Example sentences of "[verb] a high [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such , they involve a high degree of trust , good will , confidence and faith in all parties ' ability to do the job in hand . |
| 2 | This is a sickness akin to radiation poisoning which causes a high rate of ‘ chemical mutation ’ and makes the colourless an unreliable source of labour . |
| 3 | IDEC felt confident that it would be able to attract a high percentage of its staff to this location as the area not only offered a pleasant environment but was only about 20 miles from north London . |
| 4 | where the vocabulary , the syntax , even the punctuation suggest a high honing of stylistic effect reminiscent of Gibbon rather than Swift , of Beckford rather than Defoe . |
| 5 | Commission vice-president Martin Bangemann explained that the measure had been framed under Single Market ‘ fast-track ’ procedures in which final approval is subject to qualified majority in the Council of Ministers on matters necessitating a high level of public protection . |
| 6 | You will also need a high level of self-motivation . |
| 7 | Therefore , by common law a hotel must offer food and accommodation to its guests ; but it must also assume a liability for the property of guests , conform to public health and safety regulations , and provide a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation . |
| 8 | The College 's own catering staff provide a high standard of cuisine and a choice of menus . |
| 9 | Air is one of the best of all insulators against heat loss when not allowed to circulate , so , between them , these two layers provide a high degree of protection from the biting cold . |
| 10 | They are equally a force in the Conservative Party and provide a high proportion of the leaders of public opinion in the media and elsewhere . |
| 11 | Secondly , there are those colleges which in America might be called community colleges : they offer a mix of both advanced and non-advanced courses to students with a wide range of ability and frequently provide a high proportion of part-time courses . |
| 12 | The European Business Studies degree prepares students for the European fields of business activity , and has always attracted a high calibre of student with language skills and an urge to do business in the varied market places of Europe . |
| 13 | If we can train the market to accept a high degree of objective danger — such as we have in Cybercranker , then we can make mutually beneficial arrangements with certain medical organisations . |
| 14 | Some studies covered all types of elderly dependant , though any such sample would include a high proportion of mentally frail elderly people . |
| 15 | The samples tested in this series may not include a high proportion of health care staff involved in invasive procedures . |
| 16 | Although her house was frequently burgled , she maintained a high standard of hospitality . |
| 17 | We also maintained a high level of special needs training — over 20% of all provision . |
| 18 | The conference voted on Sept. 28 to establish a High Court of Justice with powers to try government officials including the President . |
| 19 | To achieve that ownership , it was considered necessary to establish a high quality of working life in the plant through : |
| 20 | ‘ Our customers expect a high level of knowledge . |
| 21 | This increase seems to be part of a broader social trend in which clients increasingly expect a high quality of service from professional people . |
| 22 | Whereas Cipriani , in all his dealings , retained a high degree of honour , albeit confused , those that superseded him after 1938 , heralded in a period that is recognised by some as the nadir of political life in Trinidad . |
| 23 | In a Plinian eruption , it 's usually impossible to pin down the site of the vent exactly , since it stands a high chance of being obliterated or destroyed by the eruption itself . |
| 24 | Aiming for a portal pressure gradient of 12–15 mm Hg might allow control of haemorrhage without inducing a high incidence of encephalopathy . |
| 25 | They found a high degree of positive relationship between areas of faulting and abnormal meteorological events , including UFO activity . |
| 26 | It may even be possible to obtain approval from opposing groups for a set of moral maxims such as peace , justice , and freedom — see the lists of values in McKernan 's ( 1980 ) research , for which he found a high level of acceptance among both Northern Ireland communities . |
| 27 | We found a high level of assessment activity by community nursing staff using structured questionnaires . |
| 28 | A survey in one Edinburgh hostel found a high rate of mental disorders ; schizophrenia was diagnosed in 26 per cent , organic brain disease or lifelong mental handicap in a further 15 per cent , serious alcohol abuse in 9 per cent . |
| 29 | Sound travels better in water than in air , and as the fish 's body contains a high proportion of water within it , the sound waves penetrate the skull and reach the semicircular canals without the aid of the special passage needed by vertebrates that live in air . |
| 30 | Whereas nephrite contains a high proportion of magnesia and a considerable one of lime , neither of these is present except as traces in jadeite . |