Example sentences of "[be] [conj] a high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our failure to find a difference between cholecystectomy and gall stone subjects could , in theory , be because a high proportion of the second group having a non-functioning gall bladder as , from the physiological standpoint , a non-functional gall bladder is equivalent to cholecystectomy . |
| 2 | The argument here is that a high correlation between an item and the overall test score means that the item contributes little new information which is not already tapped by other items . |
| 3 | Our experience at the Royal National Throat , Nose , and Ear Hospital over the past two years in a study of over 200 children aged 3–8 years with chronic ( more than six months ) or recurrent ( more than three episodes ) glue ear is that a high proportion ( over 80% ) have allergic rhinitis and that treatment of this is associated with resolution of the secretory otitis media in most cases . |
| 4 | Another problem with the vast number of previous publications on disturbed gastric function patients with DU is that a high proportion of the so called normal controls will have had disturbed gastric function due to unrecognised H pylori infection . |
| 5 | The most important consideration is that a high torque should be available at low speeds and therefore a small switching angle is chosen . |
| 6 | One finding of interest provided by the test with a calendar was that a high proportion of pupils in all attainment bands knew that dates in the following year fell a day later than the previous one . |