Example sentences of "level of [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Blunkett , another member of the national executive , told a conference fringe rally organised by the soft-left Labour Coordinating Committee that Labour would have to find additional funds for its social programme by cutting £9.5bn from defence spending over five years , and raising the level of taxation on the rich . |
| 2 | The high level of marking of the first two occurrences ( " Martian " and " Mars ' ) can be explained by their foregrounded status in being located near the beginning of the schema instantiation . |
| 3 | The constrained maximization problem becomes one where the level of income for the representative household ceases to be a choice variable , as it is in new classical theory , but becomes a datum , determined at the aggregate level by effective demand . |
| 4 | In this case , there is no increase in spending as a result of an increase in the level of income of the median voter . |
| 5 | Of course the possibility remains that the sites HS5A and 5B do fulfill an as yet unclear function and that the other hypersensitive sites still present in this construct may functionally substitute for the deleted sites , reflecting a level of redundancy in the NF-L regulatory sequences . |
| 6 | Compare the level of formality in the above dialogue with that in the following extract from another dialogue where Charles is talking to his father , who happens to be the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard : |
| 7 | For simplicity we assume a closed economy ( no trade ) : i.e. that investment in the marketable sector I m will depend on the level of consumption in the marketable sector C m , and the levels of investment and consumption in the non-marketable sector I n C n . |
| 8 | A basic level of competence in the French language is essential for this position . |
| 9 | Everything that he had written during the previous four years on the overriding need to oppose fascism , on the need to defend nation states through the creation of a Strong system of alliances based on collective security , and on the central role of the Soviet Union in promoting peace and stability , all was reduced to the level of absurdity by the Nazi-Soviet pact , the invasion of Poland and subsequently the war in Finland . |
| 10 | A similar level of response in the other regions should ensure that many thousands of new users throughout the country are brought into the brand . |
| 11 | Pensions give some indication of the level of benefits by the early seventies . |
| 12 | A loan will be repayable when the student 's earnings reach a level of 85% of the national average wage , and a period of 5 to 10 years allowed for the repayment ( CIPFA , 1989 , p. 17 ) . |
| 13 | Officials underwent no formal education in the eighteenth century , and in the early nineteenth the level of education in the provincial offices remained very low . |
| 14 | Birth rates soared and career women sank in prestige to the level of drop-outs in the great breeding stakes . |
| 15 | We have set very clear targets which will return us to a basic level of performance in the next two years . |
| 16 | As the table shows , only those involving multiplication of a whole number by ten yielded a reasonable level of performance among the lowest third of the pupils . |
| 17 | The year 1475 was to prove crucial for the recovery of cloth exports , as the Treaty of Utrecht with the Hanse and the Treaty of Picquigny with France did much to restore the level of exports in the latter years of Edward IV 's reign ( 94 , pp.26–9 , 34–6 ) . |
| 18 | Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements . |
| 19 | The existence of internal labour markets is sometimes used to explain labour ‘ hoarding ’ ( the practice of employing more labour than is actually required ) because firms do not wish to break the link between workers and the firm , thereby losing the skills acquired by workers over the years ; and is also put forward as a cause of a reduction in the overall level of competition in the aggregate labour market and , therefore , a possible reason for the inflexibility of wage rates , particularly in the downward direction . |
| 20 | Erm , and then erm he returns from the form of Socrates to being Socrates again and is not either er lost up in the soul erm or somehow tragically transported downward from the level of intellect into the wrong body . |
| 21 | STANDARD Chartered Bank , the group with an uncomfortable level of exposure to the troubled Australian entrepreneur , Alan Bond , has sold its prestige headquarters building for £145million as part of efforts to shore up its capital ratios . |
| 22 | include : memory changes behavioural changes incapacity to deal with financial matters pandering aggression paranoia damage to property ( fire , flooding ) lack of cleanliness or hygiene 3. identification may be made by : concerned family or friends caring or complaining neighbours housing officials ( required to deal with " antisocial " behaviour or nonpayment of rent ) police environmental health officers health professionals social worker lawyer creditors ( eg private landlords ) 3.4 There is a need to raise the general level of awareness of the general public and all professional groups about dementia . |
| 23 | Questions to be answered include the level of awareness of the small business of the Act and its requirements , the likely response of small businesses , the impact of the Act on current computer use and procedures , and finally the cost and training requirements for compliance . |
| 24 | 8.4 All means possible should be used to raise the level of awareness in the general population by use of the media , providing publicity material for voluntary groups etc 8.5 The SHEG guide " Coping with Dementia — A Handbook for Carers " should be distributed as widely as possible to all carers . |
| 25 | It is this rise in the average level of prices above the level people are expecting , P , which stimulates the rise in output : on the typical island suppliers are tending to find a price higher than they guess the average price level to be and are responding by increasing their output and , since this is happening typically and not merely on one island , aggregate output is stimulated . |
| 26 | Both groups of workers set their wage rates given their ( rational ) expectations of the level of prices in the two periods covered by the wage contract . |
| 27 | The unified response of the various police forces during the Miners ' Strike indicates the close level of cooperation between the various forces . |
| 28 | Rather than tending to achieve constantly a similar grade or mark ( whether a low of a high one ) on tests with ever higher standards , they will constantly be increasing their own level of attainment on the same scale of levels . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages . |
| 30 | We will provide whatever resources are needed for effective defence for our country , providing the necessary level of forces with the appropriate equipment and weapons . |