Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the high [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The same fate befell the likes of Alan Hudson , Rodney Marsh , Tony Currie and Charlie George — all of whom were discarded even before their qualities were allowed to flourish at the highest level .
2 And I still feel able to play at the highest level . ’
3 Not too great a challenge right now , but a development programme to build up confidence , the ability to play at the highest level .
4 If not , he argues , players should be able to opt for another country if — like John Gallagher or the Samoans playing in the All Black trials — they want to play at the highest level regardless of country .
5 My sympathy lies squarely with those who refused to be part of the South African sham in order to remain eligible to play at the highest level , but who now find that they will probably lose that chance .
6 She wants to play at the highest standard .
7 ‘ Look at the players who have come through and learned to compete at the highest level ’ , the captain said before citing Wright , Carl Hogg and the 20-year-old Kenny Logan , all new caps .
8 Newsome is just the sort of defender we need if we are to compete at the highest level .
9 I played against Wayne Biggins , who had a tremendous game , so I know how much I 've got to learn to compete at the highest level .
10 Indeed it is a credit to Wilko that the board have been confident enough in him to compete at the highest levels in the transfer market .
11 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 .
12 He has not visited the cliff , but questions the Frenchman 's ability to climb at the highest levels .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 In the next Chapter , for example , it is shown that the system requires a large forcing resistance to operate at the highest speeds and in most cases the total phase resistance is then much greater than the optimum for electromagnetic damping .
16 This is a useful technique for systems designed to operate at the highest speeds , where the time taken for the initial current build.up exceeds the step period , so that chopping action does not have time to begin in an excited phase ( Acarnley , 1984 ) .
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