Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] a high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If companies had to say how many died and were injured in their service each year , it might give the life and death of workers a higher priority . |
| 2 | However , in the majority of studies a high prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia has been found ( New et al , 1963 ; Wilson et al , 1970b ; Chase & Glasgow , 1976 ; Mancini et al , 1980 ; Sosenko et al , 1980 ; Yano et al , 1982 ; Pacy et al , 1985 ) . |
| 3 | The project , which aims to cover three-quarters of the service work by the end of the century , is intended to give chief executives of agencies a higher degree of autonomy from central control . |
| 4 | the great bulk of community care is provided by friends , family and neighbours … it is right that they should be able to play their part in looking after those close to them … service providers should make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 5 | To ensure that service providers make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 6 | It seems reasonable to conclude that the situation described by economists as a " backward-sloping supply curve for labour " , meaning that contrary to expectations a higher price produces a decrease in labour offered , was less generally true in the mid eighteenth century than it had been earlier . |
| 7 | On some occasions a straight time basis will be appropriate ; on others a high element of contingent fee will be required by the vendor . |
| 8 | Society still needs a large number of its adult citizens to give caring for others a higher priority than a conventional career . |