\begin{table}%t9
\caption{Dependences of the normalized flux ratios
         on redshift and absolute $B$ magnitude.\label{table:09}}
%\centerline
{\begin{tabular}{l c c c}
\hline\hline
 Line Ratio &
 slope &
 $r_{\rm S}$$^{{a}}$ &
 $p(r_{\rm S})$$^{{b}}$ \\
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{c}{vs. redshift} \\
\hline
N{\sc v}/C{\sc iv}   & 
  -0.000 $\pm$ 0.013 & +0.05 & $8.2 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
Si{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv} & 
  +0.042 $\pm$ 0.045 & +0.47 & $3.2 \times 10^{-2}$ \\
(O{\sc i}+Si{\sc ii})/C{\sc iv} &
  +0.086 $\pm$ 0.032 & +0.66 & $1.0 \times 10^{-3}$ \\
C{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv}  & 
  +0.028 $\pm$ 0.042 & +0.34 & $1.3 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
(Si{\sc iv}+O{\sc iv})/C{\sc iv}  &  
 --0.003 $\pm$ 0.014 & +0.12 & $5.9 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
(1600${\rm \AA}$ bump)/C{\sc iv}  & 
 --0.076 $\pm$ 0.031 &--0.20 & $3.8 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
He{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv}  &
 --0.057 $\pm$ 0.015 &--0.59 & $5.3 \times 10^{-3}$ \\ 
(O{\sc iii}]+Al{\sc ii})/C{\sc ii}  &  
 --0.085 $\pm$ 0.027 &--0.31 & $1.7 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
Al{\sc iii}/C{\sc iv}  & 
 --0.030 $\pm$ 0.022 &--0.37 & $1.3 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
Si{\sc iii}]/C{\sc iv}  & 
  +0.007 $\pm$ 0.066 &--0.07 & $7.9 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
C{\sc iii}]/C{\sc iv}  & 
  +0.002 $\pm$ 0.023 & +0.19 & $4.5 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
N{\sc v}/He{\sc ii}  & 
  +0.057 $\pm$ 0.020 & +0.32 & $1.6 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{c}{vs. absolute $B$ magnitude} \\
\hline
N{\sc v}/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.082 $\pm$ 0.006 & +0.95 & $2.7 \times 10^{-11}$ \\
Si{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.039 $\pm$ 0.018 & +0.53 & $1.3 \times 10^{-2}$ \\
(O{\sc i}+Si{\sc ii})/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.039 $\pm$ 0.013 & +0.48 & $2.9 \times 10^{-2}$ \\
C{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.059 $\pm$ 0.018 & +0.50 & $2.2 \times 10^{-2}$ \\
(Si{\sc iv}+O{\sc iv})/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.059 $\pm$ 0.006 & +0.95 & $6.4 \times 10^{-11}$ \\
(1600${\rm \AA}$ bump)/C{\sc iv}  &  
 --0.068 $\pm$ 0.018 &--0.88 & $1.4 \times 10^{-7}$ \\
He{\sc ii}/C{\sc iv}  &  
 --0.031 $\pm$ 0.008 &--0.70 & $3.9 \times 10^{-4}$ \\
(O{\sc iii}]+Al{\sc ii})/C{\sc ii}  &  
 --0.001 $\pm$ 0.012 & +0.10 & $6.6 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
Al{\sc iii}/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.076 $\pm$ 0.009 & +0.95 & $3.3 \times 10^{-9}$ \\
Si{\sc iii}]/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.088 $\pm$ 0.018 & +0.77 & $2.0 \times 10^{-4}$ \\
C{\sc iii}]/C{\sc iv}  &  
  +0.009 $\pm$ 0.008 & +0.16 & $5.3 \times 10^{-1}$ \\
N{\sc v}/He{\sc ii}  &  
  +0.113 $\pm$ 0.007 & +0.97 & $1.1 \times 10^{-13}$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}}
\par
\smallskip
 $^{{a}}$ 
   Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient.\\
 $^{{b}}$ 
   Probability of the data being consistent with the
   null hypothesis that the flux ratio is not
   correlated with redshift or absolute $B$~magnitude.
\end{table}