Example sentences of "slow [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Forgive us our … had been followed by sins ( as it is in some modern versions of the Lord 's Prayer ) , inappropriate contextual information could slow down word identification if used too early . |
| 2 | The articulatory loop should also be seldom used since it would slow down processing of a message whose speed is beyond the control of the interpreter . |
| 3 | If synonyms occur frequently , it can slow down access speeds considerably , and therefore the advantage of random access is lost . |
| 4 | The stock market is still nervous of them because of fears that the cost of restructuring will slow down recovery . |
| 5 | Any bias will slow down movement in one or more directions and produce a tell-tale lurch of the shoulders as the body-weight is shifted . |
| 6 | The higher interest rates and credit squeeze control used by the Conservatives did , however , slow down growth in the economy overall . |
| 7 | So if we can hurt them or certainly gang together if you like , cos unity is strength , and between the three workforces they 'll certainly slow down production and hopefully force things . |
| 8 | It reduces the likelihood of split ends by 30–40% , slows down hair ageing , is a penetrating hair moisturizer , conditions without build up and reduces tangling . |
| 9 | This not only affects individuals , but also slows down service development to meet changing patterns of need . |
| 10 | The transmissions use those soliton waves we told you about way back in summer 1990 ( CI No 1,459 ) , which are electronically induced and never lose their shape as they whiz through optical glass fibre , so that signalling errors are all but non-existent , obviating the need for costly error-correction equipment , which also slows down transmission . |
| 11 | Silver plants usually have a thick coating of felty fur which slows down evaporation . |
| 12 | In normal wind strengths , this would slow up reaction . |
| 13 | Tie Rack looks rather out of fashion as sales slow down Outlook . |
| 14 | It is of course penalty kicks at goal which slow down play and I would deal with them very drastically , as in these modern days they quite often determine the result of a match . |
| 15 | You stop the discovery of new medicines and treatments for heart disease , for cancer , for things like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson 's Diseases — the diseases for which we do n't yet have treatments — that you slow down progress too much if you get too many restrictions . |
| 16 | It is obvious that too many levels of management are expensive , slow down decision making and reduce responsiveness . |
| 17 | Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour . |
| 18 | The evidence from European countries of attempts to implement these kinds of arrangements tends to support the view that while they help ease labour-management tensions they slow down decision-making and reduce management flexibility . |
| 19 | How then can gravity slow down light ? |
| 20 | There are also a number of traffic put into er slow down traffic , being seen in many cases to be used as a target practice for people coming out of the pub on Saturday night . |
| 21 | Raw muck and slurry can burn young plants and even slow down plant growth whilst it is being broken down in the soil . |
| 22 | It is the brackets , of course , which slow down production . |
| 23 | The paper is ambitious and given its scope , inevitably , some interesting assertions are not fully developed , inter alia that using psychodynamic theory at different times will have different meanings for practitioners ; and that in the UK a preoccupation with anti-discriminatory perspectives has slowed down theory building . |
| 24 | Mistakes and botched work thus slowed down production at what was already a natural bottleneck . |
| 25 | In large surf it is sometimes worth slowing down ad letting a large wave pass before attempting the gybe . |
| 26 | Following news that the SQL Access Group is slowing down work on Phases 3 of its SQL Specification ( UX No 385 ) , the group now says it is changing direction to focus on market demands , and admits it got carried away with the academics of development . |
| 27 | The Navy 's costings are the most brittle : cancellation of just one warship or submarine punches a yawning hole in a year 's programme , and slowing down construction increases overheads and hence costs dramatically . |
| 28 | However , on the 11th , Mercury , planet of sociability and communication , turns backwards , slowing down progress in these areas . |
| 29 | Cardboard cutout policemen have been known to reduce shoplifting in supermarkets , and cardboard patrol cars have been effective at slowing down motorway speeders . |
| 30 | In fact , Berger completed the slowing down lap , which indicated a pessimistic computer and justified his theory that , had Schumacher got really close in the final laps , he would have gone flat out and to hell with the consequences . |