Example sentences of "lower [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Those who changed back to shorter repayment periods , because in this example they carry the same total credit cost as longer ones , show what must be the widely-held feeling that , regardless of loan period , the lower the total cost of credit the better .
2 This relationship is indirect : the lower the real wage , the more workers employers will want to employ .
3 Roughly speaking , the lower the socioeconomic group of someone 's father , the more likely it is that his or her full-time education ended in school , rather than college or university .
4 The temperature and flow are usually interdependent-the greater the flow rate , the lower the resultant temperature and vice versa — though some models are thermostatically controlled to give a particular temperature whatever the flow rate .
5 Although there were no significant differences in the global left ventricular ejection fractions whether patients were treated early or in the third hour , when the global left ventricular ejection fraction measured in these patients was plotted against time and a regression analysis performed , the delay in treatment was significantly related to the global ejection fraction , i.e. the longer the delay to treatment the lower the global ejection fraction .
6 The lower the marginal propensity to withdraw ( mpw ) , and hence the flatter the withdrawals function : this will cause a bigger multiplied change in national income and aggregate demand .
7 And , it could be argued , the lower the initial level of consumption by producers the greater will be the link between productivity and consumption .
8 Empirical studies have demonstrated that the lower the top rate of tax , the greater the yield .
9 ‘ The more flying you do , the lower the hourly rate ’ says Keith Curry ( letter below ) .
10 This response is attenuated in patients with supraconal lesions , and is very strongly linked to the increase in intra-abdominal pressure ; the higher the lesion , the lower the intra-abdominal pressure generated , and the lower the external anal sphincter response .
11 As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs .
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