Example sentences of "[verb] a high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations seeking to avail themselves of this opportunity need to catch a high speed train pretty quickly ! ’ |
| 2 | As such , they involve a high degree of trust , good will , confidence and faith in all parties ' ability to do the job in hand . |
| 3 | This group differs from other groups at risk of infection with HIV , like homosexual men and men with haemophilia , as their lifestyle often causes a high background incidence of disease and disease may be camouflaged by the use of illegal drugs . |
| 4 | Whereas a cold may take a day or two to develop and produce a cough , sore throat and streaming nose , flu arrives much more suddenly , and also causes a high temperature and sore and aching joints and muscles . |
| 5 | This is a sickness akin to radiation poisoning which causes a high rate of ‘ chemical mutation ’ and makes the colourless an unreliable source of labour . |
| 6 | Tony Blair , Labour front-bench energy spokesman , said the next Labour government should seek a higher aim than ‘ meeting some arbitrary timetable ’ . |
| 7 | Individuals who are wise do n't seek a high profile . |
| 8 | Individuals who are wise do n't seek a high profile . |
| 9 | There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 10 | Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 11 | •The Performing Right Society ( PRS ) has won a High Court action to prevent the owner of the Miramar Hotel , Blackpool , Lancashire , from operating a television in the hotel lounge . |
| 12 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
| 13 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
| 14 | he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine |
| 15 | The president was well informed on both the oil industry in Colombia and LASMO 's involvement in it , but it was rock and roll which provided a high point at the end of the meeting when Lord Rees presented him with a specially acquired gold disc of his favourite group , the Rolling Stones . |
| 16 | Loans for risky projects like the Channel Tunnel and North Sea oil exploration , for example , are likely to attract a higher interest rate than the rate on a loan to finance the construction of , say , a foodstore . |
| 17 | It is within the power of the Council to make a one-off grant to the World for golden hellos to attract a higher calibre of research workers . |
| 18 | IDEC felt confident that it would be able to attract a high percentage of its staff to this location as the area not only offered a pleasant environment but was only about 20 miles from north London . |
| 19 | It aims to keep things that way by launching a High Court copyright action against British software designer Codemasters which is about to launch its games on the market . |
| 20 | The sister of Derek Bentley , hanged 40 years ago for encouraging an accomplice to shoot a policeman , was today launching a High Court challenge to the Home Secretary 's refusal of a posthumous pardon . |
| 21 | where the vocabulary , the syntax , even the punctuation suggest a high honing of stylistic effect reminiscent of Gibbon rather than Swift , of Beckford rather than Defoe . |
| 22 | INDIA 'S Supreme Court suspended a High Court ruling blocking a bribery case probe of a 1987 arms deal with AB Bofors of Sweden |
| 23 | Commission vice-president Martin Bangemann explained that the measure had been framed under Single Market ‘ fast-track ’ procedures in which final approval is subject to qualified majority in the Council of Ministers on matters necessitating a high level of public protection . |
| 24 | Children with health or developmental problems may need a higher standard of parental care and a reasonable parent would be expected to provide this . |
| 25 | Subjects may vary in their response to oestrogens and some may need a higher dose . |
| 26 | You will also need a high level of self-motivation . |
| 27 | We in the public services provide a higher standard of efficiency and quality , in fact we provide a service that 's second to none . |
| 28 | Therefore , by common law a hotel must offer food and accommodation to its guests ; but it must also assume a liability for the property of guests , conform to public health and safety regulations , and provide a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation . |
| 29 | The College 's own catering staff provide a high standard of cuisine and a choice of menus . |
| 30 | This gives an advantage over conventional 100Hz ripple-smoothing filters used in linear power systems in that the values of both L and C can be relatively small but still provide a high a.c. ripple reduction . |