Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] lower [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The resultant prostaglandins may have a natriuretic or renal vasodilatory effect and thereby lower blood pressure ( Galli , 1980 ; Iacono et al , 1981 ) .
2 But when diminishing marginal returns set in in 1983-4 , further increases in duty deterred consumption leading to falling sales and eventually lower tax revenue for the Treasury .
3 He found that the Devon , although it was small , gave him good quantities of good beef and rather lower quantities of very creamy milk .
4 Possibly cheaper , by reducing number of managers needed and so lower cost of overheads .
5 Moving to a new area may not only result in lower rent and rates but also lead to reduced transport and travelling costs and perhaps lower labour costs .
6 The latter score in having up to 25% lower specific fuel consumption and much lower CO 2 output .
7 Share ownership is also unevenly spread with a heavy concentration in the South-east and much lower levels in the North .
8 There were some fears however that only a small number of member firms would survive , and the concentration of business amongst a few firms would lead to higher transactions costs and hence lower turnover and liquidity .
9 Their forward planning guesses on coal fortunately proved correct , and substantially lower coal costs developed in those areas in the 20–30-year lifetime of the stations .
10 For reasons of flexibility , technical merit , and overall lower cost , we recommend purchase of the following equipment from Audio-Visual Consultants :
11 Higher modes 4 , 5 … m follow involving a progressively decreasing degree of co-operation for each succeeding mode and correspondingly lower relaxation times τ p .
12 Within the environmental areas there may be disadvantages too , such as more circuitous journeys as a result of one-way systems or road closures , together with higher vehicle speeds and correspondingly lower safety levels .
13 Women who are employed by contractors have often faced worse conditions and even lower pay .
14 Tall claustrophobics wo n't like the hotel 's narrow passageways , uneven floors , low ceilings and even lower beams , but everyone should love them .
15 If it does , it will mean increased taxation and even lower profits leading to less and less investment in industry .
16 Specific occupational hazards , along with diet , poor housing and home environment , personal habits such as smoking , mental stress and relatively lower use of the health service result in a higher rate of illness and injury for manual compared with non-manual workers .
17 As more projects are initiated , they are likely to be less and less profitable , with lower expected yearly returns , and therefore lower MEIs .
18 There were once two villages here , but only Lower Charwelton survives .
19 Consequently a development described as arising from an increase in Ra may sometimes be illustrated by a picture taken at lower Ra but also lower Pr .
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