Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] level of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’
2 This is no longer necessary ; fear for one 's personal safety is a much lower level of alarm .
3 Without such basic knowledge , you might gain some small insight into the sport , but at a much lower level of appreciation than if you had done some reading in advance .
4 Optimal scaffolding is that which promotes the highest level of functioning with the minimal level of support ; a child who is having difficulty in making herself understood may require a great deal of support ; a few minutes later that same child dealing with a different topic may become relatively fluent and require a much lower level of adult participation .
5 This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control .
6 However , although this factor is important , it is unlikely to explain why default rates have risen so rapidly during 1990–91 compared with the early 1980s , given the much lower levels of inflation during the recent downturn .
7 I shall start by considering in section 4.3 some variables which are characteristic of Belfast English , but which seem to function at a somewhat higher level of generality than those that we have mentioned so far — as identity markers for the community as a whole rather than for internal differentiation within it .
8 The Act provides a much higher level of protection for investors , including improved monitoring , and compensation arrangements through the Investors ' Compensation Scheme , since August 1988 .
9 Over-expression of Oct-1 decreased the level of expression driven by the HPV 16 motif whilst having no effect on the much higher level of expression driven by the HPV 6 motif and the extent of repression observed was dependent upon the degree of over-expression of Oct-1 ( Figure 6 ) .
10 It 's a mighty brew , and it 's a sound which could well carry them to a much higher level of success , if that 's what they want .
11 So we get two things , we get a very good new personality , and secondly , an intelligent personality , and , therefore , and this is an important part of the strategy , she gets out of the other archaeologists she 's talking to a much higher level of interaction and intellectual interchange than she would if she were simply a standard presenter .
12 Management and leadership training and experience for NCOs and officers , new skills training for everyone , and a very much higher level of fitness than that of the average civilian are benefits of their voluntary service .
13 Some years ago in Britain ( 1960-75 ) there was a period of a much higher level of obesity in babies when the general view was that ‘ you can not overfeed a baby ’ .
14 We strongly feel that the implementation of sound information policies will lead to improvements in efficiency , and hence to cost savings , whilst supporting a much higher level of research within the organization .
15 ‘ I hope that the UK and the excellent example set by Colchester Zoo will lead the community to implementing much higher levels of animal welfare . ’
16 However , in the presence of NCp7 and RT , much higher levels of cDNA were produced ( lanes 7–12 ) and 3–5 additional bands were seen when the products were exposed to UV .
17 After moving to a staffed house the person received much higher levels of assistance from staff as well as higher levels of other contact .
18 Figure 2.4 offers a broad international comparison which highlights the consequences of much higher levels of capital equipment per worker in large Japanese firms for the size of the productivity gap .
19 Thus , low dependency psychiatric patients were replaced by patients who required much higher levels of staffing without a commensurate increase in funding .
20 It provides a reality orientation programme , reminiscence therapy and the very much higher levels of staffing needed there have proved to be very important for the successful working of that project .
21 Traditionally , local authorities have produced weighty financial reports but over recent years many have adopted much higher levels of aggregation with the consequent reduction in report size .
22 There are clear technical issues such as the data transfer and memory implications of addressing much higher levels of display definition than are generally required today , particularly , of course , in consumer environments .
23 Questions could be asked about the so-called Maidenhead factor , which relates to the apparently higher level of affluence of the population that is likely to be affected by a flood than elsewhere in the United Kingdom .
24 British Social Attitudes , The Eighth Report , recently published by Dartmouth Publishing Company , shows that homeowners have a much greater level of satisfaction than those who rent .
25 We have tried out these tasks with users of French and do find much greater levels of competence .
26 However , as quota sampling methods became more widely used much greater levels of accuracy were routinely achieved .
27 How do we turn the people who would do semi-skilled jobs on machines into people who can programme numerically-controlled machines to perform that job more effectively and with much greater levels of productivity .
28 But it is clear that the data collected in close investigations of live speech communities are much richer than the data preserved from early language states , and they are observable in a larger number of dimensions and at a much finer level of detail ; thus , the patterns revealed in systematic investigations of live communities appear to the observer as much more variable and multidimensional than historical patterns ( as these are usually reported ) .
29 The industry is comparing the biggest boom it ever had — the peak in 1989-90 — with today 's admittedly lower level of activity .
30 None the less , some things do seem clear : the unlikelihood of more baby booms , except for weaker echoes of the present one , and a generally lower level of fertility .
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