Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally we breasted the saddle in the lower ridge , what in the Welsh mountains , and latterly in the Himalayas , we would call the cwm . |
| 2 | It had been anticipated that this group of fit and well motivated patients would have fared better , and allowed full assessment of the advantages of this technique , particularly as the patients were younger , median age 63 ( range 33–77 ) and fitter ( lower ASA grade ) . |
| 3 | Intestinal crypt cells are known to have a higher adenylate cyclase and a lower guanylate cyclase activity than differentiated villous cells . |
| 4 | For instance , Corbett , in support of the observation that Swift uses abnormally long sentences in A Modest Proposal , cites a much lower sentence length from a sample from A Tale of a Tub . |
| 5 | I 'll push you a bit bit nearer look . |
| 6 | With lower taxes and a smaller distortion there would be a lower dead-weight burden . |
| 7 | First , an examination of the gold coinage of Henry VIII would reveal that he introduced a new gold coin with a lower fineness and weight . |
| 8 | The multifactorial model tended to fit better when an intergenerational difference was included ( Z estimated at 0.05 , corresponding to a much lower heritability among parents ( ZH ) than among offspring ( H ) ) , but it was not significantly better ( χ 2 =3.28 , p=0.075 ) . |
| 9 | They did not understand , but theirs was a simpler existence . |
| 10 | When we were little we were only allowed to play on the lower bit , in case we fell over this top wall , and it was like a dirt track down there , with bikes and trucks and lord knows what . |
| 11 | It may also mean freedom to purchase ‘ Playboy ’ magazine , to indulge in the vulgarities of verbal and visual displays of the sexual and sexist types , though at a much lower level than those current in Scotland or England at soccer matches and in public houses . |
| 12 | On the other hand , when television coverage of unemployment almost ceased in the third week , public demand for political debate on the issue also dropped slightly , from 66 per cent to 56 per cent , and it remained at this new lower level thereafter . |
| 13 | ‘ If I cut my profits and prices to whatever lower level you prescribe — for I assume I shall have your guidance on what that should be — will you advise me about the basis on which I should ration the consumers of my article ? |
| 14 | It they had been right , matrilineal society would tend to have a lower level of technological development while patrilineal societies would have a higher level . |
| 15 | Mercedes explains that the biggest problem in developing the five-speed unit is the necessity to reduce mechanical and hydraulic losses to a lower level than had been achieved previously . |
| 16 | It wants a reduction in diesel fuel duty plus a lower level of road tax on diesel cars . |
| 17 | When the technical skills of the big-budge filmmakers were combined with the ideas of those working at a lower level , the result was the possibility of a thriving national cinema . |
| 18 | While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’ |
| 19 | Fifty per cent of mothers returning to work part time do so in lower level jobs than those they left at childbirth . |
| 20 | Your suggestion for A-levels , to keep one in-depth subject and cover five or six others at a lower level , will not work ( April 27th ) . |
| 21 | Graduates pass final examinations in a minimum of six subjects , three at a higher level , similar to A-level , and three at a lower level . |
| 22 | The amount of detrital material determines the lower level of TL dating of calcite . |
| 23 | However , since it is ‘ not an easy distinction for the police , magistrates and juries to have to make ’ , no attempt should be made to draw such a legal distinction at the lower level of ‘ injury ’ offences . |
| 24 | Bushes of prickly blackberry and wild rose had broken free of the lower level and were now marching towards the house like an insidious green army . |
| 25 | Black and Asian people were even more notable by their absence ; there was one black judge among the circuit judges and , at the lower level of the judiciary , five among the 703 recorders . |
| 26 | On this count , the Zuwaya image was not accurate history , even granting that their involvement was at a much lower level than that of , say , the Magharba . |
| 27 | The lock cut seemed to last for ever , narrowing though , with high dark trees on the left ; finally , blessedly , on the right , there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock to the lower level of the river below . |
| 28 | The Paris show demonstrated that at a much lower level delightful drawings by well known names can still be bought at a fraction of the price of a painting by the same artist . |
| 29 | Peat believes the market has now stabilised although at a significantly lower level than before the Gulf crisis and recession in key economies . |
| 30 | High winds and snowfalls have , however , grounded at a lower level the powerful US Navy Sea Stallion helicopters used to transport the slabs . |