Example sentences of "up [prep] the high " in BNC.
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| 1 | In resisting the sideways forces the daggerboard starts to behave like a sail and a force is set up between the high and low pressure sides of the foil ( F1 ) . |
| 2 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 3 | The largely working-class suburbs pay higher rates for shared services to make up for the high percentage of Detroit residents who default . |
| 4 | SCAFFOLDER UP FOR THE HIGH JUMP — IN AID OF CHARITY |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Benny walked slowly up towards the high seats at the back where she thought she might be more inconspicuous . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The company was wound up in the High Court in February 1989 with tax debts of £35,520 . |
| 16 | Where are you then , yeah , but , you 're up in the high |
| 17 | where are one , we 're up in the high are n't we ? |
| 18 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 19 | 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 ? ’ |
| 20 | The Harpenden test facility will show how these stand up to the high temperatures of the tropics . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Concentrate instead on your own reputation by continuing to live up to the high standards you always set yourself . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Craned my neck to look for a way up to the high high bridge , saw a rocky overgrown path over the other side of the road . |
| 27 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 28 | When the laundry maid had told her he had been married , she had gone up to the high moors and wept . |
| 29 | 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 ! ’ |
| 30 | Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck , and not on foot . |