Example sentences of "[vb -s] the high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the sale of accommodation produces the highest proportion of the income of a hotel , daily occupancy reports are prepared and analysed in order that management can measure whether the hotel is operating to its maximum efficiency . |
| 2 | Cambridge produces the highest proportion of Highly-productive researchers in the field , whereas Aberdeen , Newcastle , Dundee , St Andrews and Strathclyde produce the highest proportion of Unproductive and Low-productivity researchers . |
| 3 | Cambridge produces the highest proportion of Highly-productive researchers in the field , whereas Aberdeen , Newcastle , Dundee , St Andrews and Strathclyde produce the highest proportion of Unproductive and Low-productivity researchers . |
| 4 | This employment figure probably represents the highest density of those working in electronics in any European region . |
| 5 | Our client is under no obligation to accept any offer , whether or not such offer represents the highest purchase price proposed by any of the prospective purchasers . |
| 6 | Those who find it objectionable that an aesthetic problem should be taken so seriously may be assured that art represents the highest task and the true metaphysical activity of this life : witness the illustrious pioneer on my path , to whom I dedicate this essay . |
| 7 | The 1930 Kharkov congress , at which artistic subjectivism and individualism were denounced in favour of collective cultural production and the fostering of proletarian literature , represents the high point of RAPP domination of cultural policy . |
| 8 | The sumptuous Sherborne Missal represents the high point of Siferwas 's art . |
| 9 | With the widest fuselage cross-section in its category , the A321 offers the highest standard of passenger comfort . |
| 10 | GULF WAR hero Major James Hewitt is a charmer who loves the high life — and prides himself on his royal friendships . |
| 11 | The chief factor which causes the high modulus on this model ( since the crystallinity also increases somewhat on drawing ) is therefore the increase in which is a measure of the average longitudinal crystal thickness . |
| 12 | This technique is not as useful as the torsional pendulum but covers the higher frequency range 10 to 103 Hz . |
| 13 | Caledor reorganises the High Elf army for defence and begins the building of the Gateway fortresses in the northern passes . |
| 14 | This incorporates the High Court , the Queen 's Bench Divisional Court , the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal ( Criminal and Civil Divisions ) . |
| 15 | 7 Which of the following contains the highest percentage of fat ? |
| 16 | The increase in the number of elderly people , together with a rise in the proportion living alone , has boosted the number of small households , as too has the higher divorce rate . |
| 17 | Statistics also reflect a rise in accidents among children aged up to 16 , and Darlington still has the higher share of accidents involving 17 year olds and over . |
| 18 | Component 1 has the higher partition coefficient and thus moves through the column faster . |
| 19 | Good gall bladder contraction after breakfast is important because gall bladder bile has the highest cholesterol saturation index and concentration at that time and cholesterol crystals might precipitate easily . |
| 20 | The city now has the highest per-head rate of fatal police shootings in the country : double that of New York and nearly triple that of Chicago . |
| 21 | Endoscopy has the highest yield for any of the tests performed . |
| 22 | South West Water , for instance , has the highest standing charges in the country . |
| 23 | Once the correct order of probes has been established it is easy to fit the clones to this probe order , using an algorithm which essentially places each clone on that section of the probe order where it has the highest density of positives . |
| 24 | Great Britain with Denmark has the highest proportion of lone parent families in the EC ( 14% ) . |
| 25 | Even today , Britain has the highest proportion in Europe of people of working age actually in jobs . |
| 26 | Britain has the highest proportion of population over 75 of any country in Europe . |
| 27 | The strongest growth of total employment was reported by the USSR , in Scandinavia ( which has the highest proportion of its population at work ) , and in a number of countries in central and eastern Europe such as Austria , Yugoslavia and Romania ( a broadly similar pattern is evident for manufacturing employment ) . |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend the Minister agree that while Britain has the highest proportion of health costs funded by the public purse , the British public have shown their confidence in it by the fact that only 13 per cent . |
| 29 | In the European Community , the United Kingdom has the highest proportion of women in work , with the exception of Denmark . |
| 30 | At the same time , Wales has the highest proportion of heavy smokers among men with nearly one in five having 20 or more cigarettes a day . |