Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the high " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timetables have not yet been adjusted for the higher performance of the Class 158s and the journey time to London remains at about 5 hours . |
| 2 | The heavy use of pesticides and chemicals in agriculture in Azerbaijan and the Central Asian republics is blamed for the high incidence of leukaemia , some of the worst infant mortality rates in the world , and liver disorders and cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 3 | Top cash are on offer to professional and amateur players with £150 added for the highest break in the competition by bookmaker Joe Suckling . |
| 4 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 5 | Before expanding , arrangements must be made for the higher cash requirements needed to support trading at increased levels . |
| 6 | In spite of the sacrifice it had made for the High Dam at Aswan , whose turbines generated megawatts of electrical power , Wadi Half a still had no electricity . |
| 7 | His work was crucial to the initial break into the German enciphered teleprinter systems used for the highest level of German services communications . |
| 8 | Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science . |
| 9 | ( vi ) The crew made a successful forced landing in a field near the end of the runway and are to be commended for the high degree of professional and airmanship displayed . |
| 10 | The marriage game was played for the highest stakes by kings and emperors and counts ; there is no reason to suppose it reached these proportions elsewhere in the social scale . |
| 11 | Mattel threatened legal action , and a multi-million pound battle was scheduled for the High Court next month . |
| 12 | Columbia , now owned by Japan 's Sony , has become as well known for the high spending of its management team , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , as its films ; Mr Peters has now taken a back seat . |
| 13 | Some without experience of validation were praised for the high standard and clarify of their documentation . |
| 14 | As Philip Warner has said in The Special Air Service , the official history re-issued in an expanded edition in 1983 , the regiment ‘ has often been criticised for the high proportion of officers and N.C.O.s , as well as first-class men , which it absorbed , and the answer must invariably be that used in this way they caused far more damage to the enemy than they would have done if they had been with other units . |
| 15 | The inhabitants of the closes and the tenements had headed for the high ground , leaving the trams and turmoil behind for the mist , the heather , and a good brew-up in the but and ben . |
| 16 | These theorists accounted for the high rates of crime found in the broken-down inner-city areas in terms of ‘ social disorganisation ’ . |
| 17 | On the Friday evening , a fancy-dress banquet was held for the high ranking guests who had attended the Tournament . |