Example sentences of "[noun] at the high [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result has been that ‘ investment at the highest levels ever ’ has come from fares , not from any public purse , and that an ‘ economic ’ system has become unsafe as BR and LRT weigh up commercial investment needs against the cost of safety measures and the cost of paying wages sufficient to maintain a safe level of staffing . |
| 2 | Communications director Peter Phelps said : ‘ The media and political communications side of the company has shown particular growth and we are working with major clients at the highest levels , helping them to achieve their aims and ambitions . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , let there be solemnity and reverence at the high points of our celebration . |
| 4 | They would operate from roomy vicarages with ample grounds and were welcome guests at the highest tables in their parishes . |
| 5 | The proportion of women in higher education has risen sharply in recent decades — one of the most visible gains in the egalitarian struggle — although in practice young female school-leavers are still less qualified than their male counterparts ( and this signifies , in this country , a truly parlous state of readiness for adult occupations ) ; while in the teaching profession itself , women have yet to achieve anything like parity at the higher levels , as college heads , directors of departments and university professors . |
| 6 | SIR RAGHAVAN PILLAI , the eminent Indian civil servant , who has died aged 93 , achieved the distinction of holding positions at the highest levels both during the Raj and after Independence . |
| 7 | There 's a portfolio of properties at the high values of a couple of years ago . |
| 8 | ‘ At the end of the day the money has to be found and there must be an acknowledgement at the higher echelons of British Rail that Chester is a major tourist destination and deserves a station to match . ’ |
| 9 | These are picture-based at the earlier levels , and text-based at the higher levels . |
| 10 | The two cell types that express GGF mRNA at the highest levels are motor neurons and primary sensory neurons . |
| 11 | If anything these somewhat stereotyped complaints sound not unlike the protest of agrarian society at the higher wages and extravagant consumption patterns of the industrial sector , at the dissolute habits of miners and the St Monday custom observed by many artificers . |
| 12 | Public pressure against nuclear power was a factor in this decision , but so too was the government 's concern at the high costs of nuclear-generated electricity , waste disposal and plant decommissioning which were hindering its attempts to privatize the electricity industry . |
| 13 | The possibility of an encounter with their descendants , and the inevitability of the conflict which would follow , was the recurring nightmare which disturbed sleep at the highest levels of the Imperium . |
| 14 | This is not trivial to assess since the measure of recall is binary and there are relatively few points at the high levels of risk . |
| 15 | Contrary to left-wing and anti-fascist claims , the police at the highest levels were not biased in favour of fascism , even if there were problems of interpretation of the law in developing conflict situations at the street level amongst the junior ranks and local magistrates treated anti-fascists more harshly than fascists . |
| 16 | The police force in Korea was controlled by Japanese at the higher levels but included appreciable numbers of Koreans : in 1930 Korean police officers represented approximately 40 per cent of the total force of 18,811 . |
| 17 | It is clear that there were disagreements at the highest levels on the timing of the abolition of Pomgol and the export of grain . |
| 18 | The new chairman of the physics committee , Professor Michael Hart of Kings College , London , wants to see more representation of mainstream physics at the highest levels within the SERC — especially on the council itself . |
| 19 | The groups at the higher points on the diagram — that is , those with higher median levels of RNR — consist of households in which the elderly live with younger people and it is one or more of the younger members who own or rent the home . |
| 20 | It was used in a similar way by the newly literate or semi-literate Bolsheviks at the higher levels of the Smolensk and Kursk guberniia party organizations , as can be seen from even a cursory reading of their minutes . |
| 21 | At every stage of the interchurch process we were hearing voices saying to us it is not sufficient that there should be fellowship , agreement , companionship , cooperation at the highest levels but it had to be found at every level , it had to be found at grass roots level . |
| 22 | Full academic robes will be worn by the students at the Higher Awards Ceremony which will be held in the college hall in Cleveland Avenue tomorrow . |
| 23 | One way of raising loans was to go to the market , paying interest at the high rates then demanded . |