Example sentences of "[art] high [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The high degree of congruence between the two sets of materials shows that D'Oyly 's informant was reciting a well-established stereotype .
2 This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status .
3 The high degree of specialisation in terms of function , the implications of departmentalism and the inadequacy of management information all mitigate against rational decision making .
4 The problem springs from the high degree of autonomy of individual teachers , a reluctance to engage in joint planning , and a lack of detailed records .
5 Is my right hon. Friend aware of the high degree of dependence of the Plymouth travel-to-work area on defence-related activity ?
6 Leicester did not have a staple industry at this time and the high degree of dependence on the surrounding countryside is evident at once .
7 Our pleasure ( or displeasure depending on our taste , or mood ) will derive either from the high degree of conformity of the individual example to the schema , or from its divergence .
8 It is possible that chromaticism favours the use of true intervals ; certainly the high degree of chromaticism in serialism goes well with canonic usages .
9 Second , the high degree of commitment between private lenders and borrowers in Japan is particularly obvious in lender 's attitudes to firms in financial difficulty and the research will examine the circumstances under which firms are rescued by their bankers .
10 It is noticeable , however , that the shift came nowhere near eradicating disparities in regional employment opportunities which were heavily influenced by the high degree of concentration of the old staple industries : thus , at the extremes , unemployment in London and the South-East was 56% of the UK rate in 1973 and in the North 174% .
11 One suburban Anglican church in Surrey , England discovered on doing this exercise that they had to gain on average thirty-four new members each year just to stay where they were in terms of membership , such was the high level of mobility in their community .
12 Its main gripe is the high level of tariffs on manufactured imports , still among the highest of the 24 rich countries in the OECD .
13 The high level of activity at Enron gas fired power station contract — which we serviced from the Middlesbrough Depot — and the increasing tempo of work in the Gulf where we deployed a significant amount of our special plant , tower cranes and hoists to Dubai , and heavy crawler cranes to the Mina Qaboos harbour job in Muscat .
14 Not only are they the most identifiable group in terms of their appearance , but also in terms of the high level of activity among the group which is apparent even to the casual observer .
15 said : ‘ We are extremely optimistic because of the high level of activity in the petrochemical industry . ’
16 However , a similar leitmotiv of HMI and DES documents , the high level of mismatching of tasks assigned by teachers to pupils and pupils ' ability , has been explored in a carefully researched programme undertaken by Bennett and Desforges ( 1985 ) .
17 The high level of usage of temporary workers in public administration , where union density is high and formal systems of negotiation and consultation firmly established , already suggests that the relationship is by no means as straightforward as the initial proposition implies , and this applies also to private sector establishments .
18 This area was specifically targeted because of the high level of involvement of people living there in road accidents .
19 In this approach the high level of unionisation in Sweden is not the result of any cultural propensity on the part of the Swedish population ( because of its ethnic homogeneity ) to seek objectives by way of interest group organisations — a factor which Adams ( 1975 ) notes has sometimes been suggested by way of explanation .
20 Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements .
21 The high level of marking of the first two occurrences ( " Martian " and " Mars ' ) can be explained by their foregrounded status in being located near the beginning of the schema instantiation .
22 Most important are the non-partisan character of questioning and deliberation , the high level of expertise on sub-committees ( now being increased by the addition of new life peers with direct experience of the Commission , the Council of Ministers , or the European Court ) , the reliance on expert outside evidence and specialist advice and the production of a single report , initially prepared for deliberation by clerk or adviser to the sub-committee .
23 ‘ We are moving into an economic environment where the number of scheme members , the increasing number of pensioners , and the high level of holdings in the equity of public companies by pension funds mean that a situation of uncertainty is undesirable .
24 This rate of return is extremely rare for questionnaires and reflects the high level of interest by local companies , in a project which will lead to an invaluable source of reference .
25 The staff present in the building at the time of the murder were then questioned individually under the assumption that the plants would register the high level of emotion in any guilty party when he or she was questioned .
26 A stronger version of the argument , not developed by Leontief himself but based on his theoretical foundations , is that the high level of productivity of capital may mean that in many instances it will be cheaper to use machines rather than people to perform jobs unless the wage rate is well below subsistence level .
27 This was an enlightened decision , but it can not have been easy given the high level of unemployment in the rural west , and the need to find more material resources .
28 Much was made by Labour campaigners of the high level of unemployment among the Russian-speaking immigrants , reported as being close to 25 per cent or twice the national average , and even affecting highly qualified professionals .
29 It could of course be argued that it may be the defendants themselves who are responsible for the high level of committals by exercising their right of election for jury trial .
30 Child psychiatrists provide many clinical accounts of the high level of overprotection among parents of children with emotional disorders , especially if such children have a physical handicap or illness or other evidence of fragility ( Graham , 1977 ) .
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