Example sentences of "low than [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term y must be positive , and so the no-arbitrage price for futures on a geometric index is lower than for the corresponding arithmetic index . |
| 2 | Here items in short supply are sold at inflated prices — but still generally lower than on the black market . |
| 3 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 4 | Although the sexual risks between female partners are far lower than between a male/female couple ( because infected semen does not enter the woman 's body ) , they can not be completely ignored . |
| 5 | Very low prices ( the retailer makes savings through bulk buying , and overheads are lower than in a central location — part of these savings is passed on to the customer ) |
| 6 | A study showed that the level of stress related illness among employees in a department which provided support as described was much lower than in a similar department that did not take such precautions . |
| 7 | The mitotic index in deeper distal mesenchyme ( 6–16 cell layers beneath the surface ) in -AER limbs is threefold lower than in a comparable region of contralateral +AER limbs , and twofold lower than in -AER limbs cultured in the absence of BMP-2 ( Fig. 3 ) , indicating BMP-2 inhibits cell proliferation in distal limb mesenchyme . |
| 8 | Because the service standards are likely to be somewhat lower than in a commercial operation , you might set the rate so that they were 50 per cent ( or even 60 per cent ) of the total . |
| 9 | Their main advantages for buyers are ( a ) price , which is significantly lower than in a retail operation , and ( b ) the opportunity to buy small bulk quantities . |
| 10 | Generally speaking , instability thresholds are lower than in the quasi-Lorenz system , and the restrictions on decay rates less severe . |
| 11 | GABA concentrations in the epileptogenic hippocampus are lower than in the non-epileptogenic side , which suggests that there may be altered release or reuptake despite the relative preservation of GABA neurons . |
| 12 | While the seven sectors examined were expected to continue to create jobs until the end of the decade , that rate of increase is predicted to be lower than in the recent past , as new technology and industrial concentration increase productivity . |
| 13 | Gross sugar production for 1989 was expected to be slightly lower than in the previous year , at 614,220 tonnes compared with 672,087 tonnes . |
| 14 | The surplus of S$1,500 million would be 38 per cent lower than in the previous year . |
| 15 | Inflation , if still a problem , was much lower than in the previous decade and nominal rates of interest were also lower . |
| 16 | By volume , retail sales grew just 1.2 per cent in the year to August and in the latest three months they were 1 per cent lower than in the previous period . |
| 17 | Although the level of capacity utilization reached at the height of the upswing was lower than in the previous boom ( and so the extent of ‘ overheating ’ , as conventionally measured was less ) , the rate of expansion was faster than at any time since 1958–9 . |