Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " 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 The general result is that the higher the correlation coefficient the lower the CD score and the better the diversification of risk .
4 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 .
5 Clearly , if the return is constant , then the higher the income element , the lower the capital gain and vice versa .
6 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 ’ .
7 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 .
8 On the other hand , it is economically reasonable for borrowers that issuance should be higher , the lower the eurobond yield demanded by investors .
9 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 .
10 The higher the retention ratio ( i.e. the lower the dividend payout ratio ) , the higher the growth rate and vice versa .
11 Generally speaking , the lower the resting pulse rate , the healthier you are .
12 The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending .
13 The lower the interest rate when credit is liberalised , the higher the rise in demand for ( and price of ) housing .
14 This preserves the standard inverse relationship between prices and interest rates : the lower the interest rate , the higher the futures price .
15 Indeed , the lower the blood pressure the better , because statistically it reduces the subsequent risks of stroke and heart attacks .
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 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 ) .
20 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 . ’
21 The shorter the job description , the greater the profit potential .
22 It is probably fair to say that the shorter the time limit imposed by the clause , the more strictly it will be interpreted .
23 The shorter the time constant the more attenuated slow activity will be .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Also in the 1900s the infant mortality rate began to fall with the result that some poorer families faced the cost of raising more children until they were old enough to work .
27 However it is evident that he intended something different from the simple a cappella doubling of voices by instruments , and this ‘ something different ’ became known as the ‘ concerted style ’ ( stile concertato ) , a ‘ consort ’ of voices and instruments .
28 Looking to the future , in the 1990's the Channel Tunnel is due for completion and the flow of traffic generated by this new route will , no doubt , be fully exploited by the drugs runners and pose new problems for British and French Customs controls .
29 In the former study the transition occurred within a homopolymeric AT sequence , while in the second a GpA junction ( of type XS ) was concerned .
30 The first is an analysis of the relationship between the national economy and the industrial property market in different parts of the country , and the second an interview survey looking at the influence of premises on firms ' growth , efficiency and corporate strategies .
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