Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] lower [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 The display will thus be of equal or lower model quality to that used in the analysis .
4 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 ) .
5 From Morwenstow , a well marked and well trodden path winds along the cliff edge , past Higher and Lower Sharpnose Point where government satellite receiving dishes look like monstrous props from a 1960s science fiction film .
6 Allocating them to niches of higher or lower favour on a cabbalistic tree , they claimed to detect some principle of metamorphosis .
7 Herzberg developed a more sophisticated analysis of the significance of higher and lower order needs .
8 There were also smaller groups of higher and lower caste people from these areas and in addition there were people from the villages of Sylhet , a district of Bangladesh .
9 Suffice it to say that after two centuries of higher and lower criticism we just can not approach the Bible in the way that former Christians did .
10 The selection of alcohol-free and lower alcohol drinks for the adult , discerning drinker is increasing .
11 deputy heads , heads of upper and lower school , heads of faculties , and scale 4 post-holders ;
12 Variations in the ability to convert income to a capital gain , plus the fact that such gains are more significant in higher than lower income brackets , means that any favourable treatment they might receive would be inequitable .
13 Call it something short and descriptive , like Bold Centre — you can use up to 24 characters in upper or lower case , including spaces and numbers .
14 It follows from this that a reader who has just identified a particular letter will not be able to tell whether it was in upper or lower case on the basis of the information from the letter detector level .
15 A full itinerary included visits to upper and lower school assemblies and teaching groups , religious education lessons , coffee in the staff rooms , chatting to pupils and meeting governors .
16 This is a stout-bodied fish , something like a perch in general proportions , with long , low fins on upper and lower rear of the body ( fin rays finely divide near their ends ) .
17 There is usually a clearly seen demarcation between upper and lower sausage-shaped groups of glands , which has aptly been named the ‘ sign of the groove ’ .
18 This in fact was confined to a block of forty-eight buildings between Upper and Lower Crown Streets and Fludyer Street , owned by Sir Samuel Fludyer and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey .
19 When doing this , try to keep a balance between upper and lower body exercises .
20 an abbreviation for UPPER and lower case .
21 It is not readily identifiable with × 12 or lower power , but is easy with × 20 , though it is scattered and not at all conspicuous .
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