Example sentences of "and [adj -er] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We are all familiar with the use of computerised mailing lists by advertisers ; they , too , are now international and going into orbit via satellite transmission — in the remorseless pursuit of markets and lower unit costs .
2 Last night we camped a metre short of the border , a beautiful spot between the upper and lower Sorjus lakes .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 As locals and lower income groups can be forced to move to other areas or to nearby key settlements where housing is available , the social composition of the community may change .
6 The figures may be particularly prone to underestimating the income of the highest earners , who have more opportunities to hide substantial amounts of income than middle and lower income groups .
7 Both high income commuters and lower income residents may resent development of this kind : the one because it interferes with their fantasy of the rural life , and the other because it pushes up house prices without providing any new job opportunities .
8 Then it may not be possible to load records in any predetermined order , and lower packing densities and changes in bucket size or type of algorithm may be needed to give an acceptable performance .
9 It has also been noted that influential local people use the provision of school facilities , extra classrooms , libraries , more teachers and lower teacher/pupil ratios as a way of enhancing their own status and prestige .
10 And , as a result , giving it better driving stability , reduced fuel consumption and lower noise levels .
11 Not only does this ensure rapid response and lower noise levels ; it also means that the heating and ventilation work when the Clio is at a standstill .
12 Pre-tax profits of £54,000 replace a gigantic loss last time of £45.82 million , caused by anticipated losses on sales , a goodwill write-down and lower trading profits .
13 The introduction of the 5–14 programme for Environmental Studies should ensure a core of health education for all primary and lower secondary pupils .
14 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 ’ .
15 INCREASING passenger numbers and lower redundancy costs will lift interim figures from airports group BAA today .
16 Men in small firms experience an earlier and lower peak growth rate which very quickly drops away after the twenty-fifth year of service .
17 Just as the marine terrace represents the abandoned sea floor , so do river terraces represent valley floors abandoned by the rivers as they start to cut down to the new and lower base level .
18 Whether upper and lower date limits ( terminus results ) such as these provide the archaeologist with a sufficiently detailed chronological picture will depend on a number of factors — the nature of the site and sequence to be interpreted , the archaeological questions being posed , and the samples available for dating — and the relevant dating methods would then need to be assessed .
19 Many players make the mistake of leaning from the waist , which limits the stroke you can make , and puts too much strain on your upper body and lower back muscles .
20 To complete the back of the chair it only remains to insert the three vertical splats , once again marking the shoulders off from the upper and lower back rail .
21 The machine incorporates new , more integrated and lower cost technology into the same symmetric multiprocessing architecture as the Series 400 and is designed to be cost-effective for between 40 and 400 active users .
22 Produce legible upper and lower case letters in one style and use them consistently ( not randomly mixed within words ) .
23 It will highlight instances which are both whole words themselves and parts of other words , and in both upper and lower case letters .
24 Upper and lower case letters are often written the same , such as C-c , K-k , and O-o , the distinguishing factor here is the character size relative to the line spacing .
25 In another experiment subjects had to match visually presented upper and lower case letters according to their names ( nominal identity match ) .
26 If the map area is represented by a matrix of cells , then the shading level in each cell can be approximated by a printable character ( the upper and lower case letters A , B , C , … ,
27 Alternatively , the drafter can use separate , bracketed , numbers for sub-clauses and lower case letters for individual paragraphs within sub-clauses .
28 Another approach is to use a mixture of numbers , upper and lower case letters and large and small Roman numerals .
29 Depending on the software available , there may be options to use colour , contrast , and upper and lower case letters to highlight headings or field names .
30 Upper and lower case variables of the same name are different .
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