Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] relatively " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easy access to the markets of the capital for its corn , dairy produce and fatstock brought the marshland of southern Essex great wealth , of which almost two-fifths belonged to a fairly large class of rich men ; smallholders also prospered , the number of £2 assessments more than offsetting the relatively few £1 ones . |
| 2 | Pro-FIS rhetoric emanating from preachers in certain city mosques was said to have influenced an electorate that contained a relatively high proportion of young and illiterate voters . |
| 3 | In addition to the prohibitive cost , it was feared that transferring the relatively acidic water of the north-west to the chalk rivers of south-east England could cause substantial ecological damage . |
| 4 | Conversely , where an uneven and granulated wash is desirable ( such as in a mixture of ultramarine and burnt umber , which tends to separate and granulate in a very attractive way and is a good alternative to the deadening effects of lamp black ) then water with a high mineral content should be used by stirring a teaspoonful of cement powder or plaster into about half a pint of water , allowing the solids to settle and using the relatively clear overlying liquid . |
| 5 | Reviewing our resources , we 've decided to try and influence the relatively large number of people who need something beyond simply factual material about green issues . |
| 6 | It is closely related to peat and has a relatively low carbon content and high moisture content . |
| 7 | Though owls , skuas and other predators move in and often enjoy successful breeding at their expense , the proliferating herbivores continue to outnumber them and to outpace the relatively low productivity of their food supply . |
| 8 | Of course , it can be argued that the theoretical presumption of innocence in the West is frequently negated by the pressure , particularly in the lower courts , to ‘ plea bargain' , that is agree to plead guilty to a relatively minor charge and receive a relatively light sentence , rather than plead not guilty , endure a long wait for a trial ( possibly in custody ) and , if found guilty , receive a heavier sentence , although there always remains the chance of acquittal . |
| 9 | Management training was designated by the DES at that time as a national priority area of work and received a relatively high level of financial support . |
| 10 | Ben Alder has always seemed as impenetrable to me as a hi-fi magazine , but from up on the ridge it gives away its secrets and reveals a relatively simple ascent from the west up a long , inclining slope . |
| 11 | Although in these studies the level of activity was not as high as originally reported , subsequent work by the eastern Cooperative Oncology Group established FAM as the regimen of first choice and showed a relatively low toxicity profile . |
| 12 | The mitre template has since come back onto the market , but at prices like £18-£20 and considering the relatively small amount of work in which it is employed , some readers will no doubt feel that they could spend that money more profitably , so will want to make their own . |
| 13 | They were highly skilled , exceptionally well paid , often drawn from non-peasant and non-worker backgrounds , and by the nature of their work were exposed to liberal literature and enjoyed a relatively close relationship with liberal intelligenty . |
| 14 | It was difficult to x-ray his leg so far up , and as it was a small machine and needed a relatively long exposure it was hard to get a clear picture with him shaking as the poor boy was doing by this time . |
| 15 | The Dutch replaced the Portuguese in the seventeenth century and established a relatively stable colony in the coastal regions of the island . |
| 16 | These transitions are particularly important for second- and third-row transition metal complexes , and the associated bands are often extremely intense , so that they can dominate a whole spectrum and obscure the relatively weak d-d bands . |
| 17 | These persons were not necessarily well off , but they were literate in Sinhala if not in English and had a relatively high standard of living ; they may be termed local élites . |
| 18 | The former is a traditional , working class district , redeveloped since the war and now housing a sizeable black and elderly population ; the latter is a new , working class estate created on a previously unused site and accommodating a relatively small nonwhite population . |
| 19 | First , an investor who holds a long position in shares which are overpriced can sell them and buy the relatively underpriced index future ( a swap or stock replacement ) . |
| 20 | Hostels or discharge units within the hospital grounds enable some patients to go out to work daily and have a relatively autonomous and responsible life , while retaining some of the security of the hospital environment . |
| 21 | The meal needs to contain 1000 kCal or more and have a relatively high fat contant ( <40% ) . |
| 22 | Housebuilding is a labour intensive activity and occupies a relatively large proportion of the total labour force of the building industry . |
| 23 | Hitachi produces a vast range of trade orientated equipment for the professional , but has a relatively , small line-up of d-i-y tools . |
| 24 | Here we report an exception : PSR1718–19 , in the globular cluster NGC6342 , is in a 6.2-hour eclipsing binary system , but has the relatively long period of 1s . |
| 25 | Where informality is the keynote , a curve-shaped pond is more in keeping but choose a relatively simple outline |
| 26 | They offer very scant opportunity for children to express themselves in creative and cultural activities , while retaining a relatively generous allocation for physical education ( a subject which in all my years as an inspector and teacher trainer I never saw convincingly taught outside college teaching practice ) . |
| 27 | They were less involved in thinly rationing existing services than is often necessary in social work and more able to concentrate help so as to provide a relatively complete service capable of achieving significant change for some people . |
| 28 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 29 | It was those who were admitted in the year before they died who were perceived as having a relatively poor quality of life in that year . |
| 30 | As well as illuminating a relatively unexplored area , the research should be useful to educationalists and others working with Hindu children . |