Sentence examples for considerable steeper from inspiring English sources

"Entering the ministry had always involved sacrifice," he writes, but with salaries rising so swiftly in other sectors, "the scale of that sacrifice grew considerable steeper during the 1960s and '70s".

Enumeration in the "subitizing range" (1 to 3 or 4 items) typically yields a shallow slope whereas the slope for 5 items and above (the "counting range") is considerable steeper.

Given the considerable steep investment on the new technology, availability is a key attribute: higher availability means higher production volumes.

Now imagine that you are deprived of food for an entire day during which you hike a considerable distance over steep terrain in a cold driving rain.

"There is an understanding across the board within the kingdom, in the highest spheres, that if you're going to 15, you'll hit 15, but there will be considerable risks...of a steep decline curve that Aramco will not be able to do anything about".

low-altitude photography in very steep terrain produced considerable relief distortion.

That might not sound ambitious, but it would be a considerable turnaround after two years of steep decline.

Although not quantified directly in the current study, considerable skid damage was evident on steep faces between animal tracks, resulting in a greater proportion of bare ground on steep slopes compared with flat sites.

By the mid-1780s his fame was considerable, but his final decade was one of steep decline, leaving him poor and nearly forgotten by the time of his death.

Gal2p, which only has binding sites for Gal4p, shows a steep response curve; however, there is considerable variability at intermediate glucose concentrations, and the response is not switch-like as for Gal1p.

The introduction of GMIS in late 2007 together with other efforts to remove supply and demand barriers to professional maternal health services, has led to considerable improvements in public health facilities and a steep increase in institutional and assisted deliveries.