Example sentences of "and [pron] lower [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the CKR 's reduced reliance on ocean shipping documents , its lesser chance of fraud and breach of security , especially when compared with paper based and telefaxed bills of lading , and its lower handling costs , North American banks , particularly United States banks , did not accept the CKR .
2 In 1875 North London Collegiate School and its lower school ( Camden School , opened in 1871 ) were successful in gaining endowments which secured their financial future , though the struggle for funding was trying and uphill work .
3 Thus the check specification need not always have both its upper and its lower limits different from the release specification .
4 Kingsway Motors ' damages were assessed as the difference between the value of the car when ownership should have passed to them ( i.e. when they bought it ) and its lower value when ownership actually passed to them ( i.e. when title was fed ) .
5 The street was one of those which led into the souk and its lower end was completely blocked by stalls .
6 Oh , it 's my fault , is it ? she said , and her lower lip began to tremble .
7 She lost the colour which had tinted her pale cheeks to the velvety beauty of pink rose petals , and her lower lip was drawn in slightly .
8 Flora stuck out her hands and her lower lip .
9 She could hear the concern in his voice , and her lower lip quivered .
10 Patrick walked to her and pulled her red wool dress over her head , exposing her tiny naked breasts that had never really needed a brassiere , and her lower body , encased in black tights .
11 Her cheeks , her stomach , her arms and her lower legs felt heavy , pressed under the weight of the sun , then light and drifting in its warmth .
12 Workers should sit so their upper arms fall down by their sides , and their lower arms slope slightly from the elbows .
13 When Richard 's top lip set in an obstinate bow and his lower lip protruded in a sullen pout he had the unmistakable look of his aunt Margaret .
14 Then he realized that the boy was crying and his lower lip was cut and bleeding .
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