Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] a high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her ‘ tubular ’ voice production has the merit of keeping the voice steady , and it sometimes rivets attention , especially when she takes a high note with an especially clean attack as she does in the love music of Act 1 . |
| 2 | Parque de la Paz is our Club Choice in Tenerife for summer '90 — it offers a high standard of accommodation and facilities and is an ideal holiday base . |
| 3 | It offers a high level of support for the teacher , with detailed lesson plans , suggestions for further activities , and an introduction to teaching methods . |
| 4 | It is successful because it produces a high quality product on time at a price the customer can afford . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Relapse in the absence of a precipitating event is most likely to occur when the patient is living in a situation characterised by high expressed emotion between himself and a relative with whom he has a high degree of contact . |
| 7 | Seemingly always on the verge of promotion to the Cabinet he has a high profile at Westminster and is known for attracting a lot of publicity . |
| 8 | Rozier 's suspenison meant him missing several preliminary rounds and he needs a high placing in today 's last qualifier to reach the final . |
| 9 | Although it has a high price , this is a top quality tent . |
| 10 | Certainly the OR shows some of the right properties — it has a high likelihood of occurrence when the stimulus is first presented and tends to decline with repeated presentation ( see Fig. 3.1 , p. 70 ) . |
| 11 | For example , if we consider one of the stories which Thorndyke ( 1977 ) used we can see that it has a high degree of internal organisation . |
| 12 | When performed in a patient with upper gastrointestinal symptoms it has a high probability of diagnosis . |
| 13 | As to oil I use the lightest possible , which is grapeseed oil , but it has a high water content . |
| 14 | The barley which is grown in the Borders is particularly useful to the whisky industry because it has a high starch and low nitrogen content . |
| 15 | Secondly , it has a high equilibrium solubility so that large quantities can be precipitated from a given volume of solution . |
| 16 | It has a high altar with fine gilded carving and a sixteenth-century sculpture of Our Lady of the Rosary . |
| 17 | He wants a high speed railway with national companies owning the track but undertakings such as a privatised British Rail bidding for track-time to run services across Europe . |
| 18 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 19 | It assumes a high regard by teachers and pupils for the themes of the last three chapters — imagination , experience and thinking . |
| 20 | It includes a high availability array system for clustered environments , resource and storage management facilities , a graphical user interface called the Visual System Manager , Fairshare — a control and allocation facility for workload prioritising , network queuing , RxFS — a reliant file system , and C2 security functions . |
| 21 | It requires a high level of stamina , a thick skin and a flexible mind . |
| 22 | This alloy is naturally silvery in colour and is much more hard-wearing than a thin layer of tinning , but it requires a high degree of skill to control the casting conditions . |
| 23 | Since the trial is unrehearsed , it requires a high standard of forensic ability on the part of the student ‘ counsel ’ ; and the proceedings should either be leavened by humour or present an intellectual problem of the ‘ whodunit ’ type . |
| 24 | Continual readjustments of the parts of the body without undue physical tension is most beneficial as it promotes a high standard of health and long life . |
| 25 | This approach sounds simple , but of course it demands a high degree of professionalism on everybody 's part . |
| 26 | He gives a high laugh . |
| 27 | Perth has many colourful attractions for tourists , it enjoys a high quality of life and I am sure that it will continue successfully to attract national and international tourists . |
| 28 | Using the example of the work of Bourdieu , it has been argued that , although the object may be closely associated with the most fundamental and hidden aspects of socialization , this does not mean that it must be analysed only by determinant , rule-based objectivist procedures , since as an instrument of social strategy it retains a high degree of flexibility . |
| 29 | It faces a high demand for electricity at breakfast time and dinner time , moderate demand throughout the rest of the day , and very little demand at night . |
| 30 | The core engine of the product has been designed for scaleability , flexibility , robustness , speed and CICS compatibility as well as integration with Micro Focus Dialog System and non-CICS applications , the company says , adding that it provides a high level of data integrity and security either on stand-alone workstations or as part of a client-server environment , and is available in both production and development versions . |