Example sentences of "a high [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickets are important , but not at the expense of a high run rate . |
| 2 | I think it 's worth er , noting Chairman the high incidence of er , chip pans , which are domestic chip pans , not chip shops , quite a high incidence still of domestic fires caused by domestic chip pans . |
| 3 | BROUGHTON HALL schoolmates Dawn Adams and Clare Duncan produced one of the fastest 1500 metres races ever seen among under-15 girls in Britain during a high standard TSB Merseyside Schools Championships at Bebington on Saturday . |
| 4 | Here 's the literature on it , and I want a big Autumn push on this one , it 's a high profit item for us . |
| 5 | The attractions of these products are that they store well , are easily obtained and offer a high profit margin . |
| 6 | Breeding success in the period under review was often poor and observers have frequently remarked on a high predation rate after hatching . |
| 7 | This gives an advantage over conventional 100Hz ripple-smoothing filters used in linear power systems in that the values of both L and C can be relatively small but still provide a high a.c. ripple reduction . |
| 8 | He reckons some of the maths questions would cause problems for second year pupils at secondary level , that the paper calls for a high reading standard and that some of the questions could be ambiguous . |
| 9 | The Steam Tank has a high leadership value because its thick armoured plating does much to bolster the courage of the crew inside ! |
| 10 | Sports centres with excellent pitches and pools have been built but they have either been under used or more often patronized by groups who already had a high participation ratio , especially adult male car-owners . |
| 11 | Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation . |
| 12 | Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation . |
| 13 | However , in recessionary times when equity markets may be weak , interest rates high and profits falling , a company with modest gearing will not have such a high debt servicing cost to deprive ordinary shareholders of dividends . |
| 14 | Thirdly , the technique has a high contrast resolution which means that tumours are frequently shown with greater clarity than with computed tomography . |
| 15 | To achieve this , ruled paper can be run off on a photocopier on a high contrast setting . |
| 16 | An average exposure and development would give a high contrast negative which would need manipulation at the printing stage to show shadow and highlight detail in the finished print . |
| 17 | To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept . |
| 18 | The key economic objective has been to improve overall living standards by means of a high GNP growth rate . |
| 19 | Would Mark E Smith benefit from a diet with a high banana content ? |
| 20 | Conversely , patients with quiescent disease who continue to have persistently abnormal blood tests have a high recurrence rate . |
| 21 | a ) The pumping station is located immediately to the west of Prestonpans , East Lothian , behind a high sandstone wall on the north side of the B1348 coast road . |
| 22 | The driver 's platform beyond the stairs was completely open and unprotected and in all these were large ungainly looking cars , but typical of the turn of the century idea of what a high capacity bogie car should look like . |
| 23 | Sartorius launched several new products including the RC210S balance , a high capacity 210g analytical balance with accuracy to five decimal places , an RC balance with a remote display ideal for use in robotic applications ; the LCR200S with built-in magnetic stirrer designed for weighing reagents and solutions where additions are weighted directly into the liquid ; the LC3200D balance , a dual range balance ; and the QS16–000VI , a high capacity QS scale . |
| 24 | Dubbed the RSC-1X ruggedised portable workstation , SAIC has added a removable 535Mb disk , three-button trackball and a high output power supply , plus a 64Mb memory and 1.2Gb disk expansion options . |
| 25 | The best way to do this is to run a high output airpump discharging into the void below a chamber . |
| 26 | This is particularly fortunate , because teeth have a high fossilization potential , exceeding that of other parts of the skeleton . |
| 27 | A large brood is spawned , and it is recommended some of the developing fry be removed from the parents within the first two weeks of them becoming free-swimming , so as to achieve a high survival rate . |
| 28 | forty nine from a high sea cliff |
| 29 | It is a measure of the ability of a chain to rotate about the constituent chain bonds , hence a flexible chain has a low T g whereas a rigid chain has a high T g . |
| 30 | Acid lavas , such as those composed of rhyolite , which are derived from magma with a high silica content , are the most viscous and are generally erupted at the lowest temperatures ( Fig. 5.5 ) . |