In 1889 , all the members of the Nez Perce tribe were offered allotments of 160 acres on the Lapwai Reservation ; the surplus to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 24 | Will they too be sold to the highest bidder , regardless of the interests of local people ? |
| 25 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 26 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 27 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 28 | It seems , however , that if the auction is in fact held , then anything advertised to be ‘ without reserve ’ must be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 29 | Sea Scouts Claire Lowis , Samantha Lambird , Christopher Pinnegar and Mark Gent are seen with the ball , which will be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 30 | In any surveying practice , labour is the key issue and since it is an expensive commodity it must be used to the highest level of productivity . |