Example sentences of "[adj -er] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Clearly , if the return is constant , then the higher the income element , the lower the capital gain and vice versa . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Associated with a bond 's credit rating will be a default risk premium : the lower the credit rating , the greater the risk of default and the higher the default risk premium . |
| 6 | The general result is that the higher the correlation coefficient the lower the CD score and the better the diversification of risk . |
| 7 | On the other hand , it is economically reasonable for borrowers that issuance should be higher , the lower the eurobond yield demanded by investors . |
| 8 | Generally speaking , the lower the resting pulse rate , the healthier you are . |
| 9 | The higher the retention ratio ( i.e. the lower the dividend payout ratio ) , the higher the growth rate and vice versa . |
| 10 | The drawback is that it works be discarding colour information it thinks you do n't need , so the more compression , the lower the image quality . |
| 11 | Indeed , the lower the blood pressure the better , because statistically it reduces the subsequent risks of stroke and heart attacks . |
| 12 | The lower the interest rate when credit is liberalised , the higher the rise in demand for ( and price of ) housing . |
| 13 | This preserves the standard inverse relationship between prices and interest rates : the lower the interest rate , the higher the futures price . |
| 14 | The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending . |
| 15 | Of insect attack , that by bruchids of Scheelea zonensis ( Palmae ) in central America is greater , the nearer the mother plant and early survival of Virola surinamensis there is enhanced by being away from the parental crown , as seedlings closer to the bole suffer attack from weevils . |
| 16 | The grain size of the sediment has a direct effect on the percolation rate which is the main control of gradient , the coarser the beach sediment the steeper the slope . |
| 17 | In this case , the simpler the window treatment the better ; plain blinds , cafe curtains or just left bare . |
| 18 | She was amazed how much easier the tube journey to Mornington Crescent was at this time of the day . |
| 19 | The shorter the job description , the greater the profit potential . |
| 20 | The shorter the time constant the more attenuated slow activity will be . |
| 21 | It is probably fair to say that the shorter the time limit imposed by the clause , the more strictly it will be interpreted . |
| 22 | You Tony could be cleaner the bus shelter . |
| 23 | Very often the more severe and acute the illness , the clearer the disease picture so that the similar remedy may actually be easier to select . |
| 24 | At first this was a slow process but as the group got bigger the church planting gained in momentum . |
| 25 | The bigger the child benefit , therefore , the bigger the difference between welfare income and income from work for those claimants with children . |
| 26 | McLaren jumped on the ground-effects bandwagon with the M28 , reasoning that the bigger the ground-effects area , the better the car would be . |
| 27 | ‘ The further west you go the bigger the time change and the longer it takes to get replies from Val Catto . ’ |
| 28 | Does the case suggest that the worse the plight of the promisor ( for example , the bigger the penalty clause ) the greater the benefit to him and the more likely it is that performance of the contract will be held to be consideration ? |
| 29 | Boston 's Pixies represent the cartoon'n'chewing gum element of the weird and New York 's Bongwater the acid'n'art school . |
| 30 | Boston 's Pixies represent the cartoon'n'chewing gum element of the weird and New York 's Bongwater the acid'n'art school . |