Example sentences of "high than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the starvelings it had to suffice that His Munificent Highness personally attached the greatest importance to their fate , which was a very special kind of attachment , of an order higher than the highest . |
| 2 | The kicking knee rises higher than the target as the guard is held in place . |
| 3 | Where there are two people in the property the reduction will be given if two community charges are higher than the rates bill plus £52 . |
| 4 | This is thought to be a mite higher than the brewery workers in Hartlepool will draw on the dole even if the management buyout of Cameron 's Brewery is successful . |
| 5 | ‘ The critical current calculated is already higher than the critical current first reported for the high-temperature superconducting materials based on copper-oxide compounds , ’ says George Gruner , director of UCLA 's Solid State Science Centre . |
| 6 | Tootal 's is around 35 per cent higher than the group would like , and an interest charge that should be declining was a fifth higher than last year . |
| 7 | It stands on a small hill , higher than the other villas , with a private approach road and a large balcony looking out to sea . |
| 8 | At 707p a share , which is higher than the top end of the range indicated in the pathfinder prospectus , Eurodisney offers an average return of 13.3 per cent , compared to more than 17 per cent for Eurotunnel when it was floated . |
| 9 | The index has risen by over 60 per cent while turnover is much higher than the Swedish market , with its much larger market capitalisation . |
| 10 | Here the degree of complicity is , and perhaps has to be , far higher than the viewer ever suspects . |
| 11 | It gave the 33,000 manual workforce 8.9 per cent , which at the time was considerably higher than the ‘ going rate ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ The benefit is higher than the cost , ’ he said . |
| 13 | See , now I deliberately sit , when I 'm out in a Land Rover , with one arm up a bit higher than the other and one leg a bit higher . |
| 14 | Thatcher scored 8 per cent higher than the other leaders in the Pre-Campaign Wave , but by the end of the campaign all four leaders enjoyed very similar scores . |
| 15 | This meant a huge rise of £1¼ billion in public-sector wage settlements in 1979–80 and drove inflation up far higher than the Callaghan government had ever done previously . |
| 16 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 17 | The counter in the shop was a little kiosk with a till which stood slightly higher than the rest of the room . |
| 18 | Audi 's new 100 makes its showroom debut in May at prices no more than four to five per cent higher than the current range . |
| 19 | Because , at this level , the floor of the extension is considerably higher than the floor of the main block , the master bedroom is reached from this landing via a flight of five stairs . |
| 20 | The eastern half was a warehouse , a storey higher than the mill and built later , around 1890 . |
| 21 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 22 | Mr Ridley said that manufacturing output was now at a record level — 12 per cent higher than in 1979 , and 6 per cent higher than the previous all-time peak in 1974 , and accused Labour politicians of being like ‘ quack doctors ’ — claiming the country was ill and prescribing a cure that in reality would only make the country worse off . |
| 23 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 24 | Their plans for growth are threatened by their apparent inability to find , retain and manage key staff — in fact , they rate the problem higher than the level of interest rates . |
| 25 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 26 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 27 | Net new investment in unit trusts last month was £339.4million , some 30 per cent higher than the monthly average so far this year . |
| 28 | Out-patient visits were 8 per cent higher than the previous year . |
| 29 | THE outcome of the first commercial rating revaluation in England and Wales for 16 years has produced increases higher than the Government predicted , it was disclosed yesterday . |
| 30 | The arch consists of two sets of colossal forearms , each weighing 20 tons and higher than the Arc de Triomphe , which seem to burst from the ground at opposite ends of a 90-metre public space . |