Example sentences of "[coord] highly [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 If anyone thinks my language exaggerated or highly coloured — and such there might well be , considering that no one here under pensionable age can have any recollection of a world without rent restriction or subsidised rents — let him recall another upas tree which we only managed to cut down in the nick of time ten years ago .
2 These are the professional women , the graduates , the well educated or highly trained who can command full-time salaries .
3 Look out for — Approved , Commended or Highly Commended appearing on our signs .
4 Those holiday homes providing higher quality standards will have Approved , Commended or Highly Commended alongside the Keys .
5 Those places that provide quality standards significantly higher than those required for a simple classification will be able to display the terms Approved , Commended or Highly Commended .
6 She deserves that commended or highly commended .
7 Commended or highly commended .
8 She thought she 'd only get commended or highly commended .
9 She thought Emma might have got a commended or highly commended .
10 For professional staff , external or off-the-job courses were most likely to be mentioned , generally either management or highly specialized and usually within an overall developmental context .
11 In practice , prayer in common , above all within a non-Catholic church , theological dialogue and practical co-operation were all either forbidden or highly restricted until the Council .
12 These are the sea slugs and they are among the most beautiful and highly coloured of all invertebrates in the sea .
13 But , despite being Grammy nominated and highly revered , the album is now only available in Britain as a costly import , and so fans of Robben 's superb jazz-tinted blues style will take heart in the fact that another release is imminent .
14 Spence ( 1981 ) argues that the theory is powerfully related to school life , seeing classroom behaviour as narrowly prescribed and highly institutionalised as a result of both direct and indirect control , the latter being perhaps more significant :
15 The University of Bradford Management Centre is one of the largest MBA schools in the UK and highly rated for its research tradition and professional relevance .
16 Although a gaze sought out , and highly placed ,
17 For one thing , Nijinsky started life so excitable and highly strung that O'Brien warned his owner he might not be trainable .
18 Critics treat male and female artists in a different way — as if women are emotional and highly strung and men are dour and tortured artists !
19 Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap .
20 The parquet floor was bare and highly polished .
21 It started in the middle of something , something hollow and highly polished that fed into itself in ever-increasing rounds .
22 Yet if she had she would have imagined for him someone like Mrs Pascoe , someone who gave an instant impression of being a first-class housekeeper ( the house was immaculate , everything well chosen and highly polished ) and combined energetic work for her local community with a modest reticence about herself .
23 Some able and highly motivated visually handicapped people develop sophisticated levels of hearing and touch that astound the fully sighted , but these are not an automatic compensation for poor vision , and there is considerable individual variation in these areas of competence .
24 The concept stemmed from a great warrior of the past and tales of his valour and achievements becoming adorned with colourful details and highly magnified by constant telling .
25 All our sketches are much approved of and highly complimented by our friends .
26 Expert determination is not a type of legal proceeding like litigation , which has a formal and highly regulated structure , nor does it have machinery for its supervision by judges as does arbitration .
27 This sought to improve productivity and market performance in existing areas while developing new products and highly defined derivatives and more flexible patterns of work organization .
28 There are the well-established and highly sought after RSA preparatory courses in addition to numerous other less well-known ones .
29 Known as the champagne tea and highly regarded for afternoon drinking .
30 ‘ He is a committed European , ’ said a source , ‘ and highly regarded in Holland . ’
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