Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] low " in BNC.
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| 1 | The educative power of our academic institutions has never been lower : it is journalism that gives the lead . |
| 2 | Pay for leading art-historians has always been lower in Britain than in the United States , but the brain drain has got worse . |
| 3 | However , yields have always been low because of the climate . |
| 4 | Interest rates had already been low for twenty years when the turnpike mania began in 1750 and remained low after it ended in 1772 . |
| 5 | ‘ Morale among the Associations ’ 800 members has never been lower since I joined in 1977 and this represents the launch of a campaign for a better deal for referees and linesmen . ’ |
| 6 | One option would be to raise the duty on petrol : Britain 's fuel prices have long been lower than the EC average , and petrol duties have provided a static share of tax revenues in spite of the rapid growth in road use . |
| 7 | No one knows whether river dolphins were once more abundant or whether their numbers have always been low because of their restrictive and specialised habitat . |