Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the poorest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except where aridity can be countered by irrigation , low rainfall tends to monoculture and social instability or to the poorest type of cereal farming . |
| 2 | As in South Africa itself , the authorities had increased spending on education over the last few years , so that qualified teachers are fairly well paid , and except in the poorest regions , school building stock is in reasonable repair . |
| 3 | It was an accusation , and in the poorest of taste . |
| 4 | But in the poorest families both husband and wife have been sterilised to get the money and food . |
| 5 | By 1985 it was recorded that the top 6 per cent of the population in income terms now received 25 per cent of national income , while for the poorest 20 per cent their share had actually fallen from even the 5.9 per cent they enjoyed in 1979 . |
| 6 | In the sphere of parental contributions , regional inequalities are marked : in 1985 in Lusaka annual parental expenditure per child was 206 kwacha a year , while in the poorest regions , for example Western , Luapula and North-western , the amounts were 67 , 87 and 51 kwacha respectively . |