Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be high " in BNC.
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| 1 | This case presents a situation in which the commitment for change was high at the top ; but the methods of achieving the change were confused at first , and not enough effort was expended to infuse the total organizational environment with commitment . |
| 2 | The world price for tin is high and so companies have been opening new larger mines in Cornwall . |
| 3 | These were the years when unemployment rates in all advanced industrial societies were low , demands for labour were high , economic prospects were bright and the belief in science and technology was strong . |
| 4 | In older working class communities , where neither housing conditions nor wages permitted such total devotion to housewifery , it nevertheless appeared that on the whole standards of housekeeping were high . |
| 5 | The Norwegian project was directed at school pupils aged 13–14 years , among whom the prevalence of smoking was high . |
| 6 | Naturally , questions of funding are high on this list . |
| 7 | His reputation amongst Conservative Members of Parliament was high . |
| 8 | The quality of football was high in the first half . |
| 9 | Since so much has to be imported , the local cost of living is high . |
| 10 | If the volume of mail is high , a franking machine can save a lot of time . |
| 11 | Thus the probability of violence is high where : the industry is fragmented into a large number of firms ; workers of the strike-hit firm are well-paid , but easily replaced ( notably under conditions of high unemployment ) ; union leaders condone the use of violence ; the strike issues relate to matters of ‘ union security ’ rather than pay ; and institutions like the police and media implicitly condone violence . |
| 12 | In Holland , supporters often use firework bombs , which have caused serious injuries ; the violence of Dutch football supporters is just as great as anything in England , and with these two teams meeting , the expectation of violence is high . |
| 13 | They concluded that the level of violence was high and reported that , in a period of only one year , 59 per cent of women had experiences of violence . |
| 14 | At the same time , my sense of impunity is high — there are few police around and it would be easy to spot them if they were ; the risk in terms of the formal sanction ( probably a fine and endorsement ) are consequently low . |
| 15 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 16 | The standard of work is high as can be seen from a small section shown in PLATE 15 . |
| 17 | Alternatively , when the costs of transport are high and local production can be justified only by the creation of a single plant , competitors may choose to collaborate , as in the case of consortium oil refineries . |
| 18 | The majority of potentially battle-winning systems are pursued at or beyond the frontiers of existing technology where the risks of failure are high ; where cost estimates are notoriously uncertain ; and hence where the judgments of the soundest and most experienced men can turn out to be fallacious . |
| 19 | On the other hand , the general standard of farming was high . |
| 20 | A considerable proportion of self-employed temporary workers are to be found in industries in which the overall level of self-employment is high . |
| 21 | So if I was off for two or three years then the rate of inflation was high , then it would be ten per cent each those years |
| 22 | SURFACE TENSION : - The surface tension of water is high , forming a ‘ skin ’ . |
| 23 | Initial reports suggest that visitor numbers were down on previous years , but that the quality of enquiry was high , helped by the positive reaction of visitors responding to specific areas of business on display . |
| 24 | The expense of improving the standards of qualification and training of both categories of investigator was high , but these days newly recruited Inspectors ( Ops ) usually have a current qualification on modern aircraft and the cost is concerned merely with maintaining their currency on these types and giving them the opportunity to fly light aircraft regularly . |
| 25 | The price of loyalty was high . |
| 26 | The left-hand graph shows that at low pressure the volume of a fixed amount of gas is high . |
| 27 | Public appreciation of science was high , and funds for research became available on a previously unheard-of scale . |
| 28 | — No conquest satisfies her , no peak of ecstasy is high enough . |
| 29 | Value may also depend on the price of other raw materials : when the price of oil was high , companies in America would pay to collect and clean used fuel oil . |
| 30 | But the costs of knighthood were high , and some nobles were unwilling or unable to meet the expenditure which was demanded of them . |