Example sentences of "[adj -er] [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 . |
| 12 | It does not seem that we are any nearer the integrated approach to legal services long advocated by the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee . |
| 13 | Finally , even if , as I believe , the lower figure is nearer the true rate , I do not doubt that all such deaths are of the utmost importance and will continue to represent a major therapeutic challenge and that perhaps nearly all will eventually be prevented . |
| 14 | Learning is no doubt present , and the higher the consciousness of the creature , the broader the tattvic tapestry , then the greater is the capacity for learning . |
| 15 | The rationale , let us call it Cash 's law , appears to be the sillier the Christian name the faster and nastier the bowler . |
| 16 | The shorter the average maturity of their deposits , the greater will have to be the liquidity of their assets . |
| 17 | As the boats have got shorter the directional instability increased but our ability to correct it with tilt decreased . |
| 18 | In 1972 a study of rural African and westernised populations noted that the greater the dietary fibre content , the greater the daily stool weight and the shorter the whole-gut transit time . |
| 19 | The longer seed is allowed to form in the pods , the shorter the productive life of the plants will be . |
| 20 | As well as being cleaner the new furnace will also save energy : |
| 21 | ‘ It could be prettier a pale shade . |
| 22 | I do so because he made much clearer the philosophical basis of such a position than Milton Friedman does in , for example , Capitalism and Freedom . |
| 23 | However , sometimes the reverse holds — the less clear the task-oriented action(s) , the clearer the socio-emotional role . |
| 24 | ‘ The bigger the political responsibility , the greater the duty of honesty one owes to the people , ’ he wrote in a resignation letter to party vice-secretary Giorgio Bogi . |
| 25 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 26 | It 's a used car salesman 's dream … the more dents and rust … the bigger the eventual profit |
| 27 | yeah she 's taller a little bit |
| 28 | The energy generated from running upstairs and laughing with Stella in distant Florence flowed over into the impulse to ring , in turn , her own mother : a pointless act , but one that nevertheless in the context seemed pious , necessary , propitiatory , and a gesture at least towards her sister , who bore so much heavier a filial burden , who would ( in theory at least ) be pleased to know that Liz had remembered . |
| 29 | In the interferometer no dispersing element is used , and no separation of different wavelengths is necessary . |
| 30 | If the calculated free energy change is negative this indicates that the reaction will occur spontaneously ; the larger the negative value the more readily the reaction will occur and the more stable the reaction products will be in comparison with the original reactants . |