Example sentences of "lower [noun] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both lead ( found in lower concentrations than the legal limit for UK drinking water ) and chlorohydrocarbons were effectively cleared of being the cause of the problem . |
| 2 | It is simply necessary to ensure ( a ) that no strong stem contributes to the score of a record which is indexed under the corresponding weak stem , and ( b ) that a strong stem , if distinct from the corresponding weak stem , has lower weight than the weak stem . |
| 3 | There are no substantial differences between the parties , although the Conservatives have usually had a slightly lower proportion than the Labour Party or the Alliance . |
| 4 | If such schemes can successfully be developed they may provide future services better suited to the needs of the elderly at lower costs than the continued use of social and health services on current levels . |
| 5 | The young plants give lower readings than the bare box and the old plants a much lower reading . |
| 6 | The carbon-free samples ( B3 , B4 ) showed lower conductivities than the saturated case , as expected . |
| 7 | The freewheeling path of the bifilar drive does not return energy stored in the inductance at turn-off to the d.c. supply , so the drive has a lower efficiency than the bipolar bridge drive . |
| 8 | Because non-Porsche parts are often of a lower quality than the real thing . |
| 9 | The Garman and Klass volatility estimator had a lower correlation than the other volatility measures , but was still generally positive . |
| 10 | Additional benefits for unemployment and invalidity have been cut , the ceiling on pensions for widows and widowers has been lowered and all contributors will eventually receive lower pensions than the Labour Government originally intended . |
| 11 | Until the Japanese arrived in the 1980s , American and British suppliers had to meet lower standards than the Japanese demand . |
| 12 | In the case of inferior courts , that is , courts of a lower status than the High Court , such as the justices of the peace , it was recognised that their learning and understanding of the law might sometimes be imperfect and require correction by the High Court and so the rule evolved that certiorari was available to correct an error of law of an inferior court . |
| 13 | The air in most buildings is at a lower pressure than the surrounding air . |
| 14 | The group taking hypotensive drugs other than β blockers had a significantly lower risk than the general population . |
| 15 | This analogy is made on the basis that the lunar maria are more lightly cratered than the Mercurian smooth plains and have a lower albedo than the surrounding terrain , whereas the lunar highland plains are comparably cratered to the Mercurian smooth plains and like the smooth plains have a similar albedo to their surroundings . |
| 16 | Most constructions projects require some subcontractor involvement either because of the specialized nature of part of the work which the main contractor is unable to carry out or because the subcontractor can do the job at lower cost than the main contractor . |
| 17 | Therefore it is possible to speculate that the PABA-UDCA administration test reflects the activity of bacteria in the small intestine when it is given orally in lower doses than the maximal amount absorbed from the terminal ileum . |