Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] lower " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Irix 5.0 conforms to the Mips ABI , Mips computer users running Risc/OS 5.0 or lower will have to recompile applications for the new release . |
| 2 | For risk ratings of eight or lower there does not appear to be any relationship , recall being consistently rare , this of course constitutes the bulk of the data , 983 of the 1,120 situations scored . |
| 3 | I know of many clusters which I can resolve with my × 20 binoculars , but not with × 12 or lower . |
| 4 | It is not readily identifiable with × 12 or lower power , but is easy with × 20 , though it is scattered and not at all conspicuous . |
| 5 | All the stars of the pattern are in the same field with × 12 or lower . |
| 6 | to forty or lower , I would have thought for this sort of plan , the majority . |
| 7 | The Outer Hebrides are composed primarily of metamorphic gneisses and igneous rocks of Precambrian age , apart from a small area near the town of Stornoway in Lewis , which has rocks of either upper Palaeozoic or lower Mesozoic age resting unconformably on the Precambrian rocks . |
| 8 | Before their attack 356 ( 23% ) patients had been prescribed treatment at step 2 , 275 ( 77% ) of whom remained at step 2 or lower after the attack , and 81 ( 23% ) had their treatment stepped up according to recommended guidelines . |
| 9 | Maps showing monastic estates or baronial holdings ( although few of the latter have been attempted ) serve to demonstrate the administrative focal place function of such sites as motte and bailey castles , ringworks , or small monastic complexes ; at the same time the dependent or lower status of other settlements and surrounding lands is demonstrated by their relatively peripheral position . |
| 10 | In a sharply contrasting assessment , US Treasury Nicholas Brady argued on Sept. 22 that lower interest rates encouraged increases in investment , productivity and living standards , adding that " when interest rates remain high for whatever reason , the returns on investment stay sterile in the banking system " . |
| 11 | TESCO Guide To Alcohol Free and Lower Alcohol Drinks |
| 12 | Many of the deeply painful and depersonalizing situations in our society come about as the direct result of a broader but lower valuation of sex and sexual relationships . |
| 13 | The early or lower stages that he has identified are first , a stage in which children 's thinking is rooted in obedience to adults , fear of punishment and acceptance of authority ; then a stage of an essentially self-interested acceptance , for the sake of reciprocity , of a principle of fairness between peers ; and then a further stage of seeking approval and desiring to be well thought of by one 's community or group . |
| 14 | With the STV they do not , for some voters are allowed the effective use of votes of second or lower preference and some are not . |
| 15 | The fiction was that they could be honestly and legitimately equalized at the same quota figure , even though Haughey had nearly three times as many first-preference votes as Brady , and even though almost half of the votes by which Brady reached the quota were votes of second or lower preference , culled by transfers from nine other candidates in nine counts . |
| 16 | Stephanie 's presents were useful and various : an electric teamaker , with alarm , a set of Pyrex dishes with night-light heaters to warm them , and a layette , knitted and stitched by Upper III and Lower IV , little embroidered viyella nighties , crocheted lambswool matinee jackets , knitted bonnets and bootees , pretty fluffy blankets , a woollen lamb with black stitched eyes and a slightly thrawn neck , dangling from a scarlet ribbon . |
| 17 | It is on such schemes that they intend to bring regional levels of unemployment back down to at least the June 1990 low point of 107,000 and lower . |
| 18 | Can I use Carbonflo in this engine and would it have the same benefits such as lower fuel consumption ? |
| 19 | Be careful that you do not continue to reject fields at the same time as getting lower and lower until it is too late either to have any selection or to achieve a good approach . |
| 20 | The fear now is that banks will start to compete by driving commission rates lower and lower until they are prepared to arrange issues at break-even or worse . |
| 21 | It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid . |
| 22 | jester let his head sag lower and lower as if he were falling asleep . |
| 23 | He was on his way south from a place called Nunyerry when , he said , monsoon clouds forced him to fly lower and lower into the Turner Ranges , one of those areas of outback Australia that are so inhospitable that even the local animals hibernate below ground . |
| 24 | Running in a half-mile race with little pains tearing at my chest and my knees sinking lower and lower as if I were running across quick-sands . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't let your moral standards go lower and lower due to naked animals ’ , he told the interviewer . |
| 26 | The taxi drove along the quiet country roads , and the sky turned pink and purple as the sun got lower and lower in the west . |
| 27 | just do what the , what the industry outside has done and spiral down into producing lower and lower quality of services |
| 28 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 29 | You seemed to be sinking lower and lower . |
| 30 | Then he ceased to make notes and listened , his clean-shaven jaw sinking lower and lower until , with a small thud , the slate dropped to the floor and Thorfinn , turning , saw that he was asleep . |