Example sentences of "at greater [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although attempts to inject a more strategic element into economic management were made in the aftermath of the fuel crisis of 1947 , in practice they went little further than attempts at greater co-ordination . |
| 2 | The effect of the expansion of Zechstein salt section would be to elevate the overlying Bunter Shale such that its depth of burial is less than that which would be expected from its velocity character acquired at greater depth . |
| 3 | M. D. Houslay and K. K. Stanley deal with a similar area ( including function ) at greater depth in Dynamics of Biological Membranes . |
| 4 | A more speculative explanation is that there is a low-density , low-viscosity , subsolidus fluid phase associated with nephelinite magma generation but at greater depth below the melt zone , analogous to that suggested for Hawaii into which , in the absence of phlogopite , K and Pb may preferentially partition relative to U and the light rare earth elements . |
| 5 | These portions of the mantle may now be melted preferentially in relatively undiluted form , away from the present ridge , by rising plumes or hot zones because they are enriched in low-temperature melting fractions incorporated at the time of U/Pb fractionation , and because of a lower geothermal gradient in areas of old thick lithosphere where the peridotite solidus is at greater depth . |
| 6 | However , over a period of time , and partly encouraged by urban planning policies , commuter villages have grown up at greater distances from the cities . |
| 7 | It dates from the latter half of the nineteenth century when improvements in local passenger transport allowed people to reside at greater distances from their workplaces . |
| 8 | At greater distances , because of the decline in strength of the dipole field , co-rotation is partially lost and the sheet rotates at a rate between that of co-rotation and the far lower rates required by gravity at these distances from Jupiter . |
| 9 | After 1577 , the central authorities mounted a growing attack on these recusants , forcing them to abandon apparent conformity at greater cost . |
| 10 | Will you give in now , or later and at greater cost ? ’ |
| 11 | At greater speeds they have a choice ; they can either swim at a greater depth ( away from the influence of surface drag ) or resort to their ‘ aquabatics ’ . |
| 12 | Some history students cope with it more easily and at greater speeds than others . |
| 13 | If you are one of those patients who are at greater risk from flu , you should try to avoid catching it . |
| 14 | If you are a person at greater risk from flu , consider having a flu vaccine this autumn . |
| 15 | The brightly-coloured males may be at greater risk than the dowdy females . |
| 16 | People who have a family history of heart disease are undoubtedly at greater risk . |
| 17 | If you are one of those patients who are at greater risk from flu , you should try to avoid catching it . |
| 18 | If you are a person at greater risk from flu , consider having a flu vaccine this autumn . |
| 19 | When the Commission 's proposals were incorporated into the Criminal Law Act 1977 , the Board took pains to convince the Home Office that the viewing of films in private could as easily become a social activity , with some persons at greater risk in a private flat than in a public cinema . |
| 20 | They tell us that they only do dope occasionally , a factor that potentially puts them at greater risk . |
| 21 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 22 | Wahler has tried to identify in which families these problems are more likely to occur and has suggested that ‘ insular ’ families are at greater risk for producing non-compliant and aggressive children . |
| 23 | For every Western aid worker , there are at least five Somali aid workers who , like Hawa the nurse , put themselves at greater risk , work longer hours for little or no money , and provide a body of local people who may be able to continue their work in health care or administration after the fighting is over . |
| 24 | Larger families , families with closely spaced children , families with young children , and single-parent families are at greater risk . |
| 25 | Patients requiring intensive care are at greater risk of nosocomial infection not only because their illness is severe but also because many therapeutic interventions actively promote colonisation or disable host defences . |
| 26 | We have already seen in section 5.3 that the employment situation of black people is not nearly as good as that of whites ; they are concentrated in declining and low-wage industries , work unsocial hours for low wages , have poor promotion prospects and are at greater risk of unemployment . |
| 27 | This change puts at greater risk those working-class boys and girls who fail to acquire any such paper qualifications . |
| 28 | Women consuming one unit of alcohol per day at the time of conception and during pregnancy have babies that are smaller and thus at greater risk of illness . |
| 29 | If tamoxifen exerts antioestrogenic effects on bone women receiving long term treatment may be at greater risk of osteoporotic fracture . |
| 30 | Women were at greater risk with incidence rates for probable Alzheimer 's disease of 28.2 ( 24.5 to 32.4 ) per 100 000 compared with 16.5 ( 13.8 to 19.8 ) per 100 000 for men . |