high plateau

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandplateau

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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plateau
noun[C]
uk
/ˈplæt.əʊ/us
/plætˈoʊ/
a large flat area of land that is high above ...
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(Definition ofhighandplateaufrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A theory of fertility : fromhighplateauto destabilization.
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The upstep on the nuclear rise of the first clause is followed by ahighplateauup to the breath pause at the end of the first clause.
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It is more like ahighplateauof representation that we are determined to maintain.
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Statutory instruments alone have nearly doubled in the past 20 years and have risen to a particularlyhighplateauin the past eight years.
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Those calculations show ahighplateauin recent years.
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Now that we have got on to thishighplateauof house and land values, we shall not see any significant recession.
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Is it not also true that in the last four to five years we have been suffering from an unacceptablyhighplateauof waiting lists?
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The factory is operating on ahighplateau, having taken on additional personnel to ensure deliveries of the orders placed.
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There will also be an equipment budget which will be declining in real terms from an admittedlyhighplateau.
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Thehighplateautop of the area reaches 835 ft and is exposed and difficult to farm.
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South of this the country rises gradually to ahighplateauwith open campos.
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The area's profile resembles ahighplateau, which slowly falls away to the southeast.
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It occupies almost the entire 235 metreshighplateau.
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He described it as being situated on a veryhighplateau, with some 150 inhabitants.
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Most of the glacier is around 1000 metres above sea level on ahighplateau.
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Yongala is situated on ahighplateauand winter snowfalls are common.
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The summit sits at an elevation of 3,925 feet, although because it rises from ahighplateauits prominence is only a few hundred feet.
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The plan also involved considerable cost, requiring a long road to be driven up a steephighplateauinto the heart of the protected area.
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The terrain consists ofhighplateau, mountain ranges, and broad, sandy valleys and seasonal wadis which once contained rivers.
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The central highlands are an extensivehighplateauover 2000m ft in elevation.
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