Example sentences of "[adv] high [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 2 | If we take the ‘ developing countries ’ as a group , compared with the ‘ more developed countries ’ , infant mortality ( in the first year ) is more than five times as high in the first group as it is in the second ; but during the years from one to four — that is , after weaning — the mortality rate in the developing countries is forty times as high as elsewhere : forty deaths for every thousand children surviving their first year , compared with one per thousand in the more developed areas ( Pate , 1965 ) . |
| 3 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 4 | Mortality was particularly high during the first six years . |
| 5 | Mortality is relatively high in the first year of life and then decreases during childhood ( see Table 3.1 ) . |
| 6 | The fact that I had not done so put me too high for the first available field , but with insufficient height for the next one . |
| 7 | If hopes are too high in the first place they have further to fall . |
| 8 | It cuts down a , er , er , risk which is perhaps not that high in the first place . |
| 9 | The first two variants of the model imply that their marginal disutility of leisure is very high after the first period . |