Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want them high interest ones . |
| 2 | ICL 's second trophy went to its Bracknell , Berkshire-based Mid Range Systems division for the volume of DRS 6000 series systems and associated Unix products and services shipped abroad — its revenues are reckoned to have trebled over the past three years to over £250m ; Cambridge-based IXI Ltd was recognised for its success in the open systems software arena with its X.desktop product for Unix , and Chalfont , Buckinghamshire-based Madge Networks Ltd , which ships its high performance Token Ring networking products across the world , and finds it necessary to kid the locals that it 's an American company when it is doing business in the US , also wins an Export award . |
| 3 | What we see today are mere shadows of their former selves and I shall be discussing later a number of these — Hull Fair which is now purely a funfair , the revived Masham Sheep Fair , the dying horse fairs at Lee Gap and Boroughbridge , and Yarm which is still proclaimed and has its high street occupied at one end by the showmen and the other by the gipsies . |
| 4 | Indeed , he could modify his model by supposing that the gradient has its high point at the back edge of each segment , and that bristles point up the slope , and it would work just as well . |
| 5 | Full of cynical amusement , she continued to stare at herself until , inspired , she started to make up her face carefully , emphasising her brown eyes with liner , and smoky eyeshadow , and dusting her high cheekbones with blusher . |
| 6 | ‘ These shoes are n't made for running , ’ she laughed , checking her high heel to make sure she had n't broken it . |
| 7 | Betjeman asked Lewis to a number of his parties , and Lewis found their High Church pansyism fairly difficult to stomach . |
| 8 | This rather cooled their high spirits , because Missenden 's failure to do what was required of him about some case of ecclesiastical preferment was criticized . |
| 9 | He also conducted extensive tests on his engines , which demonstrated their high efficiency and gained him a reputation as a highly scientific engineer . |
| 10 | THE father of a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder must wait to learn whether he has won his High Court battle over the controversial closure of a London hospital 's bone marrow transplant unit . |
| 11 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 12 | But that sudden reminder of ‘ thoughts full of bitterness ’ and images too dearly loved ’ , as he expressed himself theatrically to Southey , subdued his high spirits only briefly . |
| 13 | Morrissey deliberately used his high profile to construct a public figure of some importance . |
| 14 | So send your high scores to : The Scorelord — or be included on my visiting list ! |
| 15 | But the big three supermarket chains deny their high court action is to kill off Costco . |
| 16 | " How d' you explain its high incidence in places known to be malodorous ? " |
| 17 | And it looks like maintaining its high standing for years to come . |
| 18 | The vinegar is then bottled in the traditional flask and sealed with a cork to preserve its high quality . |
| 19 | In spite of all , she ultimately disappointed her owners who could not amortise her high capital costs . |
| 20 | There 's a quotation here from one of the ladies ' magazines at the time : ‘ woman was given to man to be his better angel , to dissuade him from vice , to stimulate him to virtue , to make home delightful and life joyous , in the exercise of these gentle and holy charities , she fulfils her high vocation ’ — pretty inspiring stuff ! |
| 21 | The Zimbabwean government has sustained its high level of educational spending in the face of a growing debt burden , the economic burden of the war in Mozambique and the cost of trade routes through South Africa . |
| 22 | The use of the relay at this point may seem a bit odd as the switching could be electronically activated , but the use of a mechanical relay introduces a small but desirable time variation ( as well as possible bounce ! ) in the duration of the relays closure and so helps in enhancing the random operation of IC6 during the short time that the VCO is producing its high frequency output . |
| 23 | As reported , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is extending its printer offerings with its natty wedge-shaped JP 250 bubble jet and is revamping its high end personal computer offerings with the M6 Suprema line ( CI No 2,136 ) . |
| 24 | Mrs Stych clutched her groceries more tightly to her bosom and tried to heave her high heels out of the roots of the Frizzell grass . |
| 25 | This must have encouraged shoppers to restrict their high street visits to as few individual trips as possible . |
| 26 | The existence of this tendency to aggression … makes it necessary for culture to institute its high demands . |
| 27 | There was an emphasis on the need for women to be confident , to set themselves high standards , to believe in themselves whatever the consequences . |
| 28 | People are encouraged to set themselves high standards in order for Whitbread , in turn , to offer its customers a high standard of service . |
| 29 | NGOs have also caused a brain drain from the NHS by recruiting skilled Mozambicans and paying them high salaries . |
| 30 | ‘ I was delighted that so many people responded , which shows their high level of interest in the Force . ’ |