Example sentences of "[vb -s] one of the low [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Coast Air Quality Management District ( AQMD ) , a powerful independent regulatory body in the US State of California , has devised what it describes as a " revolutionary programme " for reducing air pollution in the Los Angeles area , which has one of the lowest air qualities in the industrialized world . |
| 2 | Most women must live in open contradiction with their own moral code , for while they regard marriage as a fundamental aim in life , El Salvador has one of the lowest marriage rates in the hemisphere . |
| 3 | And even though Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe for theft and burglary , it could and SHOULD be even lower . |
| 4 | Thames Valley police force has one of the lowest crime clear-up rates in the country . |
| 5 | ‘ Our region has one of the lowest number of long-wait patients anywhere in the country . |
| 6 | Britain has one of the lowest proportions of elected female representatives in the Western world . |
| 7 | Essex has witnessed a significant increase in pupil exclusions in both primary and secondary schools , but still has one of the lowest rates in the region . |
| 8 | He points out , however , that Essex has one of the lowest rates of permanent exclusion in the eastern region — Bedfordshire 's rate is four times higher — and the LEA has worked to help schools adopt effective pastoral care . |
| 9 | Deaths per 10 000 vehicles fell from 3.0 to 2.1 in 1990 and 1.9 in 1991 ( <50% of Smeed 's prediction ) ; the mortality is now well below that in Britain ( 2.3 in 1989 ) , which has one of the lowest rates in Europe . |
| 10 | It has one of the lowest rates of cancelled operations in the country . |
| 11 | It is correct that Britain has one of the lowest rates of corporate tax in the developed world , something from which our businesses , large and small , have benefited enormously over the years . |
| 12 | However , Ulster has one of the lowest rates of breast-feeding in Europe , he says . |
| 13 | The fundamental problem here is that , as in many other countries , prison reform occupies one of the lowest rungs on the ladder of political priorities . |
| 14 | All 2 200 staff at its Pipers Way headquarters have been handed leaflets offering practical advice on how to Beat the Chill … one of the reasons , the society claims , why it boasts one of the lowest absentee rates in the financial sector . |