Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [art] lower [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The skier carries a new model transceiver , the F1-plus , which can either be used for avalanche rescue , or switched to a lower frequency to receive the signal of the buried ski .
2 The Home Office agreed , attributing the upsurge to the ‘ general fear of war that exists in the lower middle and working classes , and not to any tenderness for Russia . ’
3 Premium income for the six months was down marginally at [ 1,011.9m ( 1992 : [ 1,021.9m ) as the impact of rate increases across all classes was again more than offset by a lower policy count .
4 The reasoning behind that is that come from a lower class generally if you ca n't you know you ca n't go to a nursery school cos you have to pay for nursery school education in this country .
5 Nava was a truly radical concept : a soft skiboot ( an enhanced moonboot , in fact ) with its own binding system that incorporated an arm that wrapped around the lower leg to transmit edging movements to the ski .
6 Many males do not go far and remain in the lower reaches .
7 They are made from cast alloy , and consist of a lower lip on which the shelf rests , and a slightly shorter upper lip , which securely grips the shelf using a tension screw .
8 The circular stapling gun was then introduced through an anterior gastrostomy and opened in the lower oesophagus when a nylon or silk ligature was tied round just at the gastrooesophageal junction .
9 The technique of introducing a steam re-heat cycle ( in which steam is extracted from the turbine at an intermediate stage , raised to a higher temperature and reintroduced into the lower pressure stage ) had been pioneered in Britain by consultants and widely adopted in America .
10 Check the colour mark on the bridle line and by slipping the Lark 's Head knot and pulling on the lower line ( 'B' ) bring the mark no more than 6mm ( 1/ 4in ) below the ring .
11 Indeed , it is evident that women were also under-represented in senior posts and concentrated in the lower posts available .
12 For the southern maps , of course , everything is reversed with respect to the northern hemisphere , and in Orion we find that Rigel is to the top left of the main pattern and Betelgeux to the lower right .
13 The Cabriolet 's perimeter binding strays and splutters around the lower cutaway , but apart from that is clean and accurate .
14 The Conservatives have presented their Election manifesto with Mr. Major promising more power for the people and moves towards a lower tax rate .
15 Problems may also be encountered in those treated by repeated sclerotherapy , which may have caused severe inflammatory change and thickening around the lower oesophagus and upper stomach .
16 Naturally for reasons of economy — some boys were deterred from progressing and continued in the Lower School , wasting their time .
17 In ‘ Comfort ’ , gear ratios are maintained as high as possible , while in ‘ Special Range ’ it is quicker to kick down for rapid acceleration and remains in a lower ratio until higher engine speeds .
18 The 2nd cellos here play in unison with the double basses for the first six bars , and after that in the octave above , the double basses being more effective if kept in the lower octave .
19 He flexed his hands like a conjuror and dived into a lower drawer in his desk .
20 Motor manufacturers have responded to the declining fast car market by producing toned-down versions which retain much of the performance while squeezing into a lower insurance bracket .
21 The big decision in Brussels is whether to stay in the Lower Town ( historic and lively ) or the Upper Town ( elegant and leafy ) .
22 Many manufacturers have tried , but so far none have been able to produce a model as enduring in the lower price bracket as , say , the old Fender Champ .
23 This confirms that the original procyclic line ST3 was not clonal , and that the line originating from the fly transmission , as well as the clone derived from this line , contained 3 copies of the plasmid integrated into an intact beta-tubulin gene , as represented by the lower half of diagram C2 in Fig. 1 .
24 Solicitors regularly appear as advocates in the lower courts and , by special hat of the Lord Chancellor , in some Crown Courts which are geographically remote from barristers ' chambers .
25 The second band , with its very long progression of vibrational peaks , is assigned to both the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the π u level , while the third and fourth bands are assigned respectively to the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the level ; both levels are expected to be strongly bonding , as suggested by the lower vibration frequencies of the ions .
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