Example sentences of "be at [art] high " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former .
2 This project has three objectives : to investigate how accurately parents and their adolescent children can predict each other 's thinking over complex moral and social problems ; to assess whether the degree of such accuracy is related to the nature and extent of parent-adolescent conflicts , and to test whether an individual at one level of cognitive development can describe the view of another person who is assumed to be at a higher level .
3 Flow rates in pressure filters are usually around 3 gal/min per ft2 ( 154.41. /min per m2 ) of filter surface area , whereas backwashing has to be at a high rate , usually 10 gal/min per ft2 ( 514.51. /min per m2 ) of bed area , for 5–10 min .
4 Mrs McCarthy said : ‘ Police protection this weekend will be at the highest level , particularly in view of the historic importance of the Cobham Hall buildings and grounds . ’
5 They were at the highest point for twenty li about .
6 They were at the High Council under the guidance of Cod .
7 ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says .
8 The prevalence of the disease in the gay community may also be related to the upsurge of interest and propaganda about homosexuality , while its first appearance in the US correlates with the American investment in paramedical research , ensuring that these ideas are at a higher concentration than elsewhere .
9 Having just returned from Scotland 's weekend squad sessions at St. Andrews , two tough dollops of over three hours each , he was feeling the effects , but clearly revels in his involvement : ‘ National sessions are at a higher intensity than those at club and district level in that you are working with very good and experienced players but it is just so enjoyable setting hard challenges whilst you are learning so much from players who have been through it all so often before ’ .
10 The carcinogenic effects of smoking on the respiratory tract are well known , but the effect of smoking on the stomach is less well known , although there is much circumstantial evidence that smokers are at a higher risk of developing gastric carcinoma .
11 Note that critical angles for shadowing effects ( A-D ) are at the low α side of the peaks and those for blocking effects ( A'-C' ) are at the high α side of the peaks .
12 The investment of research and management resources to build up to a Chinese market has usually been at a higher cost than would be tolerated elsewhere .
13 Initially a pitch of a ♯ = 408 was chosen as being close to the Bate Collection 's recorders of the period : at this pitch it sounds fine but one could easily allow that the original use of the instrument might have been at a higher pitch than this .
14 However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’
15 The RITech imaging enhancement firmware certainly does its job well , smoothing out tiny jaggies to give the impression that the print is at a higher resolution than it actually is .
16 There is a large , semi-circular headed chancel arch leading into the Gothic choir , which is at a higher level than the nave .
17 The floor is at a higher level in the sanctuary where it is built over the enormous crypt beneath .
18 The new equilibrium is at point 7 and the consumer is at a higher level of welfare ( as can be seen by the tangency point to the higher indifference curve ) .
19 But it is at a high price .
20 Gradually the expelled layers move off and fade away , while all that is left of the star is the small , dense core , which is at a high temperature and is amazingly ‘ heavy ’ .
21 Their exceptionally low pay and poor work conditions in part explain their commitment , but teachers , especially in rural areas , where literacy is at a high premium , have functioned as important community leaders .
22 I do not think that the fact that consumer credit is at a high level is evidence that people are miserable — they have done things with the money that they have .
23 Interest in CHP is at a high level and the prospects for CHP in the 1990s are excellent .
24 Scum … aside from the ( hopefully short ) european distraction — their confidence is at the highest .
25 About 10 million years ago the sea was at a higher level .
26 Well , then that was at a higher level than at present , but we 're not going to take on at ten per cent interest .
27 Although it was at a high altitude and windswept , she created at Bankshead a garden full of her favourite wild flowers , which were a source of inspiration both for her painting and her writing .
28 To take one example , in October 1988 male unemployment in East London was at the highest levels in the South-East : 21 per cent in Tower Hamlets ; 18 per cent in Southwark and 14 per cent in Newham , reflecting the acute poverty and low levels of education in these areas .
29 Hawkshead Grammar School was at the highest point of its reputation when Wordsworth arrived ; boys were sent to it from all over the north-west of England and even from Scotland .
30 Most early plantation development was at the higher elevations , especially in the central highlands , which covered parts of Kandy , Nuvara Eliya and Badulla districts .
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