Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] high [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it obvious that today 's generation is better placed to bear higher taxes than tomorrow 's generation — continuing economic growth would indeed argue the other way round . |
| 2 | With the ability to style the award to each country 's particular needs , Nestlé Foodservice in the UK recognised the opportunity to establish a competition here specially designed to encourage high standards for catering students training to enter the industry . |
| 3 | Under subsequent cross examination from Allan Gore , barrister , for driver Reg McEwan who died in the Newton collision , he conceded that with hindsight the new layout at Newton , designed to allow higher speeds for trains on the Glasgow to London InterCity line , had been achieved ‘ at a price ’ . |
| 4 | Under cross examination from Allan Gore , barrister , for driver Reg McEwan who died in the Newton collision , he conceded that with hindsight the new layout at Newton , designed to allow higher speeds for trains on the Glasgow to London InterCity line , had been achieved ‘ at a price ’ . |
| 5 | Candidates will be expected to offer high grades in the science subjects , be competent in both written and spoken English and show evidence of satisfactory financial support . |
| 6 | There have been generative systems designed to achieve high degrees of robustness ( e.g. the FRUMP system ( Dejong , 1979 ) ) . |
| 7 | Announcing the measures to parliament , Hawke stated that " the days of our being able to hitch a free ride in a world clamouring , and prepared to pay high prices , for our rural and mineral products are behind us " . |
| 8 | The beginner 's stance needs to be altered to handle higher winds otherwise you will tire quickly and the boom will be constantly ripped from your grasp . |
| 9 | I mean , I go to Kinky , but I ca n't be bothered to wear high heels . ’ |
| 10 | • More than 90 per cent of toothpaste now sold contains high concentrations of fluoride . |
| 11 | First , they represent a putative developmental sequence which reflects the child 's gradual mastery of language for dealing with abstract ideas and , second , they have been shown to generate high levels of inter-observer agreement ( Blank and Franklin 1980 ) ( see Table 7.3 ) . |
| 12 | The ‘ need ’ for large numbers of very old people to be cared for , because they are unable fully to look after themselves is a phenomenon of the later part of the twentieth century , when the age structure of the population has shifted to give high proportions of older people , at the same time as advances in medical care have enabled many more people to survive into very old age , despite infirmities . |
| 13 | Crafty commercial banks have tried to win a bit of the business by repeatedly rolling over short-term credits to companies ( though they have had to charge higher rates than long-term lenders ) , or by buying long-term lenders of their own . |
| 14 | In the study ( Levinger & Clark , 1961 ) emotional words were shown to produce higher fluctuations in galvanic skin response ( GSR ) than non-emotional ones , free-associates produced to these words were less likely to be subsequently recalled than associates of non-emotional words produced at the same time . |
| 15 | Here too fish in certain areas are found to contain high concentrations of mercury . |
| 16 | The report includes details of work carried out on milk from two farms near Bolsover , Derbyshire , which was found to contain high levels of dioxins ( Chem . |
| 17 | The ban , effective from October , was introduced after an incident in which the water discharged by a British coaster into Amsterdam harbour was found to contain high levels of heavy metals and other pollutants . |
| 18 | The swordfish is also known to reach high speeds . |
| 19 | Broadmoor , Rampton and Ashworth Hospitals provide care for 1,700 mentally abnormal people who are judged to require high conditions of security . |
| 20 | Each of three independent , stably transfected /bcl-2 cell lines was found to express high levels of Bcl-2 protein , as determined by staining with a monoclonal anti-Bcl-2 antibody ( see below ) , and to be relatively resistant to the lethal effects of serum deprivation ( Fig. 1a ) or staurosporine treatment ( Fig. 1b ) . |
| 21 | They decided to study a group of workers in Luton because they were known to have high incomes . |
| 22 | Juvenile birds are known to produce higher levels of digestion than the adults ( Lowe , 1980 ) , and a collection of pellets from one nest site showed that 7 per cent of the molars were digested ( Table 2.2 ) . |
| 23 | Within the Federal Reserve Board itself some of the governors were known to favour a less restrictive policy , while most of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents were believed to support high rates . |
| 24 | To a questioner who asked whether upper-income elderly people would be asked to pay higher premiums to the government for Medicare coverage , she said : ‘ The beneficiaries will not be affected . ’ |
| 25 | In general , we are asked to pay higher salaries to experienced , but ‘ unqualified ’ , technicians than we are to inexperienced but highly ‘ qualified ’ architects of the same age . |
| 26 | I was allowed to wear high heels for beauty contests , however , and when I started work , he always bought me expensive Italian leather . |
| 27 | In most of the rich countries , both old and new landfills are being forced to meet higher standards . |
| 28 | When passive smokers were divided into high and low exposure groups on the basis of the amount smoked by their cohabitees , those highly exposed had higher rates of symptoms and death . |
| 29 | The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’ |
| 30 | In recent years it has begun to experience high levels of adult and youth unemployment . |