Example sentences of "on [art] high [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farndon & Holt will give catches of small chub and dace while the streamier waters on the higher reaches to Bangor best of all with chub , dace and few grayling . |
| 2 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 3 | But initial studies show there are higher concentrations of birds on the higher areas of the mudflats . ’ |
| 4 | For how many months is there snow on the higher areas of the Cairngorms and Grampian mountains ? |
| 5 | So in small Japanese firms average tenure may be higher but only one in six men have the 20 years or more of tenure that would place them on the higher parts of their wage profile . |
| 6 | It is a matter of common observation that shingle tends to accumulate on the higher parts of the beach while the lower parts are essentially sandy . |
| 7 | Early indications that importers are having difficulty in passing on the higher costs of imports , and the latest savings ratio of 11.6 per cent in 1992 , compared with 9.7 in 1991 and 12.4 in 1981 , caused little surprise . |
| 8 | , The congress called for the introduction of a solidarity tax on industry and a supplement on the higher levels of income tax to finance the reconstruction of former East Germany , which it said should be carried out according to " ecological principles " . |
| 9 | Now the other question I was just going to ask was on appendix er erm it 's oh yes here we are appendix five bottom of page two and it 's talking about the condition of people on the higher rates to residential homes in the area . |
| 10 | BR used press campaigns in the early 1980s to put the arguments for higher state support , basing its case on the higher subsidies of other European railways as a percentage of GNP . |
| 11 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 12 | The passengers were saddened by the thought that they were unlikely to see their native land again but probably neither before nor since has a group of people set out with more determination to establish a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education . |
| 13 | The Mandale Harrier , now a regular in England 's World Mountain Races team , went off hard from the start , but was hampered by heavy mist on the highest parts of the Northumberland course and finished 66 seconds outside the record . |
| 14 | No one has ever accurately defined the Indo-Pakistan border at the head of the Siachen glacier , and since 1984 troops from both sides have been at war on the high passes of this inhospitable land . |
| 15 | There is enough grass on the high hills for the white-faced , hairy-legged sheep to last the winter . |
| 16 | It is true these bright galleons do sail on the high streets of Wembley on Saturday afternoons , and some will continue to do so for many years to come — but not all . |
| 17 | But these earlier records collected here have a freshness of tone , a joyful freedom on the high notes of the lyric soprano 's range , and the adaptability to move from the low tessitura and dramatic style of Sieglinde 's narrative to the tender lyricism of Massenet 's Manon or Puccini 's Angelica , then back again to ‘ Ozean , du Ungeheuer ’ and on to provide the delicacy of touch appropriate to Mozart 's Susanna and Cherubino . |
| 18 | A freeze on further expansion of any drift-netting on the high seas outside the South Pacific . |
| 19 | I 'm sure you 'd be far more at home somewhere on the high seas with a scarf around your head and a cutlass at your belt . ’ |
| 20 | Estimates of annual deaths range up to 40,000 animals a year on the high seas of the North Pacific . |
| 21 | The seamen are therefore determined that they will have nothing to do with Germans of any description until the Germans have made full reparation for the cruel murders committed and the lives lost on the high seas from submarine action " . |
| 22 | On Dec. 22 , 1989 , the UN General Assembly had voted to ban driftnet fishing in the South Pacific from July 1 , 1991 , and to introduce a moratorium on driftnet fishing on the high seas by June 30 , 1992 , until effective conservation and management measures could be agreed by the international community . |
| 23 | Today the hunt was for blackberries , which were known to grow in profusion on the high banks of the fields beyond the woods . |
| 24 | I could describe crowded bank holidays with troops of walkers on the high tops of Scotland and the ugliness of the skilifts . |
| 25 | On the high flanks of the ridge the thick canopy of the rain forest gave way to slender pines where clear streams plunged from pool to pool over granite boulders . |
| 26 | The Government are promoting action on animal welfare in the European Community , based on the high standards in this country . |