Example sentences of "high level [prep] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The model proposed embraces a concept of the aims and process of assessment which acknowledges its inherent complexity and the high level of skill required of practitioners .
2 It appears that the high level of anxiety created by entering a totally new environment , where everything was strange and unknown , interfered with the animal 's ability to perceive genuine threats and to avoid them .
3 Large numbers of Kuwaitis were reported to be leaving the country during March because of the high level of pollution caused by the fires .
4 Do you prefer exercise that has a high level of excitement attached to it ?
5 Does my hon. Friend concede that the cause of the recession is not the high level of value added tax , but our membership of the exchange rate mechanism ?
6 ‘ We beat off intense competition to win and one of the reasons we did was because of the high level of investment made in equipment by NOS . ’
7 To maintain the high level of accuracy required , a video of the uses of accident data may prove to be valuable in reassuring police officers that their efforts in collecting so many details about each accident really do help to prevent accidents .
8 The Voith Schneider propulsion system provided the high level of manoeuvrability required for port operations and for barge handling in the estuary .
9 These males are still in their bright nuptial plumage and as long as they retain it they maintain the high levels of vigilance observed when accompanying their females .
10 The way that the WO population projections are undertaken means that patterns of recent behaviour ( such as the very high levels of in-migration experienced in the mid/late 1980s ) are projected forward without question .
11 Yet this was a period when the English Civil War was at its height ; from the coins themselves we would never have suspected that such a large proportion of minting in the war years of 1639–47 was the result of a commercial agreement between the two countries and not just of the high levels of expenditure caused by the war .
12 It has been suggested that the high levels of motivation found among successful mature students more than compensate for lower levels of formal qualifications which many have .
13 On the contrary , the high levels of crime recorded during the war years had been maintained , and in several categories increased .
14 Local people and organizations have been complaining for years about high levels of tritium found in groundwater , drinking water and in milk from local dairies .
15 For example , the role of the Employment Service will be very different in an area with high levels of unemployment compared with one with low levels of unemployment .
16 Rohm and Haas has introduced a new range of floor polish polymers which are zinc-free and thus free of the high levels of ammonia required to complex the zinc .
17 Lead mines in Broken Hill , New South Wales , are being blamed for high levels of lead found in the city 's young children .
18 But the fact that corporate activities are not subject to high levels of surveillance compared to , say , lower-class adolescents whenever the ‘ Special Patrol Group ’ ( UK ) swoop down on ethnically mixed neighbourhoods , and that they are not confronted by regulatory agencies with sufficient resources to maintain an adequate level of surveillance through frequent inspection , also constitutes a greater opportunity structure conducive to corporate crime .
19 Rather , it is the highest level of qualification held by an employee which is of interest , and therefore any lower level information is superfluous and a burden on the system .
20 This could not be said , however , for any of the gifted children : although many showed talents in various fields and carried these through into adult accomplishments , none achieved the very highest level of creativity seen in Cox 's subjects .
21 The highest level of information used in processing to date has been some form of lexical look-up .
22 Faced with this information , the politicians can be expected to choose the higher level of output indicated by the new equation of demand with marginal cost .
23 Over-expression of Oct-1 decreased the level of expression driven by the HPV 16 motif whilst having no effect on the much higher level of expression driven by the HPV 6 motif and the extent of repression observed was dependent upon the degree of over-expression of Oct-1 ( Figure 6 ) .
24 The higher level of automation involved fewer , less narrowly specialised , work roles and fewer task groups , each undertaking a large part of the cycle .
25 The reason why we consider it important to have a specialist day care centre for sufferers of dementia is because of the following areas which can cause tremendous problems in a " NORMAL " situation but the specialist unit will be trained to respond in a very positive way : a Mood changes b Individual capabilities c Higher level of care required for the moderate to severely demented clients d Creates a greater depth of security through familiarity and able to get to know the client e Positive attitudes towards dementia f Clients with a severe dementia may require 2 carers g Greater stimulation in the appropriate surroundings creates greater awareness in the home environment h A place where the clients can be " NORMAL " i Helps reduce the possibility of the clients becoming apathetic Time to spend with a group and work at their own pace k Not creating a ghetto but creating a positive environment where they can get the most out of their lives — improve their quality of life I Gives them confidence m On-going deterioration can be catered for , eg feeding , toileting and many other problems The specialist day care centre is only a part of a flexible range of services available to dementia sufferers in the community .
26 Task lighting usually entails higher levels of illumination needed for reading and other close work .
27 One important common determinant is the level of gearing , both capital gearing ( debt as a proportion of assets ) and income gearing ( interest payments as a proportion of income ) , with higher levels of indebtedness associated with a greater likelihood that fixed contractual obligations to creditors ( principally interest payments ) can not be met .
28 However , even the best of these efforts , and they are perhaps in their fully fledged forms used more in psychology than in social research , do not reach up to the standards of measurement used in science or , less ambitiously , the higher levels of measurement represented by interval and ratio scales .
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