Example sentences of "highest for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 2 | In fact , they say that the increase in confidence has been the highest for some years . |
| 3 | The probability of becoming a longterm user was highest for those who were 50–69 years in 1977–81 . |
| 4 | The proportion of students satisfactorily completing or proceeding was highest for those studying vocation subjects ( mainly social work 81.6% ) and social studies ( 80.6% ) . |
| 5 | With 36 per cent of the manual workers ' vote in 1987 the party 's share of the working-class vote was the highest for any post-war election . |
| 6 | The death toll in Punjab was almost 4,500 in 1990 , the highest for any year . |
| 7 | Last year saw attendance figures of 32,000 , the highest for any fair world-wide with the exception of Maastricht ( 35,000 in 1992 ) . |
| 8 | A similar picture emerges when prison admissions are considered , with the United Kingdom in 1987 imprisoning 347.9 people per 100,000 , the highest for any major member state of the Council . |
| 9 | Turnout was 7% higher than in 1988 , and was in fact the highest for this set of authorities since local government reorganisation in 1973 . |