Example sentences of "high [subord] [num] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the same period of time the number of defendants committed for trial at the Crown Court who were remanded in custody also increased from around 13,000 to 21,000 ( having been as high as 24,000 in 1997 ) . |
| 2 | According to Carvajál , for secondary school children the costs could go as high as 3,000 to 4,000 colones a month to provide materials , books and other necessities ( equivalent to US$33 to 44 ) . |
| 3 | Guatemala has one of the highest percentages of indigenous peoples of any country in the Americas ; the proportion may be as high as 70 to 75 per cent . |
| 4 | Some European countries do have higher rates — for example , the incidence of group B streptococcal infection in Norway may be as high as 1.8 per 1000 live births . |
| 5 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 6 | If functional illiteracy is taken into account , the total could be as high as 60 to 70 per cent . |
| 7 | Guilcher ( 1958 ) quotes salinities of 27 40 parts per thousand as being required for corals , but they have been observed flourishing in the Persian Gulf with salinity as high as 48 per thousand . |