Example sentences of "up [prep] the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largely working-class suburbs pay higher rates for shared services to make up for the high percentage of Detroit residents who default . |
| 2 | SCAFFOLDER UP FOR THE HIGH JUMP — IN AID OF CHARITY |
| 3 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 4 | Benny walked slowly up towards the high seats at the back where she thought she might be more inconspicuous . |
| 5 | Today , I think people would say that a lot of what we did in those early days has been influential in the general brightening up of the high streets in this country . |
| 6 | One takes a high level reservoir and if there is more electricity available than the demand requires , then some of that can be used to pump water up into the high level down . |
| 7 | The application was duly made , the proceedings were brought up into the High Court , and on 27 January 1992 the Official Solicitor was appointed guardian ad litem of the four children who , together with the mother and the local authority , were respondents to the foster mother 's application . |
| 8 | Usually in Maytime she liked to walk up into the high mountain meadows to see the wild flowers , but this year she had no heart . |
| 9 | Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart . |
| 10 | This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status . |
| 11 | The company was wound up in the High Court in February 1989 with tax debts of £35,520 . |
| 12 | No they 're all tucked well in , now she needs it still to be up here , right , so what 's the best thing that we can do to make sure it stays up in the high position ? |
| 13 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 14 | There are more and more opticians springing up in the High Street , shops selling healthcare equipment and equipment for the elderly are on the increase and shops are becoming more aware of deaf and disabled customers . |
| 15 | Calero said he had never heard of it , except to read about it : ‘ Was that the one we were supposed to blow up on the high seas ? ’ |
| 16 | There is jurisdiction for actions valued at less than £50,000 to be transferred up to the High Court under ss41(1) or 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 , although such transfers are likely to occur only in exceptional cases raising questions of general public interest . |
| 17 | Nominated care district judges can : ( a ) transfer cases up to the High Court following transfer from the family proceedings court ; ( b ) consider " appeals " against a justices ' clerk 's refusal to transfer a case ; ( c ) make emergency protection orders in proceedings issued in the county court or transferred up from the family proceedings court ; ( d ) give directions and make uncontested public law orders ; ( e ) make some public law orders in contested cases , eg education supervision orders . |
| 18 | The normal rules apply where applications do not have this effect although there may be a good argument for transferring such cases up to the High Court . |
| 19 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 20 | The paintwork on the back of the bootlid looked decidedly patchy and certainly not up to the high standard on the rest of the car . |
| 21 | Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him . |
| 22 | This confirms that Rentokil Healthcare come up to the high standard expected and specified by BSI . |
| 23 | When the laundry maid had told her he had been married , she had gone up to the high moors and wept . |
| 24 | Concentrate instead on your own reputation by continuing to live up to the high standards you always set yourself . |
| 25 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 26 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 27 | Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck , and not on foot . |
| 28 | I think he 's coming I think he 's coming up to the high week group , what is he ? |
| 29 | Franca surveyed her long athletic bare legs and the smudge of the scar on her knee as she reached up to the high shelf of a cupboard . |
| 30 | The Harpenden test facility will show how these stand up to the high temperatures of the tropics . |