Example sentences of "[verb] [art] high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any farmer worth his salt knows that quality can only be achieved by pursuing the higher standards of welfare . ’ |
| 2 | Pro-life campaigners have attacked the House of Lords ' ruling to uphold the High Court 's decision to allow Tony to die . |
| 3 | ‘ Apparently , it is up to us to uphold the high standards of Riverbank . ’ |
| 4 | Log paper comes in several numbers of cycles ; the specimen in figure 11.6 contains three cycles , allowing the highest number to be as much as 10 3 or 1000 times as high as the smallest ; four cycle paper would allow it to be as much as 10 4 or 10,000 times as high . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal , overruling the High Court judge , granted the injunction on the ground that in ‘ the balance of convenience ’ the wish to strike at this time was more than counterbalanced by the financial loss to the employers and the inconvenience to the public . |
| 6 | As with HLCA payments , the larger farms in the UK have received the highest proportion of capital grants paid . |
| 7 | While Strathclyde records the highest numbers of the most serious offences , the survey highlights that it is not alone in suffering steep rises in violent crime . |
| 8 | It is the consonant sounds which make speech intelligible ; therefore it is not surprising that people who lose the high frequencies tend to hear the voice but not to be able to distinguish words . |
| 9 | For instance , if loan stock is issued with warrants when profits and share prices are rising , the exercise of the warrants will introduce further equity funds into the company whilst maintaining the higher gearing which the loan stock provides ( as distinct from convertible loan stock which has the effect of withdrawing the cheaper gearing on conversion into equity ) . |
| 10 | Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards . |
| 11 | MegaCAD 3.3 claims to be just this — with ‘ rapid learning whilst maintaining the highest efficiency being the uppermost principles ’ . |
| 12 | It must be admitted that the famous mould may well have strayed upstairs from the cultures on the floor below , and is perhaps to be included in the long list of profitable discoveries which arose from a lapse in maintaining the highest standards of laboratory practice . |
| 13 | To combine informality and friendliness whilst maintaining the highest standards of service and food is a rare achievement but Jean-Pierre has mastered this difficult art . |
| 14 | Supervision is vital in maintaining the highest standards : every Rentokil branch has dedicated supervisors as well as drawing on field biologists and quality assurance inspectors whose salaries are not related to any trading performance incentive . |
| 15 | Management in particular is not about the preservation of the status quo , it is about maintaining the highest rate of change that the organization and the people within it can stand . |
| 16 | The company believes that there is no better way of maintaining the high standards of service than through its investment in existing employees . |
| 17 | Those ladies slim and brave enough to wear the high fashion were ethereal in gauzy dresses that clung to their bodies as they moved . |
| 18 | For over a century , Amdega have been designing and building the highest quality conservatories . |
| 19 | Some of my men picketed the high ground while we passed underneath , constantly urged by the headman and his followers not to straggle . |
| 20 | Despite the complex set of influences , we would emphasize the high rate of accumulation as the most fundamental factor behind the decline in profitability . |
| 21 | The sun coloured the high branches a deep burnt orange . |
| 22 | With the evening sun touching the highest peaks with crimson , and the smoke from a wood fire undisturbed by breeze , Kirchberg seen from a hill above the village is one of the most tranquil inhabited spots in the Alps . |
| 23 | Piper sat in his room and counted birds as they passed the high window . |
| 24 | The strike was the latest stage in a dispute which dated from 1990 , when Cossiga had first criticized the Higher Council of Magistates ( CSM ) , of which he was titular president . |
| 25 | Others , which display the higher growth rates of the Pacific countries , the greater per capita incomes of their peoples , and the steadily increasing volumes of iron ore , oil and containerized trade crossing the Pacific , are powerful indicators of an undeniable trend . |
| 26 | Band attempts to hit the high notes |
| 27 | They were supposedly going out to hit the high spots together , leaving me to throw some things into a bag and drive down to the cottage . |
| 28 | The aim … to hit the high speeding , high earners just as much as the less well off , who still enjoy life in the fast lane . |
| 29 | Peter Dominic is converting its Bottoms Up branches into spacious wine superstores with Hunter & Oliver , its attempt at an identikit wine merchant , about to hit the high street . |
| 30 | The case is expected to go the High Court some time next year . |