Example sentences of "be [verb] at a high " in BNC.

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1 in severe cases the affected fish may be treated at a higher dose 10mg per litre in a separate hospital tank , for five days .
2 Therefore they need only be made at a higher level of aggregation and should highlight potential peaks and troughs .
3 Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times .
4 The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion .
5 You are never far away from the decision-making in this kind of work , so you learn how to manage a whole range of areas and can be involved at a high level relatively quickly . ’
6 However , by using a good catalyst a reaction can be run at a high rate and at a lower temperature , thus saving energy .
7 The need for flexibility also implies equipping the men with the best weapons , so R&D must be continued at a high level .
8 However , the functional analysis enabled areas of commonality to be identified at a high or general level , showing how and where the two departments interacted .
9 In any of these cases the set-up is adjudged to be bad and appropriate action will be taken at a higher level .
10 The decision as to how detailed a breakdown of costs is required is crucial and should only be taken at a high level in the management structure .
11 Once goods had been brought to a European port , they could be re-exported at a higher price to other European countries that had no direct trade across the sea , so a good many of the calculations about trade were concerned with re-exporting goods which had not been processed into an improved form but were simply being sent to a place where they commanded some additional scarcity value .
12 As a result US interest rates had to be kept at a high level .
13 However , if the Revenue 's approach represents a new hardening of attitudes that will affect all small family companies , then this matter ought to be explored at a high level by the appropriate professional body or be taken through the courts by a consortium of practitioners .
14 For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending .
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