Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a higher [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This difference can not be explained by a higher level of prosecutions for regulatory offences . |
| 2 | The CAA SRG input to them will be that a passenger who has paid to be flown , as a passenger , has the right not to be exposed to a higher risk than any other passenger who has paid to be flown . |
| 3 | in severe cases the affected fish may be treated at a higher dose 10mg per litre in a separate hospital tank , for five days . |
| 4 | Therefore they need only be made at a higher level of aggregation and should highlight potential peaks and troughs . |
| 5 | To a large extent the crops grown vary with altitude — they can be grown to a higher altitude on the warmer , less exposed south side . |
| 6 | Population attributable risks , not adjusted for other factors , estimate the proportion of deaths explained by exposure to the risk factor , and the relative attributable risks estimate the percentage of the excess risk in Maori , compared with non-Maori , which could be attributed to a higher exposure to the risk factor in Maori children . |
| 7 | Ships would race to deliver the tea , as the first of the new crop to reach land could be sold for a higher price . |
| 8 | If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic . |
| 9 | This can be raised to a higher level by suggesting that personal disputes be settled informally and those between state and citizen formally . |
| 10 | In the future evolution of society under women 's guidance , sex would be raised to a higher plane , where physical passion would be transmuted by the power of human love . |
| 11 | He fulfils the role of second son quite adequately in my view , and I trust he will not be summoned to a higher station in life . |
| 12 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 13 | The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion . |
| 14 | A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority . |
| 15 | You start moving men about from one job to another , and they start complaining , or demanding to be put on a higher grade . |
| 16 | However , CVS may be associated with a higher risk of pregnancy loss compared with second-trimester amniocentesis . |
| 17 | Judicial action and institutionalisation were not recommended , as such action seemed to be associated with a higher rate of later sociopathic behaviour among her sample . |
| 18 | In any of these cases the set-up is adjudged to be bad and appropriate action will be taken at a higher level . |
| 19 | Well , he 'll be tried by a higher court than we have in this life . |
| 20 | Once goods had been brought to a European port , they could be re-exported at a higher price to other European countries that had no direct trade across the sea , so a good many of the calculations about trade were concerned with re-exporting goods which had not been processed into an improved form but were simply being sent to a place where they commanded some additional scarcity value . |
| 21 | Faster operating speeds can be obtained with a higher clock frequency and more stages of pulse deletion . |
| 22 | They , too , will owe a lot to the boycotters and sanctioners , including one in particular that I used to revile and later was honoured to be able to call friend — also a keen cricketer , a left-hand bat who as a schoolboy in Pretoria was thought promising enough to be headed for a higher grade of cricket one day . |