Example sentences of "[adv] relatively [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He considers that it is not necessary to consider the development of combustion technology in this scale because only relatively small quantities of fuel are used on comparison with the number of passenger journeys .
2 This suggests that only relatively severe cases of endometriosis were diagnosed or reported and that the actual incidence in this population might be greater .
3 In general , when they do use credit they are more likely than others to use types carrying a high rate of charge , though they are also relatively heavy users of mail order ( which carries no rate of charge for credit , though at the cost of prices which have tended to be higher than shop prices ) .
4 Tumin suggests , however , that even relatively open systems of stratification erect barriers to the motivation and recruitment of talent .
5 As in the longer experiment , the subjects tended to sleep less during a three-month follow-up , indicating that even relatively short periods of training may be sufficient to reduce sleep requirements by an hour or so in individuals who wish to do so .
6 This concession , which is due north of the giant Dai Hung oil field , is located in the centre of one of the few remaining prospective and as yet relatively unexplored basins in South East Asia .
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