Example sentences of "of [num ord] [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to another report that was based upon essentially the same data , the spacing of second and higher order births at least two years apart would reduce infant mortality by 10 per cent and the death rate of children aged 1–4 years by 21 per cent . |
| 2 | With the STV they do not , for some voters are allowed the effective use of votes of second or lower preference and some are not . |
| 3 | The fiction was that they could be honestly and legitimately equalized at the same quota figure , even though Haughey had nearly three times as many first-preference votes as Brady , and even though almost half of the votes by which Brady reached the quota were votes of second or lower preference , culled by transfers from nine other candidates in nine counts . |
| 4 | Of the two determinants , maternal age appears to have the stronger influence , although the deleterious effect of fourth and higher birth order seems to be very strong at young maternal ages . |
| 5 | Taking into account the influence of a number of factors that affect levels of child mortality , including maternal age , one study demonstrated with results of data from developing countries that participated in the WFS , that elimination of fourth and higher order births ( i.e. , termination of childbearing at third parity ) would reduce infant and early childhood mortality by approximately eight per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.29 ) . |
| 6 | A cross national analysis of data on women in Maternity Care Monitoring Programmes determined that anaemia was twice as prevalent among women of fourth and higher order as among those with three or fewer children . |
| 7 | It has been estimated that , in developing countries , elimination of fifth and higher order births alone would effect a maternal mortality reduction of four per cent , while elimination of fourth and higher order births along with the confinement of reproduction to ages 20–34 would reduce infant mortality by 12 per cent , other things being equal . |
| 8 | It has been estimated that , in developing countries , elimination of fifth and higher order births alone would effect a maternal mortality reduction of four per cent , while elimination of fourth and higher order births along with the confinement of reproduction to ages 20–34 would reduce infant mortality by 12 per cent , other things being equal . |
| 9 | Moreover the potential of all votes , whether of first or lower preference , varies between constituencies , because these differ considerably in magnitude ( a term that usefully serves to denote the size of a constituency 's electorate as distinct from the area it covers ) . |