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

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1 In this case , the simpler the window treatment the better ; plain blinds , cafe curtains or just left bare .
2 In the 308 the side view became more balanced to reflect the increased importance of the rear end with its new engine .
3 Erm the large size is really a relatively it it 's a smaller percentage of the market so we 've had to price it as far down as we can that 's why our contribution for the large size is not as large as the Erm the overhead the sorry the capital costs erm will be a total of two hundred and ninety thousand which is two hundred for factory extensions , eighty thousand for plant and ten perc ten thousand for the gasser .
4 The general result is that the higher the correlation coefficient the lower the CD score and the better the diversification of risk .
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 Clearly , if the return is constant , then the higher the income element , the lower the capital gain and vice versa .
7 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 ’ .
8 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 .
9 On the other hand , it is economically reasonable for borrowers that issuance should be higher , the lower the eurobond yield demanded by investors .
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 The higher the retention ratio ( i.e. the lower the dividend payout ratio ) , the higher the growth rate and vice versa .
12 Generally speaking , the lower the resting pulse rate , the healthier you are .
13 The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending .
14 The lower the interest rate when credit is liberalised , the higher the rise in demand for ( and price of ) housing .
15 This preserves the standard inverse relationship between prices and interest rates : the lower the interest rate , the higher the futures price .
16 Indeed , the lower the blood pressure the better , because statistically it reduces the subsequent risks of stroke and heart attacks .
17 The higher the level of dividends , the more frequently new external funds have to be raised and the higher the flotation costs , but the lower the agency costs .
18 It will depend to some extent on the net costs of searching — the lower the search costs , the higher the reservation wage is likely to be and , therefore , the longer the spell of unemployment .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 In the 1830s a corn market was held regularly by three merchants who had a room each at the Hildyard Arms , still there in the market place .
22 Contact your local bell-ringing group via the nearest reference library or bell tower , or through the weekly The Ringing World , ( editor , David Thorne , Penmark House , Woodbridge Meadows , Guildford GU1 1BL , 0483 69535 ) .
23 It could be the high no trade-in discounts .
24 The Governor 's position is shrewdly summed up by one observer : ‘ A deal with Nkrumah and the CPP would give the British a breathing space , perhaps a long one . ’
25 In the Carboniferous the shale beds generally exhibit higher resistivities than the sands .
26 The shorter the job description , the greater the profit potential .
27 It is probably fair to say that the shorter the time limit imposed by the clause , the more strictly it will be interpreted .
28 The shorter the time constant the more attenuated slow activity will be .
29 This study builds on the work of an existing paper ( to be published in the Economic Journal in March , 1989 ) which argued that , during the 1980's the export performance of the UK manufacturing sector improved to the extent that the historical decline of the sector 's share in the world total had been arrested .
30 Most seriously , the only feminists of any note who were not vehemently opposed to the attempt to introduce Prussian–Napoleonic regulation of prostitution into Britain were Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , and in the 1890s the maverick temperance campaigner Lady Henry Somerset .
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