Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] [noun] [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 | Longer , or more frequent , exercise sessions produce little further improvement in fitness level , but do produce an increase in risk of musculoskeletal abnormalities . |
| 3 | I just though it was a simple misprint and with one stroke of the pen I changed ‘ otter ’ to ‘ other ’ , thus effecting a rather broader sweep to Party policy than had been intended . |
| 4 | Ann Davies , who set up and catalogued WACC 's library , has taken on broader responsibilities in relation to WACC 's Forum Programme . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This is a much lower threshold of liability than the notion of violence that underlay the common law concept . |
| 8 | For instance , historical cost accounting yields much lower figures for depreciation than does inflation accounting . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | This is no longer necessary ; fear for one 's personal safety is a much lower level of alarm . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Similarly , Abigail Tordoff , for example will have a much lower point of contact than me , but the principle is the same . |
| 18 | Compared with the public performers mentioned above , effective managers usually give much lower priority to recognition . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The savings come from less absenteeism , lower insurance costs , more productivity , fewer deaths ( Weis calls this ‘ much lower rates of worker mortality ’ ) , not so much deterioration in furniture , carpets and so on , including office machines , less maintenance and less spent on air-conditioning and heating . |
| 21 | The Protocol also leaves out ‘ soft ’ CFCs , which have a much lower potential for ozone depletion but still have a destructive effect . |
| 22 | The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is at first sight a much simpler kind of formation . |
| 23 | He wondered why he had considered having recourse to a public library when he had a much simpler means to hand of identifying the house in the newspaper paragraph . |
| 24 | A somewhat simpler circuit in Fig. 3 eliminates the amplifier and two resistors , the gain being ( formula provided ) but two low-impedance references are now needed , since high-impedance ones introduce distortion . |
| 25 | And , of course , there is a much shorter history of interruption in many European broadcasting systems than in the more fully commercial system of US broadcasting ( and those histories show signs of reversal in new systems such as satellite and cable ) . |
| 26 | The nationalities concerned are generally Lutheran ( Estonians and Latvians ) or Roman Catholic ( Lithuanians ) by religion , not Orthodox , and they have been under Soviet rule for a much shorter period of time than most other nationalities , since 1940 rather than the immediate post-revolutionary period ( when communist-led governments were briefly established in all three republics ) . |
| 27 | An operating lease lasts for a much shorter period of time than the economic life of the asset and the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership . |
| 28 | All this detailed analysis and cataloguing of the pottery forms part of the archive for the excavation , and the specialist then produces a much shorter report for publication , giving the main results of the analysis . |
| 29 | The door has a factory-applied coat of primer , so further coats of primer are not recommended , but a good quality exterior paint must be applied . |
| 30 | Save for appeals and applications under Ord 37 in cases of transfer for enforcement and payments into court , all further steps after transfer are to be taken in the transferee court ( Ord 16 , r 4(6) ) . |