Example sentences of "[prep] a high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , unlikely that the people fished ; the few fish remains archaeologists found at the site were probably washed ashore after a high tide . |
| 2 | Although the mechanisms leading to effective control of HIV-1 replication in primary infection remain to be determined , our observations show that these mechanisms can be activated even after a high degree of clinically relevant immunosuppression has been reached , and that CD4 cell depletion is easily reversible in peripheral blood ( perhaps through release in the circulation of CD4 lymphocytes previously concentrated in lymph nodes ) . |
| 3 | The consultants , appointed after a High Court ruling last December that the closure programme was unlawful , concluded that the fabric of all ten pits was being preserved , as claimed by British Coal but disputed by unions . |
| 4 | Stopped by police after a high speed chase through Oxford . |
| 5 | A DARLINGTON solicitor is claiming a test case has been forged following a High Court ruling that a North-East farmer who challenged the occupation of a three-year Ministry Licence is a protected tenant and his term of possession is not restricted by Ministry approval . |
| 6 | International referee Derek Bevan , who handled the World Cup final , agreed with Kirkpatrick , citing another area where law changes have had negative consequences : ‘ When the ball is fielded following a high kick from the attacking side the chasing forwards can close in and circle the catcher provided that they remain at a distance of 10 metres . |
| 7 | To cooperate may be defined as to work together or to operate jointly-These terms are therefore not dissimilar , yet co-ordination may be seen to be of a higher level and a more difficult operation than co-operation . |
| 8 | Interestingly , only a small number of sites enjoyed such a distinctive central core , suggesting that in addition to a developed internal street network , this might be a further indicator of a higher level of urban development arid complexity . |
| 9 | As well as the reassurance of a higher level of security the guest also benefits from the convenience of a card which can be carried alongside credit careds and dispenses with the bulk and weight of a normal key and tag . |
| 10 | But what is the fate of a higher culture like ours in which the latency period does not develop as it should and in which , consequently , the Oedipal dilemma is not satisfactorily resolved ? |
| 11 | For these reasons , universities across the country must be in a position to extend the benefits of a higher education to all sections of society . |
| 12 | Rather , being quasi-research activities , they are a means of promoting in students the higher-order thinking and reflection that are characteristic of a higher education . |
| 13 | There we have a student who is in receipt of a higher education ( almost by definition ) and , at the same time , an individual who is engaged in research . |
| 14 | The ability to keep an eye on oneself-a critical eye , at that — is the taken-for-granted sine qua non of a higher education . |
| 15 | The wider function of a higher education , which Weaver defined as education for ‘ capability , creativity or communion ’ was incompatible with the organization of the universities . |
| 16 | With the cost to the student of a higher education tending to rise sharply , fewer in future may be able to afford the luxury of studying across the water . |
| 17 | I think that 's an absolutely essential part of a higher education institution such as a university . |
| 18 | All Key classified holiday homes will provide at least some of the facilities found in those of a higher classification . |
| 19 | Please bear in mind that all Listed and Crown places provide some of the facilities and services of a higher classification . |
| 20 | Please bear in mind that all Key holiday homes will provide at least some of the facilities and equipment of a higher classification . |
| 21 | They commune with the subtleties of organic growth and decay and work with an intuition of a higher order than in stage ( a ) . |
| 22 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 23 | Dr Franz Morrell , a former member of the Voll group , has demonstrated that EM oscillations and resonance with the human system are of a higher order than chemical responses . |
| 24 | Each assembly of models may itself be stored away as yet another model of a higher order . |
| 25 | This development is framed in the context of discursive initiation : Julia 's education in natural languages is paralleled and supplemented by an éducation sentimentale in ‘ languages ’ of a higher order . |
| 26 | The object of the present volume is : to indicate the character and approximately , the extent of the changes produced by human action in the physical condition of the globe we inhabit ; to point out the dangers of imprudence and the necessity of caution in all operations which , on a large scale , interfere with the spontaneous arrangements of the organic or the inorganic world ; to suggest the possibility and the importance of the restoration of disturbed harmonies and the material improvement of waste and exhausted regions ; and incidentally , to illustrate the doctrine , that man is , in both kind and degree , a power of a higher order than any of the other forms of animated life , which , like him , are nourished at the table of bounteous nature . |
| 27 | A Democrat senator , Patrick V. Leahy ( Vermont ) , accused him of undergoing a temporary " confirmation conversion " , a charge that gained credence when the nominee disavowed natural law theory , despite his previous statements that individuals were subject to laws of a higher order which had precedence over man-made laws . |
| 28 | The combination of a higher activity of calcium in bile and precipitation of bile salts taking place at a lower pH in patients with gall stone disease than in patients without gall stones suggests a major role for calcium and pH in the pathogenesis of gall stones . |
| 29 | This will give the impression of a higher cheekbone . |
| 30 | The guides will help potential investors to compare costs and charges , accessibility of profits , the chances of a higher return and the relative tax advantages of the various schemes on offer . |