Example sentences of "is high [conj] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The note indicates that the rate of increase is higher than that for restaurant prices in general over this period , and this could account for some of the reduction in business .
2 The capital cost of Hunslet 's traction equipment , supplied by a Netherlands firm , is higher than that of many D.C. varieties , but Regional Railways accepted the argument that it would work out cheaper long-term because of its economic use of energy and low maintenance .
3 The capital cost of Hunslet 's traction equipment , supplied by a Netherlands firm , is higher than that of many D.C. varieties , but Regional Railways accepted the argument that it would work out cheaper long-term because of its economic use of energy and low maintenance .
4 It is true that it is possible to get over this by good workmanship and sophisticated construction but then the cost is higher than that of building in steel or plastics .
5 But the incidence of cancer among paranoid schizophrenics in the same or similar institutions eating the same or similar American diet is higher than that of the normal population ( Simonton et al .
6 In The Family and Social Change , an account of kinship in a South Wales town , Rosser and Harris make a similar assertion , that ‘ for a variety of reasons ’ the ‘ domesticity ’ of working-class wives is higher than that of their middle-class counterparts .
7 But when graduate women do marry , beyond age 20 their fertility is higher than that of other women — in 1971 5 per cent higher among graduate women married at age 20–2½ rising irregularly to 41 per cent higher for graduates married at age 35–9 .
8 His public profile is higher than that of any other minister .
9 Indeed , the proportion of African Asians who are professionals is higher than that of the white population .
10 Higher education is defined in the 1988 Education Reform Bill as courses leading to degrees , higher diplomas or to professional examinations where the standard is higher than that of the advanced ( 'A' ) level of the General Certificate of Education .
11 The opportunity to create a zero-investment , perfect hedge is shown by the two disequilibrium returns X and Y. The two securities have the same risk ; i.e. the same level of sensitivity to factor f 1 and equilibrium should lie on the APL at point Z. The return on security X is higher than that of Z implying that X is underpriced and Y is overpriced .
12 Since the total vapour pressure is higher than that of either component , the temperature at which the mixture boils is lower than that of either component .
13 The incidence of gastric ulcer is higher than that of duodenal ulcer in Japan .
14 By any statistical configuration , the concentration of HIV infected homosexual men in Brighton is higher than that in London or elsewhere in Britain .
15 Unless the patient throughput per doctor or nurse at a reference centre is higher than that in the hospital , economies of scale suggest that average costs at this new tier will be greater .
16 The proportion of the former who are owner-occupiers is higher than that amongst whites .
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