Example sentences of "at high " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know all the directors at High Table because corporate catering is free of the elitism found in hotels . ’ |
| 2 | The disadvantage of rope or parafil is that it can not be retrieved at high speed without the friction overheating and burning the material . |
| 3 | Since the force exerted by the spring is the same at both low and high speeds , this makes it feel rather twitchy , and it is not difficult to overstress the aircraft at high speeds . |
| 4 | After landing , the aircraft was found to have split fabric and extensive minor damage to the wings , which could only be attributed to overstressing at high speed . |
| 5 | Extreme care is always needed when flying at high speeds with gliders fitted with an all-moving stabiliser and spring trimming , particularly when recovering from extreme attitudes . |
| 6 | Many valid front punches are not scored because they travel such short distances at high speed , and are snapped back before the panel can react . |
| 7 | But given the discrimination shown against climbers in the present price structure , how long might it be before you climb at High Rocks by season ticket , or prior arrangement and private fee only ? |
| 8 | There are no easy answers at High Rocks , but privately negotiated fee deals can only serve to make the right solution even harder to find . |
| 9 | Like all disc grinders , the body shell is basically a cover for a powerful motor which drives the disc at high speed . |
| 10 | It can be applied easily even at high or low temperatures ( down to -20°C ) , is unaffected by rain 15 minutes after application , and resists marking . |
| 11 | The two fets make up a high input-impedance differential pair with unity gain and over 10MHz bandwidth , which maintains linearity at low charging currents and at high frequencies up to 18MHz . |
| 12 | Britain grinds out almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year , of which about 63,000 tonnes are so difficult to store or treat that they are burnt at high temperatures here in Gwent or at one of three other centres : Ellesmere Port ; Fawley , near Southampton ; and the unfortunately named Killamarsh , near Sheffield . |
| 13 | Alas , the great mass of weight over the tail also meant that , at high speed on damp surfaces , the 911 had a habit of disappearing off roads , backside first . |
| 14 | The tyres roar at high speed and a faint transmission whine — common on four-wheel drive cars — now joins the 911 cacophony . |
| 15 | At high and local levels the government intervened to stop what active church help there was . |
| 16 | From Keswick to Way goes to Carlisle via Caldbeck , passing over the lower slopes of Latrigg and the highest point of the Cumbria Way at High Pike ( 2159ft ) . |
| 17 | As a rough guide for the UK you can reckon on adding an extra season rating if you intend to use the bag at high level . |
| 18 | ‘ How futile to announce that some great lead to thought was going to emerge from the mountain of memoranda discussed at high pressure by exhausted delegates . ’ |
| 19 | MIVVIS AT HIGH NOON |
| 20 | Hauxley and Hadston beaches for cod to 8 lb , best results at high tide . |
| 21 | Newbiggin Promenade at high water produced good results , mainly cod to lug and mussel . |
| 22 | Vauxhall 's contender takes the twin-camshaft , fuel-injection , multi-valve route but , unlike so many others , this 16-valver does n't fall into the trap of developing all of its power at high revs . |
| 23 | The Calibra 16v is more vocal , though , even unpleasantly so at times , and it lacks the inherent smoothness of the VW 's four at high engine speeds . |
| 24 | Mid-region performance is strong and acceleration only begins to tail off above 120mph , but the Chrysler engine lacks ultimate finesse at high revs , becoming noisy and slightly strained , while the power delivery is too often spoiled by a hesitation or jerk after a sudden lift-off or application of power . |
| 25 | I always put it off and played a lot of sport at high school instead , until I hurt my knee really badly . |
| 26 | After another quick change he spent the lunch-hour bicycling around Aldershot at high speed , training for a triathlon event later in the summer . |
| 27 | Following well-rehearsed dismounting drills , the riflemen poured out of the Warriors and in next to no time were providing their own fire support as the Warriors reversed away at high speed to give covering fire from positions where they would be less vulnerable to short-range anti-tank weapons . |
| 28 | Both types work on the principle of swelling up at high temperatures to produce a ‘ charred ’ foam coating which so insulates and protects the member from heat that the temperature of the metal remains well below that of the fire . |
| 29 | The barn was built parallel to the ridge of the bank , being entered at high level on the uphill side . |
| 30 | Where this problem was found at high level on the aisle gable walls , it was owed to a poor constructional detail . |