Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fall back on reserves of muscle protein to balance the high rate of heat loss — and still can not find sufficient food . |
| 2 | THE first case to reach the High Court of a child seeking to ‘ divorce ’ her parents began today behind closed doors . |
| 3 | This provided the opportunity to widen the High Street . |
| 4 | Nothing decided in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process ( post , p. 926F ) . |
| 5 | Certainly nothing that we decide in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process . |
| 6 | Mr Gummer 's determination to win the highest figures advised by the scientists failed for the North Sea cod quota . |
| 7 | Nobody has ever taken the trouble to build a cairn on the bare top but the Ordnance surveyors have erected a triangulation column to mark the highest point at 2058 feet . |
| 8 | Closer yet , and the clustered spires of each hive soar from the wastes of ash to pierce the highest clouds . |
| 9 | We introduced the 1990 Food Safety Act to ensure the highest standards of food hygiene . |
| 10 | The potentiometer is a stable cermet multi-turn type to allow the high resolution setting required at the highest sensitivity . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to raise the higher rate of income tax , as advocated by the Opposition , would be damaging for morale and prosperity , because such a move would not only destroy the will to work but drive some of our best brains out of the country ? |
| 12 | It is well placed for excursions to the most spectacular part of the lake , and a region through its position at the corner , where the main lake turns south to face the high massif of the Gotthard and the route which has always beckoned northern traders , adventurers , mercenary soldiers — and nowadays tourists towards the southern lands . |
| 13 | The demand fur such a common culture rests either on an altogether over-optimistic belief in the educability of the majority that is certainly not justified by experience or on a willingness to surrender the highest standards of taste and judgement to the incessant demands of mediocrity . |
| 14 | The government 's decision to scrap the ‘ listed events ’ provision , which gave the BBC and ITV the right to match the highest bid for events like Wimbledon or the FA cup final , will mean a scramble to obtain the rights . |
| 15 | We leave the room to face the high winds and certain excitement . |
| 16 | The offeror often reserves the right to waive the higher condition , however , and the consequences of accepting some lower percentage are described in para 9.1.2 below . |
| 17 | John Ross , formerly from Fast Drains , and Kevin Stone from the Hygiene branch at West Hoathly braved the bitterly cold and freezing rain to operate the high pressure Rota blast jetter which has a rotating head that produces 10,000 lb per square inch of water pressure . |
| 18 | The winners of our Vernons Live Like a Pools Winner contest in September will all be getting the chance to sample the high life . |
| 19 | I will be visiting Leeds polytechnic to open the Higher Education for Capability office on 27 November . |
| 20 | The choice of this figure suggests a well-judged ploy to restrict the highest rate to the truly rich , for it is noticeable that the majority of assessments between £40 and £100 were bunched around the minimum figure . |
| 21 | Of this , SDR109,300,000 ( about US$153,000,000 ) was in support of Pakistan 's third annual arrangement under the IMF 's structural adjustment facility ( SAF ) , while SDR122,400,000 ( about US$172,000,000 ) was available under the compensatory and contingency financing facility to cover the higher cost of oil imports in the fiscal year ending June 1991 . |
| 22 | It has been shown above that , on the basis of the careers of a number of Muftis in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , one might tentatively conclude that by that time it was as a practical matter desirable , if not absolutely necessary , to have taught on at least two levels of medreses beyond the Sahn in order to have a chance to attain the highest office in the learned profession . |
| 23 | So again , credit transfer would allow this student to gain the higher award on the completion of six more credits . |
| 24 | Pro-life campaigners have attacked the House of Lords ' ruling to uphold the High Court 's decision to allow Tony to die . |
| 25 | He is probably the best example of a belief often expressed about the presidency — that the man holding the office grows in stature to fit the highest position in the nation . |
| 26 | Will he agree also that it would be a serious mistake to abandon the high standards of justice to which we try to keep as a reaction to these events and the evil in Northern Ireland that took place last Friday ? |
| 27 | Indeed , newly issued bills will have to carry a larger discount to match the higher market rates . |
| 28 | We wanted AA Hospital Plus to offer the high standards of service and value-for-money that our Customers expect from the AA . |
| 29 | ‘ Only with patience , persistence and a willingness to approach the highest levels did I get the information and even then I sometimes failed , ’ she said . |
| 30 | At the same time this has been accompanied by a determined push by the German authorities through the EC institutions to impose a Community-wide statutory minimum wage to counter the high wage costs of West Germany . |