Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at [art] low level " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union leaders protested that while wages had been frozen at a low level , a freeze on prices could not be maintained because of the lack of government inspectors — a fear endorsed by Collor 's television appeal of Feb. 3 asking the general public to be watchdogs against price rises . |
| 2 | Initially , the post had been envisaged at a lower level , but the Lords select committee pushed for this power . |
| 3 | In some situations holiday arrangements might be organised at a lower level in the organisation , particularly in specialist areas , such as operating theatres , where interchange of staff between departments is less easy . |
| 4 | An increase in earnings will lead to a reduction in both benefit and child support and so lone mothers will tend to be trapped at a low level of income . |
| 5 | Peasant disturbances might be running at a low level , but evidence was mounting of severe discontent in the overpopulated black-earth regions . |
| 6 | If more detail is required the data base can be interrogated at a lower level . |
| 7 | In the French LFAs , subsidised loans are the more common incentive for capital developments ; capital grants are fixed at a lower level than in the UK and are related to the degree of handicap . |
| 8 | In September 1871 Japan concluded a commercial treaty with China , under which consular jurisdiction was to operate in both countries , tariffs were fixed at a low level and there was no most-favoured-nation clause . |
| 9 | But in reality such protests were conducted at a low level in order not to interfere with normal , and reasonably good , relations which British foreign secretaries wished to continue and nurture with the offending nations . |
| 10 | There may be a policy to appoint an internal candidate for the post so that the residual vacancy is filled at the lowest level by direct outside entry . |
| 11 | In periods of rising profits a company which is geared at a low level may not have the growth potential to give ordinary shareholders the returns expected from a more highly-geared company . |
| 12 | The aisle is roofed at a lower level than the nave and the triforia have the function of masking the lean-to roofs which cover these vaults . |
| 13 | Motorised boats harm the ecology of waterways , unless use is kept at a low level , when there are some benefits . |
| 14 | The northern half of the piazza , which was left at a lower level to accommodate a pedestrian subway ( unbuilt as yet ) to the nearby Forum des Halles shopping centre , will be filled in . |
| 15 | If a decision that he regarded as properly belonging to himself was taken at a lower level ( even by the prime minister ) , he invariably administered a sharp rebuke . |