Example sentences of "[adj] high [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last summer , he and fellow Teesside Polytechnic student Paul Kuiken , 19 , were prevented by police from becoming the first to canoe over the 72-ft High Force waterfall in Teesdale because of fears they would be killed . |
| 2 | On Jan. 14 , in response to a law suit brought by a West Bank resident , an Israeli high court judge found this to be " blatant discrimination " and ordered the military authorities to begin distribution of gas masks to Palestinians . |
| 3 | He said depressed high street spending could reduce imports , while the recovery in North Sea oil output since the pipeline shutdowns earlier in the year should help boost exports . |
| 4 | The eight-year High Speed Train power car production line came to an end at BREL Crewe works in August 1982 with the delivery of the 198th and final example , although strengthening of the fixed coach rakes meant the final augmentation trailer did not appear until the spring of 1985 . |
| 5 | However , such a model is likely to be satisfactory only where certain key conditions apply — most notably , a small group of consultants , a strong high profile UGM and limited conflict of interests about allocation of resources . |
| 6 | More important , the ‘ Meltemi ’ , a consistent and strong high season wind from the north west , provides great excitement for sailor and windsurfer alike from June to mid September . |
| 7 | What did a present-day high school boy know ? |
| 8 | Amongst the group 's clients are many of the most prestigious high street retailers , financial institutions , food manufacturers and high-technology factories . |
| 9 | This pattern is very consistent with the general pattern of winds swinging round the eastern end of the subtropical high pressure cell : in the north they are the north-west to north , etesian or meltemi winds of the Mediterranean lands , while further south they become the north-east Trades . |
| 10 | Mr. Wharton is a founding partner of the multi-national High Point plc consultancy organisation , and has moved into a non-executive role as Deputy Chairman of the group in order to devote more time to his Presidential activities . |
| 11 | Dark suits , pale-blue shirts , Indian kurtahs worn not exclusively by Indians , Viyella shirts , striped mother-knitted pullovers , designer-monogrammed pullovers , cheap ethnic dresses , expensive ethnic dresses , long skirts , short skirts , exclusive French dresses , hand-stitched English dresses , Oxfam thirties dresses , prim high mandarin collars , plunging necklines , slit skirts , glimpses of suspender belts , clown pantaloons , dungarees , studded belts , limp leather belts , crackling metal belts , belts slung round waists , hips , bellies . |
| 12 | BOB DOE , Fighter Pilot is the autobiography of one of the surviving high scoring aces of the RAF during the Battle of Britain . |
| 13 | The steam engine to turn the winding drum , located in a wooden engine-house behind the conduit and constructed above a boiler-house rebated into the earthwork supporting the upper part of the planes , was a twin-cylinder high pressure jet condensing type . |
| 14 | MRP investigations for stratabound mineralisation in the South Hams district south of the Dartmoor Granite proved 10 m of massive pyrite in drill core , with associated high grade baryte float ( MRP 79 ) . |
| 15 | The effect of a heavy physical workload was examined because epidemiological data suggest that this , and the associated high salt intake , may have been responsible for the high incidence of peptic ulceration early in the 20th century . |
| 16 | The move was intended to bolster the strength of the deutschmark and to stem inflation ( running at an annualized rate of above 4 per cent , and in the Bundesbank 's view likely to become higher as a result of possible high wage settlements in the current round of pay talks and the government 's expansionary fiscal policy following unification ) . |
| 17 | An Aboriginal high school girl from a desert tribe had chanced to see this picture — and all hell had broken loose . |
| 18 | Judge David , 71 , who also sits as an assistant High Court Judge , was describing why the dock of the court was surrounded by bullet proof glass . |
| 19 | It has been suggested that in Continental Europe the integration of mountain and lowland zones must be developed , the latter producing high energy crops for beef animals and the former developed for breeding beef animals for which they are more ecologically suited than milk ( 3 ) . |
| 20 | The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned . |
| 21 | The waistline on bikini bottoms has been pulled up while the usual high leg cut has fallen to something less severe . |
| 22 | It is made to the usual high Wolfcraft standards using thick steel for the bench table and a cast alloy housing for the disc . |
| 23 | I think a I think that a regional high street outlet will provide a threat to us certainly and it 's not clear yet which way they 're gon na try that business , but yes we are working at it very hard |
| 24 | Beware of prolonged high altitude camping . |
| 25 | No recent research has been done on the subject but my own experience suggests GP racing produces heart and breath rates matching those experienced during prolonged high speed running . |
| 26 | GP racing produces heart and breath rates matching those experienced during prolonged high speed running |
| 27 | I 'm interested in normal high street clothing which is fun and not expensive . ’ |
| 28 | Petty 's writings were influenced , on the one hand , by the prevailing high death rates and infant mortality rates and , on the other , by the rising economic prospects of the country as a trading nation . |
| 29 | He admitted that with prevailing high interest rates he was not particularly keen to mount a management bid , but would do so if it was the only way to safeguard shareholder value . |
| 30 | Stone buttresses reinforce the roughly coursed walls , and the roof is of graded courses of Stonesfield stone tiles , borne on massive beams , bracing struts and oak posts on 7-foot high stone bases . |