Example sentences of "lower than in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 )
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Generally speaking , instability thresholds are lower than in the quasi-Lorenz system , and the restrictions on decay rates less severe .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 The surplus of S$1,500 million would be 38 per cent lower than in the previous year .
11 Inflation , if still a problem , was much lower than in the previous decade and nominal rates of interest were also lower .
12 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 .
13 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 .
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