Example sentences of "[adv] lower [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Major award schools , on the other hand , started from a conspicuously lower threshold of library provision and use .
2 The char , which operates in a similar manner to activated carbon , but at a much lower cost per tonne , is an efficient treatment for liquid effluents .
3 Rank for rank , East India Company officers received double the pay of an officer of a royal regiment , while serving in a country with a much lower cost of living .
4 This is a much lower threshold of liability than the notion of violence that underlay the common law concept .
5 The shorter half-life of 235 U results in it having a much lower abundance at present relative to 238 U. Because U and Th are believed to have similar distribution coefficients during mantle melting , a large fractionation in U/Pb is associated with change of similar magnitude in Th/Pb .
6 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 . ’
7 This is no longer necessary ; fear for one 's personal safety is a much lower level of alarm .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 In Wales the amount of development plan grants paid for drainage increased 3.5 times , and for grassland improvement 3.2 times , between 1979/80 and 1982/83 compared with a rise of 74% for farm buildings ( the latter then attracting a much lower rate of grant ) .
12 Or if you have a number of outstanding debts , such as credit card charges and hire purchase deals , a remortgage can pay them all off at a much lower rate of interest to help you reduce your outgoings .
13 Similarly , Abigail Tordoff , for example will have a much lower point of contact than me , but the principle is the same .
14 Compared with the public performers mentioned above , effective managers usually give much lower priority to recognition .
15 The Protocol also leaves out ‘ soft ’ CFCs , which have a much lower potential for ozone depletion but still have a destructive effect .
16 The industry is comparing the biggest boom it ever had — the peak in 1989-90 — with today 's admittedly lower level of activity .
17 Even accounting for the generally lower standard of software then , I reckon the reviewers were feeling generous .
18 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 .
19 Although , as we have noted , women are much less likely than men to select back variants of /a/ , this generally lower level of use does not prevent individual women from varying their realization of /a/ , within the female norms , according to their social network structure .
20 By the year 2000 gas will be supplying a slightly lower proportion of energy demand than in 1983 but consumption will rise slightly .
21 However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view .
22 They pay a slightly lower rate of interest on money at call than they earn by discounting bills .
23 The share of total energy usage accounted for by nuclear power will rise from 4% to 7% , a far lower level of increase than might have been achieved but for the Three Mile Island incident .
24 They often receive a far lower standard of care than patients in this country .
25 The missiles would come next ; and from then on it would be a far lower percentage of surveillance aircraft which returned safely .
26 Oral sex has a far lower risk of transmission .
27 A further objective is to make sure that people do not move out of unemployment to an even lower income from work .
28 Now fortune had brought him a creature in an even lower position in society than himself .
29 Originally , the adjustments Gambale made to the standard Saber design included even lower profiling of neck , pickups and trem .
30 But if we can get the same information for an even lower level of risk , then that is really what people should do .
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