Example sentences of "[conj] have high [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Powerlessness as a broad-based variable of disease risk is supported by research in poverty versus non-poverty areas ( Haan et al , 1987 ) ; by occupational setting studies where people have worse heart disease rates if they are lower in the hierarchy ( Rose and Marmot , 1981 ) , or have high work demands in combination with low levels of decision-making control ( Karasek and Theorell , 1990 ) ; and by the stress literature which indicates an association between chronic stress and various physical , behavioural , and psychological health problems ( Kasl and Cooper , 1987 ) .
2 These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels .
3 The regions in the UK that have high radon levels in homes are Cornwall , Devon , Derbyshire , Northamptonshire and Scotland .
4 A special type is made for interlining boots going between the inner and the outer which is very thin but strong and has high warmth value .
5 The bivvy bag is ultra lightweight and waterproof and has high wicking qualities .
6 The fabric displays good mechanical cleaning properties , is chemically resistant and has high absorbency characteristics .
7 SUPERMARKET chain Kwik Save was yesterday fined more than £19,000 for offences which included selling rancid and mouldy meat and having high bacteria counts in cheese .
8 As Lou 's story progressed , however , it emerged that she had been living with Rick for several months and had high hopes of becoming engaged to him herself .
9 I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea .
10 Competition is also related to the likelihood that new suppliers will enter the market if they perceive profit opportunities because the existing suppliers charge high prices or are x-inefficient and have high costs .
11 If you smoke and have high blood pressure as well as high cholesterol , your risk of heart disease is eight to ten times higher . ’
12 If you smoke and have high blood pressure as well as high cholesterol , your risk of heart disease is eight to ten times higher
13 It takes a wide range of prey , and its prey assemblages are taxonomically diverse and have high equitability .
14 To a significant extent , though , such towns have relatively low degrees of social inequality and have high levels of social provision , partly because of the particular policies pursued by the Labour Party controlled local councils .
15 In addition , the model can incorporate those rural families who are far from deprived and have high levels of mobility , high incomes and access to housing of a good standard .
16 They suffer from many parasitic diseases , and have high levels of infant and child mortality .
17 Traditional photographic systems are cheap , simple , provide an image and have high resolution .
18 These figures make IBM a natural target for Japan 's electronics firms , which are relative newcomers to computers but have high aspirations of success .
19 the start of Safe Travel to School projects in four areas identified as having high numbers of casualties associated with travel to or from school
20 If the work of the SDPP is taken alongside that of another team on school management , the School Management Task Force ( DES 1990a ) , the benefit emerges of seeing how detailed proposals for management and review penetrate deep into the daily work of the school and how that detail can be set in the larger context of characteristics ( thirteen in number ) of effective schools ( DES 1990a : 5-6 ) , set against six management tasks which are regarded as having high priority following the 1988 Act .
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