Example sentences of "high [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said Naomi appeared to live in a world of her own and was either on a high or a low , adding : ‘ She was a lovely child . ’ |
| 2 | Even having made a commitment to the climb , the option of retreat is always open if you sense the temperature is too high or the snow conditions dangerous . |
| 3 | And by his side , with his shoulders straight , his head held high and a smile on his lips , walked young Colin ! |
| 4 | The wind was NW , gale Force 8 gusting to 9 , the seas were more than 6ft high and a swell of some 9ft was running . |
| 5 | But today , fortified by her experiences , feeling six feet high and a tower of strength , Miss Fogerty led the entire school into morning assembly and faced a host of questioning eyes with unaccustomed composure and authority . |
| 6 | Have you got a couple of settings on yours is it a high and a low ? |
| 7 | Biddy 's horse was sixteen hands high and a thoroughbred . |
| 8 | The arrival of a pulse sends the output at IC2 pin 3 high and the timing capacitor C9 begins to charge through resistor R10 . |
| 9 | In no other religion are the stakes so high and the choice so momentous . ’ |
| 10 | The driving standards were extremely high and the event was enjoyed by all who attended . |
| 11 | This means that because the capital outstanding is highest during the early months of the loan , the amount of interest payable each month is relatively high and the capital repayment low . |
| 12 | This means that because the capital outstanding is highest during the early months of the loan , the amount of interest payable each month is relatively high and the capital repayment low . |
| 13 | All the above codes and standards require the discharge of large quantities of water where the racks are high and the hazard rating of the goods is high also . |
| 14 | At low frequencies the signals do not have much carrying capacity , but go too high and the oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere can actually vibrate in sympathy with the radio waves , absorbing the signals . |
| 15 | Prices are often excessively high and the lack of union bargaining rights at most venues does not lead one to believe that the profits are being re-distributed among the workforce . |
| 16 | The sceptics argue that the cost of running rail services will prove too high and the return too low for the private sector . |
| 17 | It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable . |
| 18 | If the materials used to build walls , roofs and other parts of a building allow water vapour to penetrate , then condensation can occur within the structure as well as on its surface if the air 's moisture content is high and the structure 's temperature is low . |
| 19 | Prices remained high and the index closed 136 points up on the day at 2,573 . |
| 20 | Compliance of doctors and patients proved high and the system as a whole was widely acceptable . |
| 21 | Some who are still young enough plan a baby without a husband , but the cost to the mother will be high and the cost to the child , who has no choice in the matter , may be even higher . |
| 22 | As the peasants put it , " God is high and the tsar is far away " . |
| 23 | Taxes were too high and the state bureaucracy too large and too much power had become centralized in Washington at the expense of the states . |
| 24 | The mist was now so dense it was more like a sea fog , the humidity very high and the sweat dripping from my forehead as I leaned forward , my eyes straining to see through the murk . |
| 25 | We had always lived in a healthy country , where the mountains were high and the water was cold and clear . |
| 26 | The peculiarity of the proportions ( published in French and English in 1791 in an essay dedicated to the Prince of Wales ) is that the measurements are not given direct but are based on the head , divided into 22 equal parts ( according to Percivall , Eclipse stood 16l/2 hands high and the head measured 22 inches ) . |
| 27 | It was considered triple-purpose : the big oxen put to the plough , the cows milked and the steers fattened to feed ( specifically ) the mining and industrial areas of the Midlands and south Wales ; the meat was produced in large joints but the proportion of bone to meat was high and the bone coarse . |
| 28 | The bridge saddles were too high and the truss rod needed a full half-turn to make the neck straight and playable . |
| 29 | As a result the standard of craftsmanship to be found in some and the level of enthusiasm in all of his regular students is extremely high and the range of instruments produced expanding at the time . |
| 30 | Unlike other countries in Europe , teachers ' pay and status in Britain is not high and the support and assistance they receive is minimal compared to counterparts in Germany and France . |