Example sentences of "[adj -er] level [prep] " in BNC.

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1 His classification into personal and projected play represents a hierarchy of abstraction ; dramatic activities using oneself as the medium of expression standing at a lower level on the table of abstraction than dramatic activities using media other than oneself .
2 Cultivation extends to about 600m , ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island .
3 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 .
4 It wants a reduction in diesel fuel duty plus a lower level of road tax on diesel cars .
5 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 . ’
6 The amount of detrital material determines the lower level of TL dating of calcite .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 This prompted a question on the place in Britain of a lower level of Capital Transfer Tax if the farm were passed on to the son at a much earlier age ?
11 For example , in Brazil , peripheral capitalist development is responsible not only for a lower level of participation of women in agriculture but also a lower level of integration of women in urban development .
12 For example , in Brazil , peripheral capitalist development is responsible not only for a lower level of participation of women in agriculture but also a lower level of integration of women in urban development .
13 The considerable increases in the Labour vote in Knowsley and Tameside do , however , have to be seen alongside a lower level of party competition .
14 The share of total energy usage accounted for by nuclear power will rise from 4% to 7% , a far lower level of increase than might have been achieved but for the Three Mile Island incident .
15 This was not only caused by the lower level of economic activity .
16 If , rather than face unemployment , you would at least be prepared to consider staying on with a reduced salary or a lower level of seniority , you should make that clear .
17 IOGT , initial oil generation threshold ; IGGT , initial gas generation threshold ; LLOG , lower level of oil generation ; LLCG , lower level of condensate generation .
18 IOGT , initial oil generation threshold ; IGGT , initial gas generation threshold ; LLOG , lower level of oil generation ; LLCG , lower level of condensate generation .
19 Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages .
20 Teaching is almost always by the expository method of demonstration and description , and the kind of learning involved is at a lower level of the hierarchy .
21 At the lower level of sounds , there is little difference between humans , dogs and cats — this is not where it counts , if you are a hunter of small rodents and birds .
22 They give some impression of the life and environment of the wealthy and influential but cause one to forget , or overlook , the lives of the majority of people living at a lower level of survival — a majority that probably includes the makers of the art object .
23 If such a trade-off exists , one benefit of tolerating a higher rate of inflation will be a lower level of unemployment .
24 Quote : ‘ It seems likely that a diet in which sugars and starches are taken in natural fibre-rich form would contribute to the control of obesity by encouraging satiety at a lower level of energy intake , and to a lesser extent by increasing the amount of potential energy lost in the faeces . ’
25 She was lying flat out on her pink bath towel along the lower level of the dry-heat sauna .
26 Practice Notes are intended to be persuasive , rather than prescriptive , and have a lower level of authority than Statements of Auditing Standards .
27 It quickly became apparent after the offer had closed that the take-up rate was just 38% — ‘ a lower level of acceptances than we had anticipated ’ and enough for newspapers to call the issue a flop .
28 The guidance is persuasive rather than prescriptive and has a lower level of authority than statements of auditing standards .
29 The official attitude to the press reflected a lower level of concern about broadcasting .
30 Optimal scaffolding is that which promotes the highest level of functioning with the minimal level of support ; a child who is having difficulty in making herself understood may require a great deal of support ; a few minutes later that same child dealing with a different topic may become relatively fluent and require a much lower level of adult participation .
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