I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deep/low voice (=near the bottom of the range of sounds)
▪ She heard the deep voice of her father downstairs.
a high/low bid
▪ There were several high bids for the painting.
a high/low intake
▪ a high intake of carbohydrates
a high/low/slight fever
▪ The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever.
a low building
▪ That low building is a stable block.
a low cry (=not loud or high)
▪ I heard a long, low cry of despair.
a low gear (=first or second gear)
▪ You should use a low gear when going up a hill.
a low number
▪ the low numbers of women involved in sports coaching
a low point
▪ She helped me when I was at a low point in my life.
a low priority (=not very important)
▪ At that time, architecture was a low priority.
a low threshold
▪ I know that young children have very low boredom threshold.
a low/small dose
▪ Treatment should be started with a small dose.
a low/small income
▪ Rent takes a large chunk of their small income.
a low/soft whisper
▪ When he spoke, it was in a low whisper.
a record high/low
▪ The stock market reached a record high on August 21.
a small/low/limited budget
▪ It was a project with a low budget.
absurdly low/high
▪ Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists.
an all-time high/low
▪ The price of wheat had reached an all-time low.
an upper/lower limit (=the highest/lowest amount allowed)
▪ There is no upper limit on the amount you can borrow.
▪ Ensure the temperature in the aquarium does not fall below the lower limit.
at high/low etc magnification
▪ When viewed at high magnification it is clear that the crystals are quite different.
▪ greater levels of magnification
at low/slow speed
▪ Even at low speed, an accident could mean serious injury for a child.
be high/low in calories (=contain a lot of/few calories)
▪ Sweets and chocolates are very high in calories.
bow/bend/lower your head (=look down)
▪ He bowed his head and tried not not to look at her.
bowed low
▪ The servant bowed low and handed his master the sealed note.
cut/lower/reduce a price
▪ The company recently cut the price of its best-selling car.
cut/reduce/lower a rate
▪ The Halifax Building Society is to cut its mortgage rate by 0.7 percent.
drop/lower your eyes (=look down at the ground)
▪ The servants lowered their eyes as the countess walked past.
further/lower down a scale
▪ Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
have high/low status (also enjoy high/low status)
▪ Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
high/low altitudes
▪ At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.
high/low dosage
high/low etc incidence
▪ Smokers had the highest incidence of colds.
high/low frequency
▪ Dolphins produce a high frequency sound.
high/low in fat
▪ This cheese is relatively low in fat.
high/low intelligence
▪ John showed high intelligence from an early age.
(high/low) metabolic rate
▪ Fish normally have a high metabolic rate.
▪ Exercise can increase your metabolic rate.
high/low standard of living
▪ a nation with a high standard of living
high/low throughput
▪ a large store with a high throughput of goods
high/low turnout
▪ the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections
high/low voltage
high/low
▪ The figures are worryingly high.
high/low
▪ the high cost of fuel
high/low
▪ People should stop using expensive cars with a high petrol consumption.
high/low
▪ The cliffs here are the highest in Britain.
high/low/average ability
▪ a group of low ability pupils
▪ Many of these students are of above average ability.
▪ Children of high ability demand more absorbing tasks.
high/low/average earner
▪ Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.
high/low/middle rank
▪ Her father had been an army officer of fairly high rank.
highs and lows
▪ the emotional highs and lows of a new romance
high/top/low/middle-ranking
▪ a top-ranking tennis player
hit rock-bottom/an all-time low etc
▪ Oil prices have hit rock-bottom.
hoist/lower the sails (=put the sails up or down)
in the low/mid/high eighties
▪ The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties.
in the low/mid/high fifties
▪ sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties
in the low/mid/high forties
▪ The temperature was up in the high forties.
in the low/mid/high nineties
▪ Temperatures were still in the high nineties.
in the low/mid/high seventies
▪ sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies
in the low/mid/high sixties
▪ a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties
in the low/mid/high thirties
▪ a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties
in the low/mid/high twenties
▪ a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties
little/lower/high/greater etc likelihood
▪ There was very little likelihood of her getting the job.
Low Church
low comedy (=about very silly situations etc)
▪ He’s a popular actor who excels at low comedy.
low credibility (=little credibility)
▪ The organization has had low credibility among teachers.
low cunning (=unpleasant dishonest methods)
▪ She would use low cunning to win people’s sympathy.
low earnings
▪ a new government policy which is designed to help people on low earnings
low gear
low life
▪ a novel about low life in Chicago in the 1930s
low moan
▪ a low moan
low point
▪ The low point in my life was when I was hit by a drunk driver.
low profile
▪ He’s not the sort of politician to keep a low profile for long.
low regard
▪ This might explain the low regard in which the President is held.
low rumble
▪ the low rumble of traffic in the distance
low season
low status
▪ People who work as carers have low status in our society.
low tide
▪ The sands are exposed at low tide.
low tide
▪ You can walk across to the island at low tide.
low water mark
low water
low
▪ The rating he gave the restaurant was embarrassingly low.
low
▪ Wage rates in the industry are still too low, he says.
low
▪ The level of violent crime is lower than ten years ago.
low (=expecting that someone or something will not be very successful)
▪ Their expectations of success were pretty low.
low
▪ The risks of failure are quite low.
low (=with little electricity in it)
▪ He could see the battery was low on his laptop.
low
▪ The area has the lowest unemployment in Europe.
low
▪ The probability of being struck by lightning is pretty low.
low
▪ With such low prices, there are lots of eager buyers.
low
▪ Nurses often work long hours for relatively low pay.
low
▪ These boys receive low grades because they fail to turn in assignments.
low
▪ France had achieved low inflation and steady growth.
low (=not many people want something)
▪ Recently the demand for new cars has been relatively low.
low
▪ The hospital’s death rate is the lowest in the region.
low
▪ Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
low
▪ It sounds an interesting job, but the salary is too low.
low
▪ Republican voters say they want lower taxes and sensible spending cuts.
low
▪ There are high numbers of people on low wages.
low
▪ The low value of the dollar will benefit tourists.
low
▪ Temperatures were so low most plants could not survive.
lower a threshold
▪ the demand to lower the retirement threshold to 60
lower case
▪ lower case letters
lower class
lower down the line
▪ There should be more direct discussion between managers and workers lower down the line.
Lower House
lower orders
lower sb's expectations (=make someone expect less success, money etc)
▪ If you can't afford your dream home, you may have to lower your expectations.
lower school
lower standards
▪ He refused to lower his standards.
lower the temperature
▪ Paracetomol lowers your body temperature.
lower your voice (=speak more quietly)
▪ He lowered his voice to a whisper.
lower/cut/reduce taxes
▪ There’s no point promising to cut taxes if you can’t afford it.
lower/damage morale
▪ We need to avoid damaging people's morale.
lower/drop your gaze (=look down)
▪ Her eyes met his and she immediately dropped her gaze.
lower/inferior status
▪ In parts of the world, women still have inferior status.
lower/raise the age (=at which something can be done)
▪ The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.
lower/upper etc deck
▪ I managed to find a seat on the upper deck.
▪ Eddie returned to the flight deck the part of an aircraft where the pilot sits.
lower/upper jaw
▪ an animal with two rows of teeth in its lower jaw
lowest common denominator
▪ Television quiz shows often seem to target the lowest common denominator.
low/flagging (=used when saying that someone is sad)
▪ She was tired and her spirits were low.
low/high cloud
▪ The weather was overcast, with heavy low clouds.
low/plunging neckline (=leaving part of the chest uncovered)
▪ Her evening gown had a plunging neckline.
low/poor self-esteem (=not much self-esteem)
low/poor
▪ The pay levels have resulted in low morale within the company.
low/poor
▪ The report says the standard of children’s diet in Britain is poor.
low/quiet/hushed tones
▪ They sat at the far end of the carriage, talking in hushed tones.
low/shrill/high-pitched etc whistle
▪ Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box.
mark a high/low/turning etc point (=be or happen at a particular time in the development of something)
▪ The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
of high/low standing
▪ a lawyer of high standing
pay a good/low etc price
▪ I paid a very reasonable price for my guitar.
pitch sth high/low etc
▪ Her voice is pitched a little too high.
plunged to a new low
▪ Oil prices have plunged to a new low.
poor/low
▪ The magazine is printed on low quality paper.
push sth higher/lower
▪ New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher.
quiet/low/soft (=not loud)
▪ When he spoke, his voice was soft and gentle.
raise/lower the ceiling (on sth)
rank high/low
▪ He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.
reduce/lower barriers
▪ We should be reducing barriers to imports from poor countries.
reduce/lower/bring down the cost
▪ If you go later in the year, it will bring down the cost of your holiday.
sb’s charges are high/low (=you have to pay a lot/a little)
▪ His charges are too high.
search high and low (=search everywhere)
▪ We searched high and low for him, but couldn’t find him.
slightly higher/lower/better/larger etc
▪ January’s sales were slightly better than average.
small/low
▪ Only a small percentage of people suffer from the allergy.
small/low
▪ Some companies will sell the items for you, for a small fee.
sth is running low on fuel (=it does not have much fuel left)
▪ The plane was running low on fuel.
talk in a low voice/a whisper etc
▪ They were talking in low voices, and I couldn’t catch what they were saying.
the bottom/lower edge
▪ The lower edge of the window frame was starting to rot.
the high/low frequency (of sth)
▪ the higher frequency of diabetes in older people
the lower/upper slopes of sth
▪ It was misty and only the lower slopes of Vesuvius could be seen.
the sun is high/low in the sky
▪ They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
the upper/lower body
▪ Slowly raise your upper body into a sitting position.
the upper/lower etc reaches of a river (=the upper, lower etc parts)
▪ We sailed down the lower reaches of the river.
the upper/lower half
▪ The upper half of the door contained a stained glass window.
the upper/middle/lower register
▪ the upper register of the cello
the working/lower class
▪ At this time most of the working class was very poor.
upper/higher/lower echelons
▪ the upper echelons of government
▪ Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society.
upper/lower/top/bottom lip
▪ His bottom lip was swollen.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
relatively
▪ Mate fidelity between breeding seasons is relatively low, so a high proportion of the population re-pair each year.
▪ The only explanation for this relatively low price is that West must have signed a large number of photographs in her day.
▪ Chronic sulphasalazine treatment does not seem to be nephrotoxic but the systemic absorption of 5-ASA from sulphasalazine is relatively low.
▪ A pro-growth atmosphere, relatively low cost of living and sunny climate draw businesses in droves.
▪ It is softer and milder than Double Gloucester and, although it tastes creamy, is relatively low in fat.
▪ Evidence for this is provided by the relatively low rates of geographical mobility in Britain as compared with other countries.
▪ It is obvious that the relatively low price of high grade primary aggregates discourages efficient use of available resources and increases wastage.
▪ Most of the stimuli presented actually showed very normal driving situations and these would thus be rated as relatively low on risk.
slightly
▪ The opportunity to purchase works at slightly lower prices had encouraged museums back into the market.
▪ London shares recovered from deep early losses to end slightly lower.
▪ The slightly lower figure may relate to the more discursive nature of the subject.
▪ The Kutchi Rabaris, for example, being a slightly lower sub caste of his own caste, aroused his disapproval.
▪ Charges for shared rooms are generally slightly lower.
▪ Fees are slightly lower November through April.
▪ The ratio was slightly lower than that achieved by the industry before nationalisation, but it was not markedly out of line with other countries.
▪ The interim dividend is 2.5p, against 1.75p and earnings were 0.5p higher at 8.2p after a slightly lower tax burden.
■ NOUN
class
▪ His wife died from being too lower class.
▪ In college he loved a young girl of a lower class and ruined her; she died a suicide.
▪ Police powers were permissive in dealing with the lower classes.
▪ One evening at supper he told a story illustrating his refusal to tolerate the insolence of the lower classes.
▪ Some historians now view it as an attempt by the state to exercise more effective though subtle control over the lower classes.
▪ There is substantial political energy inherent in the lower classes, and they are the active agents of major political change.
▪ Well, maybe, they could be, for once, treated just like their lower class brothers the football fans.
▪ What does a Yank know about the lower classes and peasants?
concentration
▪ The same spectrum of peptides was also found in extracts of normal colon mucosa but in still lower concentrations.
▪ In general, lunar rocks differ from terrestrial rocks in that the Moon contains much lower concentrations of easily vaporized elements.
▪ Instead they see low concentrations of magnesium as a natural phenomenon exacerbated by air pollution.
▪ In the rat cerebral cortex in the absence of calmodulin, calcium has a negligible effect at low concentrations.
▪ But they are present in the Earth's crust in low concentrations.
▪ An upward shift would be produced by changing to a new standard at a lower concentration than that required for the test.
▪ Rinse additives tend to be very expensive but are used in very low concentrations and are invariably mechanically dosed.
▪ It is First Alert that has targeted low concentrations and caused most of the nuisance alarms, he said.
cost
▪ This illustrates the importance of providing investors with products that meet their requirements at low costs.
▪ A new soy-beef product was introduced to the consumer in March, 1973, as a lower cost alternative to ground beef.
▪ The gap between low cost and high value makes petroleum a highly political resource.
▪ Each member is encouraged to speculate on alternative methods of performing the functions at lower cost.
▪ Pressure is on for builders everywhere to build at low cost and to be energy-efficient.
▪ These low cost systems have decided cost advantages for your customers, too.
▪ For investors, this means lower costs.
dose
▪ In those with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia during electrocardiographic monitoring treatment with low dose amiodarone has been shown to be effective.
▪ In low doses, ephedrine speeds up the body, causing restlessness, insomnia, and nervousness.
▪ Dissociation of initiation from propagation probably accounts for abortive spikes such as those observed in HeLa cells responding to low doses of histamine.
▪ Another favorable characteristic is that there is a rapid build-up of serum levels, even when starting at low doses.
▪ Choosing a low dose and avoiding volume depletion will minimise this potential risk.
▪ As intriguing as these results are, much remains unclear about the impact of low doses of alcohol on the immune sys-tem.
▪ Generally, lower doses are used than in organ transplantation.
▪ Certain individuals get sleepy on low doses of alcohol and revved up on high doses-exactly the reverse of what most people experience.
ebb
▪ Jackie tries to explain she was at her lowest ebb when she sought comfort from Shelley.
▪ Interest in religion seemed to be at a low ebb.
▪ We had a few concluding words about the literary scene in London, which he thought to have reached a pretty low ebb.
▪ The insurance business cycle is also at a low ebb.
▪ At his lowest ebb, Macari was threatened with imprisonment and his wife rang friends to secure bail money of £50,000.
▪ Her spirits were at their lowest ebb.
▪ Basic research on petrochemicals was at a low ebb around 1980.
end
▪ On the lower end of the job market, the most popular employer, certainly for girls, was Lyons.
▪ Delco is pursuing the low end of the market with its $ 900 Telepath 100 system.
▪ The street was one of those which led into the souk and its lower end was completely blocked by stalls.
▪ Higher-income families save the most money, and millions of families on the low end would pay no tax at all.
▪ The material taken out of the higher point of the site was deemed unsuitable for use at the lower end.
▪ The low end of Bio2 was a desert, as big as a gymnasium.
▪ A second, more troublesome fraction exists at the lowest end of the working class.
frequency
▪ A problem arises with the design of such filters for passing or stopping low frequencies.
▪ Our ears, for example, can distinguish higher pitches from lower frequencies.
▪ Band filters that can be tuned down to low frequencies are useful in a host of applications including electronic oscillators.
▪ How can we reconcile the low frequency of expressions of emotional involvement in election campaigns with the high frequency of antagonistic partisanship?
▪ White noise is not a good simulator of music, which contains more energy at low frequencies than at high ones.
▪ The midrange and lower frequencies are reproduced by wire coiled into S-shaped configurations.
▪ The electrodes were made from platinum-blacked platinum gauze to minimize electrode polarization at low frequencies.
▪ Like Pro Logic, it has three discrete front channels and a separate channel for low frequencies from the subwoofer.
grade
▪ Only two patients with low grade or mixed grade disease died, but in neither case was the cause related to lymphoma.
▪ Can students sue teachers for giving them low grades?
▪ Colds and fevers are of a low grade, not violent.
▪ The better quality carcasses are fatter, more juicy, and more flavourful than carcasses of the lower grades.
▪ All cases were regarded according to a classification of Isaacson etal into high grade and low grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue.
▪ But after getting low grades on my quizzes and papers-and a C in the class-I had a hard time.
▪ He distinguishes between higher grade managers, administrators and professionals, and those in lower grades but similar jobs.
▪ Anna said they are the ones who score low grades and throw spitballs in class.
heat
▪ Cook over low heat until mixture becomes hot and juices begin to come out of tomatoes.
▪ Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until tender but not brown.
▪ Mix well and continue to cook over a low heat for a further 20 minutes or until the meat is tender.
▪ Add chili powder, cumin, and cayenne and black peppers, and stir over low heat for 3 minutes.
▪ Allow the mixture to cook for about 5 minutes over a low heat, then add the salt, sugar and stock.
▪ Add oxtails, lower heat and cook gently 1 hour, covered.
▪ Cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer on a low heat for one hour.
▪ Simmer over low heat 5 minutes, stirring often.
income
▪ Rather it reflects the creation of an even poorer group, the long-term unemployed, who have very low incomes.
▪ Bridgeport families, with their low incomes, could not make plans for college educations for their children.
▪ The danger is that the younger people with below median incomes actually have lower incomes than older people with below median incomes.
▪ Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
▪ In some cases, a low income is not keeping pace with the rising cost of food.
▪ Others, such as pensioners, are on fixed or low incomes.
▪ This suggests a high degree of polarity between low income renters and high income owner-occupiers.
▪ If not, you may still be able to get some help with the costs if you have a low income.
inflation
▪ But the fundamentals of low inflation and low growth failed to assuage the bond market yesterday.
▪ The lower inflation and freer market, it is claimed, has generated an economic recovery.
▪ Locking in these continuing increases would only be practical if we could guarantee continued low inflation and economic growth.
▪ This aided the operation of the fixed exchange rate system and helped to maintain a low inflation rate in the international economy.
▪ The Prime Minister A commitment to pensions means nothing if it is not matched by a commitment to low inflation.
▪ Countries with lower inflation rates resisted revaluation as this would reduce export profitability.
▪ By contrast, contractionary policies would reap the benefits of lower inflation, but at the cost of higher unemployment.
interest
▪ Choosing between low inflation and lower interest rates will go on being tough.
▪ Investors like lower interest rates because they make stocks more attractive to hold than other investments.
▪ But along with the reduced risk comes lower interest rates.
▪ Their saving schemes, if safe, are boring and investors get alarmed by the low interest rates.
▪ Although put bonds allow a company to pay investors lower interest rates, they can become a problem when they come due.
▪ The lower language level does not mean a low interest level Headway Pre-Intermediate is full of stimulating and accessible texts.
▪ Sales soared on low interest rates and declining import tariffs.
level
▪ These low levels of activity were in keeping with the enormous silences of the cathedral structure.
▪ If it was going to be low level, then Leese was going to make it low level.
▪ Perquisites are probably at a relatively low level, with the exception of the pension.
▪ Consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row in January, hitting its lowest level in four years.
▪ For example, at the lowest level a phoneme lattice was produced for processing by the lexical access component.
▪ It is their lowest level since Oct. 9.
▪ It is the Somerset juveniles that show an unusually low level.
▪ Once clients have met intermediate goals, then they can shoot for lower levels of drinking.
limit
▪ Both have pushed up against a lower limit which is, I believe, economic in character.
▪ The lower limits of normal for serum uric acid are arbitrarily defined and may vary from one lab to another.
▪ Should there be a lower limit for undersize fish?
▪ In large transactions vendors may also negotiate a lower limit for individual items.
▪ Upper and lower limits may be applied to prevent a runaway condition in the event of really bad estimating.
▪ The lower limits of sensitivity for glucagon and atrial natriuretic peptide assay were 3.7 pmol/l and 1.1 pmol/l, respectively.
▪ The present experimental lower limit on the lifetime is about 10 30 years, and it should be possible to improve this.
▪ This absence of evidence translates into a lower limit for the proton lifetime of 6.5 x 10 31 years.
pay
▪ Those on low pay or receiving income support are exempt from all the charges.
▪ Do the workers themselves absorb the costs in lower pay?
▪ Under the new scheme, cabin-crew recruits will start on lower pay than existing staff.
▪ If not, why will not he accept the provisions of the social charter which would attack the problem of low pay?
▪ As already mentioned the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.
▪ The rioting began on Sept. 23 when soldiers occupied Kinshasa airport in protest at low pay.
▪ So both lack of employment and low pay for those who are employed have contributed to the higher poverty rates.
▪ It is this sector that has suffered most from the low pay strategies of the Conservatives and from unemployment.
point
▪ Gray had stated that the painter's view of a landscape had always to be from a low point.
▪ She recalls few low points in the four years since going public and has never regretted that decision.
▪ Recent polls show that support for sovereignty is at its lowest point in a generation.
▪ From that low point, Mitterrand started his long climb to power.
▪ In large organizations, the number of roadblocks and low points can seem infinite, particularly when something new is being tried.
▪ They followed fresh tracks to a low point on the creek bank and crossed the creek on a series of large boulders.
▪ Since the low point in the mid-1970s, the Chiefs' influence has begun to wax once more.
▪ The survey had been taken at a particularly low point for the plant.
price
▪ The opportunity to purchase works at slightly lower prices had encouraged museums back into the market.
▪ The discount supermarket advertises low prices every day; there is less emphasis on specials.
▪ There is now no more choice, competition or lower prices.
▪ Shares of Apple fell 94 cents to $ 15. 375 on Nasdaq, its lowest price since 1985.
▪ Private firms must be formidably efficient to overcome these handicaps and offer facilities at the same or lower prices.
▪ Competition for the lowest price and consolidation in the health-care industry are making things worse.
▪ Selling direct, by mail order and on the telephone, is cost effective, which means low prices for recession-strapped customers.
▪ At the same time, competition increased from rivals charging lower prices, forcing Motorola to cut its own prices.
priority
▪ But these facts are not indicative of a significantly lower priority, nor necessarily of a substantially more modest achievement.
▪ Counselors described career planning as a low priority and admitted that they had minimal training in labor-market analyses or career guidance.
▪ Music is generally accorded a low priority and is underfunded, and standards of performance are unsatisfactory in many places.
▪ Because black mom-and-pop stores ordered and sold relatively little inventory at a given time, they were low priority.
▪ This would be true nomatterwhat lower priority objectives were involved.
▪ Some things need to be dealt with first and others are of lower priority and can wait.
▪ They were perhaps justified in their anger at the relatively low priority accorded to older people.
▪ It must be a proper justification which shows that your time is not likely to be wasted on a low priority.
profile
▪ We would have to keep a low profile.
▪ I tried to keep a low profile, but people gave me all sorts of unsolicited comments.
▪ The latter assumes a low profile and concentrates on the pastoral approach.
▪ After one recent ad campaign the chairman of Mexfam stepped down, insisting that Mexfam adopt a lower profile.
▪ One solution would be to shut up and keep a low profile.
▪ His nickname, which he despises, illustrates his low profile.
▪ However, equally I believe that it should be spearheaded by teachers and others should keep a low profile.
▪ Then while on their travels, they maintain lower profiles.
rate
▪ Probably because of the very much greater stick forces and lower rates of pitch occurring in most light aircraft.
▪ And, if the lower rates succeed in improving the economy, corporate profits will rise.
▪ In order to lock into today's low rates potential borrowers will have to agree to marginally higher rates than are really current.
▪ The lower rates may be a better deal for most employers, but health coverage could be cut back too.
▪ In contrast, petty theft has a very low rate of reporting to the police, and a low detection rate.
▪ Today the annual addition is nearly twice that number and still increasing, despite lower rates of population growth.
▪ We attribute our low rate of false positivity to the use of age matched controls.
▪ Police crime figures always show much lower rates, because forces do not record every incident reported to them.
risk
▪ The ability to run these huge positions, which were quite low risk, depended on cheap debt.
▪ Three levels of damage are: Stage 1: Surface damage with low risk of serious repercussions.
▪ Married women whose husbands provided the support expected of them, however, had a low risk of depression following life events.
▪ Building society business is low risk because all the lending is secured and mortgage holders pay on time.
▪ Co-trimoxazole was associated with lower risks of severe events in all strata.
▪ This will reduce the statistical power of detecting adverse effects that could be quantitatively important when used in low risk situations.
▪ But remember it is lower risk - not no risk.
▪ Britain - after the traumas of the 1960s - looked for a modest space policy, low profile and low risk.
speed
▪ This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires.
▪ On low speed, gently blend in flour, cup at a time.
▪ But of course the foam system had better switch itself off automatically at low speeds.
▪ In an electric mixer, at low speed, soften the cream cheese.
▪ For motors with a large number of phases the torque reduction at low speeds is less pronounced.
▪ At really low speeds, the speed-sensitive steering is oversensitive and handling becomes an unfeeling waffle.
▪ Practising aerobatics and spinning will help to overcome any misgivings you may have about flying in steep turns at low speeds.
▪ Beat on low speed with electric mixer for 30 seconds.
standard
▪ This fact may to some extent explain the low standards of care and privacy sometimes experienced.
▪ Conversely, they were punished with a lower standard of living and consequent lower status if they chose to have large ones.
▪ But heads and teachers complain just as much about low standards among employers.
▪ Q: Do crews of bargain airlines have lower standards?
▪ This dual negative combination may indicate a lower standard of research conducted in these departments. 7.9 Productivity.
▪ They often receive a far lower standard of care than patients in this country.
▪ This means that society is increasingly experiencing a lower standard of living than would be possible without rising levels of unemployment.
▪ A lower classification does not imply lower standards.
status
▪ A small part of law work, and that of a very low status, is concerned with the working class.
▪ Conversely, they were punished with a lower standard of living and consequent lower status if they chose to have large ones.
▪ We shall consider two possible causal factors: being female and being in a low status job.
▪ There is an arrow showing that those in low status jobs are more likely to go absent.
▪ Successful human students have high serotonin levels; people of low status tend to have low serotonin levels.
▪ These quite explicitly linked vocational education with the low status black people were expected to occupy in the social hierarchy.
▪ The consequence of all this is bound to be the persisting low status of this work.
▪ It is also quite conceivable that they could be caused inpart by stressful, low status jobs.
tax
▪ In addition they called for lower taxes, free health care, cheaper housing loans and increased spending on state-owned industries.
▪ Presidents have been promising lower taxes since Washington crossed the Delaware by hand in a row boat.
▪ Income tax thresholds were raised from G$10,000 to G$48,000 with lower tax rates planned to offset the withdrawal of personal allowances.
▪ Republican voters say they want low taxes and prudent spending cuts.
▪ But lower taxes and a prudent approach to borrowing do not mean public spending fall; quite the reverse.
▪ To many voters, that means lower taxes.
▪ And once tax evasion becomes a habit it will continue even after lower tax rates are introduced.
▪ People want just taxes, more than they want lower taxes.
temperature
▪ This means that large fibrous structures form near T m, whereas greater numbers of small spherulites grow at lower temperatures.
▪ The heat can penetrate combustible materials, alter their composition and make them ignite at lower temperatures.
▪ C, as they seem more susceptible to the disease when kept at lower temperatures.
▪ Bake in 450-degree oven for 15 minutes, then lower temperature to 325 degrees and bake 25 minutes more.
▪ It does well at the lower temperature, and will take some time to adapt to the temperatures above 70°F.
▪ It resists high and low temperatures.
▪ Some formulations, incorporating a solvent normally glycol ether, have a useful low temperature activity.
▪ Calcium chloride, another useful salt, will melt ice at even lower temperatures.
tide
▪ At Lyness, the Thorsvoe noses in on the low tide.
▪ It hit us at lower tide.
▪ The two sides reached a stand-off at low tide on Tuesday but tempers flared and punches were thrown.
▪ The stench of low tide hung over the entire area, from the river all the way over to the Five Points.
▪ She imagined the castle, at low tide, grey, black, then silver in the changing light.
▪ It was always low tide in the Five Points.
▪ Occasionally, the clouds, cleared and I was able to film mink scavenging along the rocky shoreline at low tide.
▪ And winter months offer spectacular low tides.
value
▪ The result - heavy industry and low value added production kept going long past its time, ineffectually, by subsidy.
▪ The low value attached to girl children is suggested by Rahima, a laundress who lives in Dhaka.
▪ The extremes of a statistical distribution represent unpredictably rare individual events, which have very low values of statistical probability.
▪ His bill will be just £273 - £100 less than the bill for the lowest value property in Langbaurgh.
▪ Most flyers prefer to retain some gyro effect but this will normally be a lower value than in the purely hovering mode.
▪ The method of attribution by provenance works best with coinages of a small scale or a low value, such as bronze coinage.
▪ Both sets of data have been normalised such that the lowest value is equal to 1.
▪ That's what they call the high and low value of the stock in a stock swap such as this.
voice
▪ Eddie and Sandie are talking to each other in low voices.
▪ The Brownies waited obediently, talking excitedly in low voices of what had happened.
▪ Bud Simmons got up, scattering recipes to the floor, and spoke in a low voice to Harry Nelson.
▪ Two of them shook their heads and consulted with each other in low voices.
▪ Then he said something in a very low voice, while gesturing at the bruiser with the wallet.
▪ A number of people were walking quietly to and fro, studying the architecture, referring to guide-books and conversing in low voices.
▪ They were allowed to speak to each other in low voices but never to interrupt an adult.
water
▪ It was near low water now, and I had to get the dinghy afloat.
▪ No low water no back water no anchor ice.
▪ At times of particularly low water supplies, a steam engine was used to power the mill via a drive belt.
▪ They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
▪ What ever the bone type, however, Dodson found that very low water velocities were sufficient to move small mammal bones.
▪ Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
▪ Waterwheels could not function at low water, so adjustable wheels were made.
▪ Tidal schemes have the advantage of regularity, an integrated electricity system could organise itself according to high and low water.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be at a low ebb
▪ I was at my lowest ebb after the kidney surgery.
▪ Basic research on petrochemicals was at a low ebb around 1980.
▪ He came in when the lads were at a low ebb somewhere on the ocean bed.
▪ Idei is overhauling a corporate structure Sony introduced in mid-1994 when its fortunes were at a low ebb.
▪ Interest in religion seemed to be at a low ebb.
▪ Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you've just been told to p ... off by an embittered pedestrian.
be high/low on a list (of sth)
have a high/low/good/bad etc opinion of sb/sth
▪ All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
▪ He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
▪ She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
high-backed/straight-backed/low-backed etc
high/low mark
▪ Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
▪ Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
▪ Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
▪ She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
▪ The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
▪ The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
▪ This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
high/low water
▪ But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
▪ My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
▪ The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
▪ They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
▪ They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
▪ They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
▪ Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
▪ Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
high/low watermark
▪ Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
keep a low profile
▪ Many of the exiles have married, taken jobs, and generally kept a low profile.
▪ She's keeping a low profile until the scandal is forgotten.
▪ Western visitors to the region are asked to keep a low profile.
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
keep a low profile
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
lay sb low
▪ The infection laid her low for a month.
lie low
▪ Brown seems to be lying low until the controversy passes.
▪ If you don't want to go back to jail, you'd better lie low for a while.
▪ Weaver had been lying low at his sister's apartment for the past week.
▪ Anne thought Nina had found a hiding place and was lying low.
▪ But he knew something about lying low.
▪ But Phil will never miss his football, not even if he has to lie low for a couple of months.
▪ Find a place to lie low.
▪ For the students it becomes a period of morbid hibernation, lying low and waiting out the years.
▪ Mr Mitterrand, meanwhile, is lying low.
▪ Then we lay low for a while.
look/search high and low
▪ We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.
▪ He had searched high and low for these.
▪ Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.
▪ You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
low blow
▪ He respected Ray and his willingness to fight for his ideals, but this was a low blow.
▪ Trinidad was warned for low blows twice by referee Mitch Halpern.
low man on the totem pole
lower the tone (of sth)
▪ Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it.
lower your eyes/head
▪ A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head.
▪ Gao Yang lowered his head, sending drops of cooled sweat sliding Jown the tree to the ground.
▪ He lowered his head on to the table; the marble felt fresh in contact with his flushed skin.
▪ It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
▪ Kathleen Lavender lowered her head, in tears of distress.
▪ The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
▪ When Ray finished, he passed the microphone and lowered his head.
▪ When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
lower yourself
▪ Corrigan took them and lowered himself.
▪ He slid into schooling like an athlete lowering himself into a whirlpool, feeling the heat deep in his tissue.
▪ Hindered by scolding women and jeering men, the soldiers lowered themselves into the cramped crawl spaces.
▪ I lower myself into the chair, keeping as far away as possible.
▪ I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water.
▪ Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom.
▪ She lowered herself to the beam, one leg down, the other forward.
▪ The hood framed her expressive face, emphasising the grimace of determination before she lowered herself into the starting blocks.
raise/lower the tone (of sth)
▪ Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it.
sb's stock is high/low
▪ Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
sink so low
▪ How could he have sunk so low?
▪ Because she had never sunk so low, and never would.
▪ Don't let yourself sink so low again - come and talk to me or to the doctor.
▪ Few bands sink so low, few soar this high.
▪ Probably because even she had not expected him to sink so low.
▪ She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!
the higher/lower reaches of sth
▪ A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
▪ A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
▪ But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
▪ Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
▪ It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
▪ Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
▪ She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
▪ There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lowest common denominator
▪ They produce trashy TV programs that appeal to the lowest common denominator.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ 'Take care,' he said in a low voice.
▪ low-cost housing
▪ Low interest rates mean good news for home owners.
▪ a low-risk investment
▪ a low-salt diet
▪ a low building
▪ a low fence
▪ A low humming noise was coming from the refrigerator.
▪ a low income
▪ Farm workers are complaining about long hours and low wages.
▪ For our anniversary, let's go to a restaurant with low lights and soft music.
▪ Gripping his stomach, he let out a low moan.
▪ He's been on a low-cholesterol diet since his heart attack.
▪ He's got quite a low singing voice.
▪ I'm going to trim some of the low branches.
▪ I've been feeling pretty low since he left.
▪ I can't sing the low notes.
▪ In the middle of the room was a low table.
▪ It's a good time to buy a computer, because prices are low.
▪ It was a while before Samuel's eyes got used to the low lighting of the intensive care unit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Around 30 bikes were crashed, most at low speed.
▪ Could resources be combined efficiently or different resources be used so that the same activities could be produced at lower costs?
▪ Details of decorative paintwork were visible on his left side although only the lower portion of the work could be seen clearly.
▪ Families struggling on low incomes can get help from the scheme provided at least one adult is working at least 24 hours a week.
▪ It rejected, in somewhat scathing terms, the owners' proposals for a combination of longer hours and lower wages.
▪ The Schaumburg, Illinois, company blamed the earnings decline on lower prices and slower sales.
▪ This kept my lower body warm, but I had to cover the rest of myself with a comforter.
▪ Thus the movement is striking at the early stages: nursery school, kindergarten, and the lower grades.
II.adverbEXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She sang low and sweetly.
▪ The plane flew low over the fields.
▪ The sun sank low on the horizon.
▪ Turn lights down low.
▪ We had to bend down low to get through the opening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If I were laid low tomorrow you wouldn't have to worry.
▪ Key questions the new trials aim to answer are: Should low yielding areas get more?
III.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
historic
▪ This year's figure of 81,000 tonnes was already a historic low.
▪ Because demand is so high, the number of listings is at a historic low, too.
▪ The number of redundancies recorded last year reached a historic low of 250,000.
▪ The official discount rate is at a historic low of 0. 50 percent.
new
▪ Mr Hague has dragged political debate down to a new low.
▪ Until the sudden reversal, the Nasdaq had been falling steadily and more than 200 stocks had hit new lows.
▪ Confrderate hopes hit a new low.
postwar
▪ The dollar has risen 30 percent since its plunge to a postwar low of 79. 75 yen last April.
▪ New housing starts dropped to postwar lows.
record
▪ The president's popularity ratings are at a record low.
■ NOUN
time
▪ The pound set an all-#time low of 2. 1677 marks on Nov. 17.
■ VERB
fall
▪ The shares fell to a low of Euros 1.69 but steadied to close 5.1 per cent down at Euros 1.84.
▪ Crime in Chicago has fallen to a nine-year low, with a 4.9 % drop last year compared with 1999.
▪ Confidence in government has fallen to record lows.
▪ Last year, it fell to a low of 1893. 63 and climbed to a high of 2320. 22.
hit
▪ Prices hit 20-year lows at the start of this month and producers are reluctant to sell at these levels.
▪ Until the sudden reversal, the Nasdaq had been falling steadily and more than 200 stocks had hit new lows.
▪ Already the euro has regained 8 % against the dollar since it hit a low in October.
▪ It hit its all-time low of 5.5 million tons in 1932.
▪ Confrderate hopes hit a new low.
reach
▪ The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence also fell, for the third month running, reaching a two-year low.
▪ On the London Metal Exchange, inventories climbed slightly after reaching a low of 525, 625 metric tons in mid-October.
▪ The number of redundancies recorded last year reached a historic low of 250,000.
▪ Crime also reached a national low.
▪ The following year the group plunged into losses and its shares reached a low of 4.5p.
sink
▪ The dollar had sunk to intraday lows of 1. 4362 marks and 104. 42 yen.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be at a low ebb
▪ I was at my lowest ebb after the kidney surgery.
▪ Basic research on petrochemicals was at a low ebb around 1980.
▪ He came in when the lads were at a low ebb somewhere on the ocean bed.
▪ Idei is overhauling a corporate structure Sony introduced in mid-1994 when its fortunes were at a low ebb.
▪ Interest in religion seemed to be at a low ebb.
▪ Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you've just been told to p ... off by an embittered pedestrian.
be high/low on a list (of sth)
have a high/low/good/bad etc opinion of sb/sth
▪ All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
▪ He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
▪ She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
high/low mark
▪ Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
▪ Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
▪ Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
▪ She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
▪ The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
▪ The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
▪ This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
high/low water
▪ But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
▪ My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
▪ The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
▪ They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
▪ They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
▪ They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
▪ Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
▪ Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
high/low watermark
▪ Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
keep a low profile
▪ Many of the exiles have married, taken jobs, and generally kept a low profile.
▪ She's keeping a low profile until the scandal is forgotten.
▪ Western visitors to the region are asked to keep a low profile.
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
keep a low profile
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
lay sb low
▪ The infection laid her low for a month.
lie low
▪ Brown seems to be lying low until the controversy passes.
▪ If you don't want to go back to jail, you'd better lie low for a while.
▪ Weaver had been lying low at his sister's apartment for the past week.
▪ Anne thought Nina had found a hiding place and was lying low.
▪ But he knew something about lying low.
▪ But Phil will never miss his football, not even if he has to lie low for a couple of months.
▪ Find a place to lie low.
▪ For the students it becomes a period of morbid hibernation, lying low and waiting out the years.
▪ Mr Mitterrand, meanwhile, is lying low.
▪ Then we lay low for a while.
look/search high and low
▪ We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.
▪ He had searched high and low for these.
▪ Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.
▪ You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
low blow
▪ He respected Ray and his willingness to fight for his ideals, but this was a low blow.
▪ Trinidad was warned for low blows twice by referee Mitch Halpern.
low man on the totem pole
lower the tone (of sth)
▪ Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it.
lower your eyes/head
▪ A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head.
▪ Gao Yang lowered his head, sending drops of cooled sweat sliding Jown the tree to the ground.
▪ He lowered his head on to the table; the marble felt fresh in contact with his flushed skin.
▪ It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
▪ Kathleen Lavender lowered her head, in tears of distress.
▪ The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
▪ When Ray finished, he passed the microphone and lowered his head.
▪ When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
lower yourself
▪ Corrigan took them and lowered himself.
▪ He slid into schooling like an athlete lowering himself into a whirlpool, feeling the heat deep in his tissue.
▪ Hindered by scolding women and jeering men, the soldiers lowered themselves into the cramped crawl spaces.
▪ I lower myself into the chair, keeping as far away as possible.
▪ I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water.
▪ Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom.
▪ She lowered herself to the beam, one leg down, the other forward.
▪ The hood framed her expressive face, emphasising the grimace of determination before she lowered herself into the starting blocks.
sb's stock is high/low
▪ Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
sink so low
▪ How could he have sunk so low?
▪ Because she had never sunk so low, and never would.
▪ Don't let yourself sink so low again - come and talk to me or to the doctor.
▪ Few bands sink so low, few soar this high.
▪ Probably because even she had not expected him to sink so low.
▪ She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!
the higher/lower reaches of sth
▪ A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
▪ A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
▪ But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
▪ Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
▪ It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
▪ Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
▪ She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
▪ There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lowest common denominator
▪ They produce trashy TV programs that appeal to the lowest common denominator.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A low is making its way over the Mid-Atlantic states.
▪ The overnight low will be 25° F.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Confrderate hopes hit a new low.
▪ His celebrity status gave him access to the Hollywood highs - and lows.
▪ Its record low was 78. 19, set Sept. 2, 1992.
▪ Julia Knights reports on the highs and lows of harvest 2000.
▪ The market is also highly sensitive because trading volumes are running close to 10-year lows.
▪ The official discount rate is at a historic low of 0. 50 percent.
▪ The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides.
IV.verbPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be at a low ebb
▪ I was at my lowest ebb after the kidney surgery.
▪ Basic research on petrochemicals was at a low ebb around 1980.
▪ He came in when the lads were at a low ebb somewhere on the ocean bed.
▪ Idei is overhauling a corporate structure Sony introduced in mid-1994 when its fortunes were at a low ebb.
▪ Interest in religion seemed to be at a low ebb.
▪ Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you've just been told to p ... off by an embittered pedestrian.
be high/low on a list (of sth)
have a high/low/good/bad etc opinion of sb/sth
▪ All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
▪ He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
▪ She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
high-backed/straight-backed/low-backed etc
high/low mark
▪ Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
▪ Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
▪ Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
▪ She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
▪ The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
▪ The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
▪ This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
high/low water
▪ But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
▪ My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
▪ The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
▪ They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
▪ They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
▪ They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
▪ Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
▪ Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
high/low watermark
▪ Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
keep a low profile
▪ Many of the exiles have married, taken jobs, and generally kept a low profile.
▪ She's keeping a low profile until the scandal is forgotten.
▪ Western visitors to the region are asked to keep a low profile.
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
keep a low profile
▪ Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
▪ But since then they have kept a low profile and not made their findings public.
▪ During the event Clinton will keep a low profile.
▪ I decided to keep a low profile, after all I was a guest.
▪ Kendall keeps a low profile, refusing to grant on-the-record interviews with the news media.
▪ Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
▪ There was nothing she could do about it, other than keep a low profile and stay well out of his way.
▪ With police apparently keeping a low profile, the violence intensified during the night.
look/search high and low
▪ We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.
▪ He had searched high and low for these.
▪ Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.
▪ You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
low blow
▪ He respected Ray and his willingness to fight for his ideals, but this was a low blow.
▪ Trinidad was warned for low blows twice by referee Mitch Halpern.
low man on the totem pole
raise/lower the tone (of sth)
▪ Far from lowering the tone, the changes are set to improve it.
sb's stock is high/low
▪ Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
the higher/lower reaches of sth
▪ A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
▪ A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
▪ But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
▪ Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
▪ It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
▪ Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
▪ She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
▪ There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lower orders
▪ For example, the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods.
▪ For the most part the lower orders depended on selling their labour.
▪ Gin was, after all, commercially produced and consumed only by the lower orders.
▪ He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
▪ Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders.
▪ The riots of 1736, too, had crystallized general resentments of the lower orders.
▪ We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.
▪ When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
the lowest common denominator
▪ They produce trashy TV programs that appeal to the lowest common denominator.