Example sentences of "[noun prp] have a relatively [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His15 in S. faecalis HPr has a relatively low p K a ( 6.1 ) and it was generally accepted that this resulted from the direct interaction between the side chains of His15 and Arg17 . |
| 2 | Most countries had some welfare system in place , more so in some ( such as Germany ) than others ; the United States had a relatively poorly-developed system . |
| 3 | Even if IBM has a relatively weak market share in the burgeoning software business it is still very comfortably number one ; and while some of the Japanese giants and European champions occupy high positions in the software league , the huge array of US software insurgents ( led by such companies as Lotus , Microsoft and Sun ) has no equivalent elsewhere . |
| 4 | Although Thailand has a relatively high rate of literacy and primary school enrolment , the secondary system is weak . |
| 5 | In February 1990 the Chinese government admitted for the first time that HIV infection had spread to China in significant numbers , particularly to the south-western province of Yunnan , which because of its proximity to the " golden triangle " of drug production in Thailand and Burma had a relatively high number of intravenous drug users . |
| 6 | To show this , suppose that the UK has a relatively high rate of inflation and that , as a result , the pound is depreciating : speculators who expect the pound to continue depreciating will sell pounds and buy stronger currencies so as to make a capital gain later . |
| 7 | The pace relented in the second half with neither keeper being tested , and indeed Pegasus 's Mary Bowden had a relatively easy game as her defence blotted out everything Portadown fired at them . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , glossing over all the numerical details and hypothetical scenarios , it is clear that Wirral had a relatively high rate of problem drug use in the mid-1980s compared with similar areas in other parts of the country , though there are data and arguments to support both the forecast of an ongoing rise in prevalence as well as the prediction of an imminent decline . |
| 9 | Britain has a relatively poor record of instituting randomised prevention trials ; the Scandinavians , by comparison , have been more enlightened and more active in breast cancer screening . |
| 10 | Whereas the Highlands have a low population density , and a short growing season , southern Italy has a relatively high population density ( despite a century of outmigration ) relative to available cultivatable land . |
| 11 | The rain had stopped and Hunt had a relatively easy time of it to win . |
| 12 | Mr Milburn said Durham had a relatively large number of nurseries but there were still gaps in Darlington . |
| 13 | However , with their emphasis on rehabilitation of stock and on area-wide environmental improvements , GIAs had a relatively limited impact , and only about 5 per cent of grants since 1969 have been issued within these areas . |
| 14 | Our inding that EGF is depleted in oesophagitis is perhaps explained by a report that EGF has a relatively short duration of action ( <24 hours ) , so that continual stimulation by fresh EGF is required to maintain a mitogenic response , depleting stores of EGF in the endothelial cells . |