Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] and high " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case the company has built up a reputation for reliability and high quality . |
| 2 | Designated use : suitable for base and high level camps . |
| 3 | This is a very well made , five pole geodesic-designed mountain tent , suitable for base and high level camps . |
| 4 | In general , safety and environmental benefits are sought in the living areas and through traffic is deflected on to those roads better suited to its needs for speed and high capacity . |
| 5 | In the half-hour between chapter and High Mass , when Cadfael was busy sorting his harvest of blackthorn blossoms in his workshop , discarding occasional spines and fragments of wiry dark twigs , Hugh came in to share the gleanings of his own labours . |
| 6 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
| 7 | An ambitious task … but they 're convinced the combination of suspense and high flying drama will bring in the cinema audiences . |
| 8 | But real wages steadily increased in spite of recession and high unemployment . |
| 9 | Especially at a time of recession and high unemployment , it is hard to give up a source of income and jobs . |
| 10 | Many believe it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit in a time of recession and high unemployment , and income support is already so low that there seems little scope for cuts there . |
| 11 | Although the combination of recession and high interest rates is likely to have been the main cause of this rise in defaults , the much more moderate increase in company failures and mortgage arrears which accompanied the more severe downturn and higher interest rates of 1980–81 period suggests that other factors may also have been important . |
| 12 | Father God , We are conscious of many tensions within our own society , particularly at this time of recession and high unemployment . |
| 13 | Her skin was flawless , and always cool , always pale ; her body was long , like her hair , like her fingers , like her laughter ; and her eyes , oh , her eyes , had every season of leaf in them : the twin greens of spring and high summer , the golds of autumn , and , in her rages , black midwinter rot . |
| 14 | In Apulia and in Sicily the Saracens and Byzantine Greeks lived and worked , both giving to the region their style of architecture and high quality of craftmanship . |
| 15 | How do we know it would n't be a place of savagery and high priestesses and the ritual sacrifice of beautiful twelve-year-old boys ? |
| 16 | In view of the increased prevalence of osteoporosis and high rates of bone loss in some patients we feel that all postmenopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease should be considered for HRT , particularly in those with extensive disease of those requiring longterm corticosteroid treatment . |
| 17 | A gorgeous mix of farce and high comedy with glittering dialogue . |
| 18 | I awoke after a night of rain and high winds to find the garden fence lying on the ground . |
| 19 | It is well known that the Albanians , who predominate in Kosovo and in parts of western Macedonia , tend to have very large families , Such rapid rates of growth of population in areas of poverty and high unemployment are naturally a matter of great concern to the authorities . |
| 20 | The disenchantment with Keynesian demand-management among policy-makers was due to its failure to overcome the coexistence of high rates of inflation and high unemployment . |
| 21 | Since age distribution and family life-cycle stage both play a very important part in determining the ACORN codes , it is possible to distinguish pre-family areas ( of relatively high disposable income and low commitments ) , young family areas ( with a high level of mortgage , hire purchase and overdraft debt ) , post-family areas ( with high levels of saving , low use of credit and high incomes ) , and retirement areas ( with low income , but significant investment income ) . |
| 22 | Cardinal Bourchier , venerable and well-respected , was a man of integrity and high moral standards — one who , throughout his seventy-nine years , had maintained his belief in the inherent goodness of Man . |
| 23 | The African Institution , when the time came for public agitation , was unfitted for the task because of its direction by ‘ men of rank and high position ’ . |
| 24 | where norms of co-operation and high output are established because of a feeling of importance , physical conditions may have little impact . |
| 25 | But availability of coal resource has never been the industry 's problem — the essential difficulties are lack of demand and high cost of production . |
| 26 | The citation described him as an officer of extreme gallantry , with the qualities of coolness and high powers of leadership under the most trying circumstances . |
| 27 | After the war there was a potential problem for the owners of the means of production : if the state reduced military expenditure then the effective demand for the high technology goods — aircraft , tanks , computers etc. — which they were now geared to produce , would decline and the problem of underconsumption and high unemployment might return . |
| 28 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 29 | The use of steam and high temperature means the loss of nutrients is kept to a minimum but the flavour , colour and texture of the food are maintained . |
| 30 | He has also discovered a strong correlation between the extent of enclosure and high per capita levels of poor relief in the first decade of the nineteenth century . |