Example sentences of "of [adj -er] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Papal implication in subsequent plotting against Elizabeth and financial support for the Spanish Armada only served to confirm this equation , and as a consequence Elizabeth was unable to withstand the growing pressure from her Protestant subjects for the introduction of harsher recusancy laws and civil disabilities for Catholics . |
| 2 | A windfall for the hard-pressed Scots whisky industry may come in the form of lower excise duty rises which for most other products could be set well above inflation . |
| 3 | One wall was a picture window affording a pastoral view of Lower Los Angeles right down to the beach . |
| 4 | They should not consist purely of lower order questions , " What ? " |
| 5 | In some ways Perrett 's findings can be seen as an extension of the results on prestriate cortex in that higher order properties of objects are being encoded , using information from representations of lower order properties . |
| 6 | In some instances the imperatives of lower order needs may preclude the possibility of following higher order needs . |
| 7 | Satisfaction of higher order needs may well change the perception as to what constitutes satisfaction of lower order needs . |
| 8 | Fig. 3 ( p. 25 ) shows the considerable decline in area of Lower Greensand heaths in north-west Sussex between 1822 and 1971 . |
| 9 | The Committee also made a number of recommendations specifically related to the curriculum and assessment of lower attaining pupils . |
| 10 | Chapter 3 provides details of the sample of lower attaining pupils used in the programme of testing . |
| 11 | The sample of lower attaining pupils tested |
| 12 | If 80 per cent of pupils were to take GCSE then most of the top third of lower attaining pupils in succeeding cohorts would be among them . |
| 13 | This walk covers around 15 miles of the 560 mile Ulster Way through Fermanagh , beginning at the Roscor Viaduct at the west end of Lower Lough Erne . |
| 14 | The Labour councils sought to use low fares as both a part of their overall planning policies and a means of redistributing income in favour of lower income groups . |
| 15 | the prime weakness of the UK housing market is the near absence of provision of private-renting which would meet the demands of lower income households , a very different situation to that which prevails in many European countries . |
| 16 | What about the effects of lower income tax rates ? |
| 17 | Taking a couple of rights , I found myself on the ramp of lower Eighth Avenue — a medium-poor people 's district , I assumed . |
| 18 | Malcolm Searle , of Lower Soldridge Farm , uncovered what he believed may have been a mortar shell in one of his field . |
| 19 | In the Larne basin much of the thickening occurs in the Lower Permian : Larne-2 proved about 1500 ft of Lower Permian sandstones above 1800 ft of lavas and tuffs . |
| 20 | Not only ordinary citizens but the savings banks were caught unawares by the decree , and there were chaotic scenes at bank branches as distraught pensioners found that cashiers had run out of lower denomination notes , and had not been issued with the new Rbs50 and Rbs100 notes . |
| 21 | Not suprisingly today customers in Banbury welcomed the prospect of lower perfume prices . |
| 22 | Only officers and NCOs were among those listed as killed , whereas dozens of lower ranking soldiers were involved in the fighting . |
| 23 | There are plenty of lower protection sunscreens on the market , but dermatologists stress that these should be avoided in order to minimise the risk of skin cancer and ageing — regardless of natural skin colour . |
| 24 | Mr Tomlinson farms West End Farms , near Holt with his father , grandfather and brother Richard of Lower Park Farm , Rossett . |
| 25 | Soaring profits from the sale of lower cost hi-fi systems and home computers helped shares to a peak of 240p in the late 1980s . |
| 26 | Over the past 12 months the price of lower medium quality tea , which is the main ingredient in the British cuppa and imparts that unique lorry-driver flavour , has almost doubled from 78p a kilogramme to 135p . |
| 27 | Against the dollar , sterling finished 0.60 cents firmer at $1.5510 , chiefly because of expectations of lower US interest rates . |
| 28 | The ( US ) Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose to a record high of 2,821 on May 12 , based on hopes of lower US interest rates , but prices on the New York stock exchange fell sharply on July 23 , as hopes of interest rate cuts subsided . |
| 29 | The concept had greater effect upon the building of suburbs , which became leafier and of lower building density than before . |
| 30 | Leading the field of revived interest in the hard-boiled fiction of Jim Thompson , Stephen Frears ' first American film ( the first off the slate from recently formed Martin Scorsese Productions ) enters a sleazy world of lower echelon crime , focusing on the fatal interaction of small time con Roy ( John Cusack ) , his estranged mother Lily ( Anjelica Huston ) and girlfriend Myra ( Annette Bening ) . |