Example sentences of "high [conj] [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 | Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? |
| 4 | After this double success hope must have been high that a solution in the case of the general quintic would soon be forthcoming . |
| 5 | They practised in the living room on psalms and Shakespeare , sometimes the pitch rising so high that the Widow Smith feared her much-favoured gentleman paying guest and that charming but coarse Jenkins boy might be arguing . |
| 6 | Hopes are high that the Government will kick-start the economy with a two-point cut in rates to 6% . |
| 7 | He knew that although Ulthuan could probably win a war in the bleak northern lands , the cost would be so high that the Elf realms would never recover . |
| 8 | But what happens if the traditional route out of the slums is effectively barred , or if unemployment is so high that the underclass is offered no hope ? |
| 9 | And hopes are high that the river could soon be the venue for a powerboat world championship event . |
| 10 | The temperature had risen so high that the uranium fuel , and the graphite surrounding it , was literally burning . |
| 11 | But there were also two major objections to Skybolt : it was the most expensive of the air mobile options ; and the Americans pointed out that the technological risks were so high that the project might well fail . |
| 12 | In 1828 , for example , when Coleman was sadly in need of an operating theatre , the various builders ' estimates were so high that the project was abandoned ‘ for the time being ’ . |
| 13 | But in the case of nitrogen , which can exist as nitrates and nitrites , the surface temperatures are so high that the amount retained in such repositories must be small compared to the amount in the atmosphere . |
| 14 | With inflation the cost of stocking a small farm , quite apart from the value of the land itself , is so high that the tax imposition will make it virtually impossible for a farmer to pass on a flourishing farm to his son . |
| 15 | It is important also to note that we are not implying that any major catastrophe will occur should the stress level continue to rise so high that the glass spills over . |
| 16 | Instructions had gone out from on high that the boat was not to be rocked , and Margaret Thatcher was as good as her word . |
| 17 | The chances are high that the trouble stems from a false assumption . |
| 18 | The cost of maintaining the waterway through the war on reduced Polish trade from the Russian and Austrian partition lands had been so high that the waterway had gone into decline . |
| 19 | Iran entered reservations , on the grounds that this level of overall output was too high if the reference price target was to be achieved . |
| 20 | Secondly , the transaction fees will need to be quite high if the investment made by Reuters and the CBoT/CME of between 40 and 50 million dollars is to yield a positive return . |
| 21 | The proportion of premature births was almost three times as high if the interval was less than a year . |
| 22 | The first is that initial support of 60% is not high if the policy turns sour — if , for example , a war lasted more than the few days or weeks that Mr Bush seems to think it will take . |
| 23 | And by his side , with his shoulders straight , his head held high and a smile on his lips , walked young Colin ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Have you got a couple of settings on yours is it a high and a low ? |
| 27 | Biddy 's horse was sixteen hands high and a thoroughbred . |
| 28 | The arrival of a pulse sends the output at IC2 pin 3 high and the timing capacitor C9 begins to charge through resistor R10 . |
| 29 | In no other religion are the stakes so high and the choice so momentous . ’ |
| 30 | The driving standards were extremely high and the event was enjoyed by all who attended . |