Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at the high " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 2 | He has already sampled success at the highest level and after winning the Celebration Mile at Goodwood last Saturday on Swing Low he has his eyes firmly focused on more Group One events . |
| 3 | One way of raising loans was to go to the market , paying interest at the high rates then demanded . |
| 4 | If you pay tax at the higher rate you will personally obtain further relief of 15% on the gross figure , so making the net cost of the payment to you £600 . |
| 5 | If you pay tax at the higher rate , you will have to pay some additional tax and should allow for this in your budgeting , as its deduction is not automatic . |
| 6 | Kenneth Taylor , who said he did not receive any extra payment other than his normal wages , was giving evidence at the High Court in Aberdeen on the second day of the trial of Alexander Murray . |
| 7 | A divisional fire officer with Lothian and Borders fire brigade , William Templeton , was giving evidence at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | The girl was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow at the trial of her 38-year-old father , her grandfather , 64 , and her uncle , 23 , who can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 9 | It is only in such circumstances that I would feel assured that the matter had received consideration at the highest level and that there was no risk that the criminal law would be impeded . |
| 10 | Thorold Mackie had been told that it would be extremely serious if there had been a leak and he had replied : ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ it was alleged at an insider dealing trial at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | In mid-1968 , a time of financial difficulty , while urgent discussions were taking place at the highest level on ways to save the party newspapers , the Ministry of Information was trying to find ways of cutting back expenditure on broadcasting and information services . |
| 12 | He had been awaiting trial at the High Court on assault , robbery and firearms charges . |
| 13 | This process of compounding , which he patented in 1845 , came to be known as ‘ McNaughting ’ , and as it was relatively inexpensive ( even though new boilers were required to supply steam at the higher pressure ) it was very popular in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | After 1980 it was possible for charities to reclaim tax paid on money covenanted to them for four years or more , not just at the standard rate of tax , but at the higher rate if individuals paid tax at the higher rate . |
| 15 | Today 's athlete has to specialise in one discipline in one sport in order to achieve success at the highest level . |