Example sentences of "[is] a high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , yes , yes , that 's right , because erm , there 's a gre there 's a higher elasticity of migration inelasticity in respect to income differentials than there is to unemployment , any job creation schemes will lead to more migration , rather than , rather than less , so how , how best to get round the problem ? |
| 2 | ‘ Then if it 's a higher power you 're looking for , you should go check out the shopping mall . |
| 3 | It 's a high insurance for a car . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's a high levy on alcohol , you see , so it 's considered a luxury product . ’ |
| 5 | To help keep the heat in , the full-length zip has a press-stud flap on the outside and there 's a high collar for neck protection . |
| 6 | Right , er another situation where there 's men and women differences is in multilingual communities , er you find that men and women 's attitudes to varieties or language varieties or languages can carry so some men will try and avoid using one of their languages because they see it as a low prestige variety whereas some women will use it because for them it 's a high prestige variety . |
| 7 | Goes along here and through that big resistance , it 's a high resistance . |
| 8 | Although there 's a high degree of X12 compliance in the US , in Europe the preferred standard is EDIFACT ( see Panel 1 — SITPRO ) . |
| 9 | Employers with pay policy enables mothers to return to work and pay for quality child-care , can be of great benefit in an area where there 's a high proportion of single parent families or families where the mother is the major the breadwinner At a company offers equal opportunity regardless of race , colour or sex , heightens the feeling of self-esteem and potential of individuals within minority groups and this self- esteem can be catching . |
| 10 | He says that although it 's a high price to pay , he hopes it will help keep the lad out of trouble when he 's older . |
| 11 | And if for the time being , that 's a high price , then that is one of the things that we 've got to accept as part of what 's going on in the Gulf , however painful that may be . |
| 12 | Here 's the literature on it , and I want a big Autumn push on this one , it 's a high profit item for us . |
| 13 | Along here there 's a high wall — dividing the present stables and the paddock from the lawns and villa — with a small wooden door in it . |
| 14 | It 's even better if it 's a high gate , kept locked , and blocks the only entry to the rear , so a thief would have to climb over it . |
| 15 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
| 16 | it 's a high death rate some . |
| 17 | No one goes in the boathouse much and it 's a high place . |
| 18 | It 's a high seat , so a small child is able to see out of the window , and the ‘ recline ’ control is easily reached . |
| 19 | It saddens me that it 's an inner-city drug , that genocide happens where there 's a high concentration of black people . |
| 20 | Because it 's a high security area , they 're not allowed to use binoculars . |
| 21 | Environmentalists say there 's a high risk of pollution from a new landfill site — because it 's on a layer of chalk . |
| 22 | Sure you know it 's , it 's a high fence but we could try to jump in and would have done the other , the farmer came with a stick and er he Useful know , no |
| 23 | While mine 's a high band . |
| 24 | If it 's a high class restaurant then you prefer to people who know what they 're doing . |
| 25 | Perhaps we should decide that it 's a high priority to actually do a proper job , like this . |
| 26 | Whenever we are looking at children 's writing , it 's a high priority to respond to the content , but this can sometimes be difficult ; children themselves often become over-anxious about the surface features of their writing and frightened of making mistakes . |
| 27 | This splitting has occurred on 24.4 per cent of the teeth , which is a higher percentage than has been found in any of the pellet assemblages ( Table 3.10 ) . |
| 28 | As you probably know , they lay their eggs in strings , not clumps , and the tadpoles are toxic to fish : therefore , in a garden pond , there is a higher survival rate than with frogs . |
| 29 | ‘ THERE IS A HIGHER GOAL than the reduction of transmission of HIV , and that goal is the elimination of use of illegal narcotics by injection , period . ’ |
| 30 | For example there is a higher chance of a white woman attaining professional or executive position ( even if on the lower rungs and with less promotion chances than white men ) than a black person of either sex . |