Example sentences of "[adj -er] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farther the sight , |
| 2 | A light , shone on to the mirror and reflected on to a fairly distant surface , would provide an initial doubling in amplification of the movement of the mirror , and the farther the light was projected , the greater the subsequent amplification of any change in potential difference . |
| 3 | The farther the galaxy , the redder its light , and so the faster it is receding . |
| 4 | Moreover , the lower the mass of the black hole , the higher its temperature . |
| 5 | Slowly lower the forearm to the starting position . |
| 6 | Modern gold solders often contain several per cent of cadmium , small amounts of which significantly lower the melting point of the alloy without affecting the colour of the metal too badly . |
| 7 | They conclude that firms pay dividends to influence the riskiness of their equity and that the higher the dividend payout ratio , the lower the total and systematic risk of the shares . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the lower the level of education , the more likely the respondent was to oppose the return of the refugees . |
| 9 | However , the lower the level of the occupation , the higher the proportion of the workforce working on a temporary basis . |
| 10 | You have to take into account first that there , as well as here , the better the score , the less the requirement for credit and , hence , the lower the response . |
| 11 | A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK . |
| 12 | The lower the ratio the higher the deflection of the ions . |
| 13 | The lower the floor the more frenetic the activity seemed to be — like some sort of descent into Hades . |
| 14 | Even more is lost during the transmission process ; the lower the voltage the more energy is dissipated . |
| 15 | Slowly lower the elbows apart until a full stretch is obtained . |
| 16 | However , the weaker the magnetic field , the lower the frequency needed for a given ion mass . |
| 17 | The lower the maturity , the more specific the objective and the lower the uncertainty involved . |
| 18 | The lower the bed is , the harder it is for me to get out . |
| 19 | The Greens want regional self-reliance , in agriculture as well as in other things ; a land tax applied so that ‘ in general terms , the nearer the land is to its natural state , the lower the land tax would be ’ ; energy efficiency ; population reduction through encouragement and education ( with 15–20 million the target for Britain ) ; and a sharing of ‘ the abundance which nature can provide for us all if the greedy do not take more than their fair share ’ . |
| 20 | The 1988 General Household Survey found that in general , the further north or west the region , the lower the proportion of cohabiting couples . |
| 21 | The higher the burn-up , the lower the proportion of plutonium 239 remaining . |
| 22 | What one finds is a continuum extending from top to bottom of the occupational scale ; the ‘ lower ’ on the scale , the lower the proportion identifying as middle class and the higher the proportion identifying as working class . |
| 23 | In the long run , the obvious consequence of this is that the more frequently a word occurs the lower the threshold of its logogen will be , and hence the less activation of the logogen needed for it to reach threshold . |
| 24 | Clearly , if the return is constant , then the higher the income element , the lower the capital gain and vice versa . |
| 25 | Slowly lower the dumb-bell as far behind the head as possible , keeping the hips down . |
| 26 | Slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head , keeping the upper arm vertical . |
| 27 | Triceps extension — slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head and then press to the vertical position |
| 28 | However , the time at which this level of radiation dose is reached depends on how quickly the radiation dose is received ; the lower the dose rate , the longer it will take to reach saturation . |
| 29 | The closer the stimulus or medicine is aligned to the healing in the patient the lower the dose of drug needed ; they are more susceptible to it . |
| 30 | ( In a similar analysis , Kodras ( 1986a ) has produced a geography of the ‘ work-disincentive effect ’ of the level of AFDC allocations — figure 5.8 — in which the lower the parameter the smaller the effect . |