Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If microalbuminuria is an appropriate surrogate end point that could replace glomerular filtration rate changes in clinical trials , one can anticipate that enalapril will protect glomerular filtration rate better than hydrochlorothiazide in the long term . |
| 2 | In fact i has to be less than 90° for the simple reason that the supergiant does not eclipse the X-ray emission from Cygnus X-1 at any part of the orbit ; if τ were 90° the orbits would be seen edge-on and eclipsing would be unavoidable . |
| 3 | Oracle , introduced on to its platforms last Autumn , is expected to become the predominant software environment fairly quickly — less than 5% of the installed base run Sequoia 's proprietary database system . |
| 4 | True , industrial economies ' output was flat in 1991 and grew by only 1.5% in 1992 , while Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union suffered a serious slump , but in the developing world output has grown by an average of no less than 5% in the past two years , as many economies in Asia and Latin America have boomed . |
| 5 | It is wise to aim for nitrate ( NO3 ) levels of less than 255ppm in the fish-only tank and 5ppm in the invertebrate aquarium . |
| 6 | This type of diet contains negligible amounts of long chain n3 fatty acids ( less than 1% of the total fatty acids consumed ) . |
| 7 | The labelled cells were washed twice in isotonic saline which leaves less than 1% of the 5 1 Cr unbound . |
| 8 | For example in the NIR it reflects less than 6% of the white card reading . |
| 9 | These were scored when UOS pressure dropped to less than 50% of the prevailing UOS pressure within one second without the occurrence of swallowing or straining . |
| 10 | Do the accounts ( and the notes ) take up less than 30% of the overall number of pages ? |
| 11 | Independent Television undermined the BBC 's historical sense of privilege and security : with less than 30% of the national audience — it went down to 27% in the 1950s — the BBC 's position as the main instrument of broadcasting was clearly threatened , as were its claims to the full licence fee . |
| 12 | Many university professors were paid less than labourers in the eighteenth century ; if not clerics , they were forced , as were academics throughout the nineteenth century , to seek outside work to gain a living . |
| 13 | It represents George 's view of events and retains a lengthy account of the proceedings of the Northumbrian council while doing less than justice to the southumbrian gatherings . |
| 14 | As rapid rapair ( restitution ) of injured gastric mucosa takes place only if the damage is non-haemorrhagical , the stomachs were exposed to concentrations of ethanol that caused haemorrhagical damage in less than 10% of the glandular mucosa . |
| 15 | From our own observations ( unpublished ) and those of others , sulphated and conjugated bile acids represent less than 10% of the total bile acids excreted in faeces and are not further considered in this report . |
| 16 | A third , Labour , has always been an " also ran " , attracting less than 10% of the popular vote in the last five general elections . |
| 17 | Cultures recorded as unsuccessful contained less than 10% of the original input number . |
| 18 | No less than 2% of the Russian budget and no less than 6% of local budgets is to be allocated to culture ( although in reality it is unlikely that the State budget , with its huge deficit , will manage more than 0.5% ) . |
| 19 | Less than 40% of the agricultural workers are under 40 years old , compared with 60% in industry . |
| 20 | This combined number of fewer than 300 audit firms represents less than 3% of the total number registered . |
| 21 | The total number of people who specifically have addictive disease is known and the total number of people whose lives are significantly affected by addictive disease of one kind or another in someone else is also unknown but it seems unlikely to be less than 25% of the total population . |
| 22 | This type of BES has raised £340m this tax year compared with less than £50m in the riskier offerings . |
| 23 | COSTAIN 'S profits were never less than £55m during the second half of the booming 1980s and they peaked at nearly £90m . |
| 24 | Fares were low , not only because passengers from the lower orders were not believed to require or deserve much better accommodation than cattle and fortunately needed less space , or even because of improvements in communications , but for economic reasons . |
| 25 | He accomplished much while director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , but today is apparently content to sit out the art world harbouring bitter memories of what might have been . |
| 26 | It was initiated partly in response to the furore caused by Enoch Powell 's 1969 ‘ rivers of blood ’ speech , much as disturbances at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival prompted further steps on the part of the Department of the Environment — ‘ A riot makes a much bigger impact on government thinking ’ , as Donnison ( 1987 ) has pointed out , ‘ than any amount of earnest and accurate research ’ . |
| 27 | Earlier , on July 12 , Saibou had announced that he would stand down as chairman of the National Movement for a Development Society ( the sole party until the legalization of opposition parties in March ) , saying that he had decided to place himself above party politics . |
| 28 | The National Security Court was abolished and President Mohammed Siyad Barre was obliged to stand down as chairman of the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ( SRSP ) , the constitution preventing him from holding both posts . |
| 29 | In the fifties and early sixties the cost of imports had risen much more slowly than prices inside the advanced countries . |
| 30 | Heart [ leb ] here signifies the seat of thought , not emotion , so is more akin to ‘ mind ’ ; hence , to labour the analogy somewhat , law is written into identity and consciousness rather than heart in the modern sense . |