Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [art] high " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 2 | This approach does however force the wireframe modeller to work at a higher level of understanding than exists in most present systems . |
| 3 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 4 | The potentiometer is a stable cermet multi-turn type to allow the high resolution setting required at the highest sensitivity . |
| 5 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 6 | Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch . |
| 7 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 8 | But in an announcement made at the High Court in London it 's agreed to pay compensation on the basis of 85 percent liability . |
| 9 | What is more , when inflation is taken into account , the present middle-income earners have relatively less disposable income under the present higher tax rate of 60% than they did under the old regime of tax charged at the highest rate of 83% such is the falling-behind effect of tax allowances granted in recent years . |
| 10 | As a result , genes underwriting the avoidance of incest remain at a high level in the population . |
| 11 | The incumbent 's output starts at a high level and gradually declines , whilst the entrants ' output starts low and gradually increases the more it discovers about the market . |
| 12 | There was no sound from within the cell , though the prisoner 's little lamp was lighted , its faint glow showed at the high , barred window . |
| 13 | Good presentation : dress standards of a person working at the highest levels of large corporations . |
| 14 | ‘ David and Gary , in particular , are proof that playing for Queen 's is no barrier to progress at a higher level . |
| 15 | Well actually pottery is covered in a thin layer of glass , so that when your pot is dipped into the glazed solution , it 's simply a suspension of silicone in water which ride on the surface , to leave a powder , which is really finely ground up sand , when you put that into the kiln to fire at a higher temperature it mystifies it , it turns into glass , now it 's |
| 16 | Dealers emerged from the first day 's sale of the Blackmer library gasping at the high prices . |
| 17 | It remained in Australia until 1986 , when it was sent to her niece , Mrs Rita Coxall of Bishop 's Castle , for showing at the first Bishop 's Castle Railway Exhibition held at the High School on 18 April 1986 . |
| 18 | The candidate 's interests , and ability and motivation to study at a higher level are what matter . ’ |
| 19 | It maybe that the pipework does not slope — gently away from the vent pipe which can cause air to collect at the highest point of the pipe . |
| 20 | A confidential US Defence Department report had concluded that China 's sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia [ see pp. 36254 ; 36312 ] had been the result of a decision taken at the highest level of government to confront the USA in the Middle East . |
| 21 | If successful , full scale testing will commence next year , assuming that the price of crude oil remains at a high enough level to encourage research into alternatives . |
| 22 | The category of ‘ further academic study ’ is a relatively broad one , comprising all full-time further education or training aimed at a higher or other degree at home or overseas . |
| 23 | Exploration of the Dalradian of Scotland for both baryte and base metal mineralisation continued at a high level . |
| 24 | Despite losing so heavily , Edinburgh tried hard to play enterprisingly and in scrum-half Crombie , possess a player with the ability to perform at the highest level . |
| 25 | LIBEL DAMAGES FOR MP 'S WIDOW An elderly London widow agreed at the High Court today to accept substantial undislosed damages for a Sunday Times article alleging her twin children were the result of an affair with the father of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis . |
| 26 | Not too great a challenge right now , but a development programme to build up confidence , the ability to play at the highest level . |
| 27 | He has not visited the cliff , but questions the Frenchman 's ability to climb at the highest levels . |
| 28 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |
| 29 | And the chairman added : ‘ While we will have to strengthen the squad to compete at the higher level , we are certainly not looking for a lot of new players . |
| 30 | And that , inevitably , casts doubts about their ability to survive at a higher level . |