Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided the opportunity to widen the High Street . |
| 2 | We leave the room to face the high winds and certain excitement . |
| 3 | The government 's decision to scrap the ‘ listed events ’ provision , which gave the BBC and ITV the right to match the highest bid for events like Wimbledon or the FA cup final , will mean a scramble to obtain the rights . |
| 4 | The offeror often reserves the right to waive the higher condition , however , and the consequences of accepting some lower percentage are described in para 9.1.2 below . |
| 5 | The winners of our Vernons Live Like a Pools Winner contest in September will all be getting the chance to sample the high life . |
| 6 | Not only can we use the considerable buying power of Guinness to get the best prices , but we can use our knowledge of suppliers all over the world to ensure the highest quality product . |
| 7 | The appointment of a slave to the office of Grand Vezir in 857/1453 , however , set the seal on the tendency to man the highest offices of the central administration , the vezirliks , with slaves ; and though it was by no means unheard of for a member of the ulema thereafter to hold a vezirlik , one begins to see the development of a separate hierarchy more or less confined to members of the ulema , the highest offices in which , known as were an end in themselves and not mere stepping-stones to high office in other areas such as the central administration . |
| 8 | When Δε is large , the tendency to populate the high energy states is not too great , consequently the chain is less flexible and ΔS u is lower . |
| 9 | Some considered it to Mosley 's credit that a man who had the ability to attain the highest office in government should have ignored the rules of the political game because of his devotion to principle . |
| 10 | If the dinosaur did , after all , live on dry land , then the long neck could have usefully functioned to allow the animal to browse the high foliage of trees ( see p. 116 ) . |