Example sentences of "low than [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | This amplitude , but not the duration , was significantly lower than the corresponding value for peristaltic contractions induced by dry swallows ( p<0.001 ) . |
2 | The non completion rate of non-standard entry mature students was found to be 15.2% which was lower than the corresponding figure for mature students who satisfied the general entry requirement which was 21.7% . |
3 | In either case , at the borders and with slight variation in the illumination , it is possible that the exposure is slightly higher or lower than the optimum value for the current conditions . |
4 | A issue number lower than the current version of the module has been entered at the new package version or new module version prompt . |
5 | This means that the net cost of raising bond finance is lower than the net cost of raising finance via a share issue . |
6 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
7 | Gershuny ( 1978 ) provides a counter-example to Braverman 's law of job degradation for the majority , by showing that over the 1960s in UK manufacturing industry the proportionate decline in skilled manual employment was significantly lower than the proportionate increase in the ‘ administrative and technical ’ section of the workforce . |
8 | In particular , it is sometimes argued that , when the amount paid on exercise of warrants is lower than the fair value of the shares issued , there is an additional , implicit consideration that needs to be reflected in the financial statements . |
9 | Although the spectral index at phase 0.7 , close to the maximum , is about -2.0 between 606MHz and 1,660MHz and typical of most pulsars , at 408MHz the flux density is actually less than that at 606MHz and is lower than the extrapolated spectrum by a factor of about 4 ( Table 1 ) , indicating that strong absorption or scattering is occurring even when the companion is on the far side of the pulsar . |
10 | Attacks to the abdomen must be no lower than the bottom edge of the belt . |
11 | Overall mortality was 23% lower than the national average for all causes of death and 18% lower for cancer . |
12 | These findings do not confirm fears of an overall increase in the number of old people looked after in institutions , and the proportion of 4.7% remains commendably low by international standards ( and lower than the national average of 5.1% in 1971 ) . |
13 | the words in the Kusaal example would , for example , have to be checked in a frame with a low tone ( Kusaal does n't have a mid tone ) immediately preceding the substitution item , to check if the words that have been marked as being lower than the high tone in the first frame do indeed have the same pitch , or if there are two levels lower than the high . |