Example sentences of "[verb] at lower [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although the business generally had to be won at lower margins in the face of stiffer competition , our performance should have been very much better , and would have been had we responded more promptly to market fluctuations . |
| 2 | The transitions occurring at lower temperatures ( transitions are commonly labelled , , — , and so on , starting at the highest temperature ) have been assigned to the " freezing-in " of specific parts of the main or subsidiary chains such as the pendant phenyl groups in the polymer . |
| 3 | Local government districts ( or parts thereof ) in mountain regions where agriculture is disadvantaged by short growing seasons due to altitudes above 600–800 metres or slopes over 20% average gradient per km. & sup2 ; In combination , areas can qualify at lower altitude with less severe slopes . |
| 4 | This means that large fibrous structures form near T m , whereas greater numbers of small spherulites grow at lower temperatures . |
| 5 | However , H 2 was metabolized at lower concentrations with Fe(III) than with sulphate ( b ) . |
| 6 | The general rule is that problems which can not be solved at lower levels are referred upward through the organisation structure until the problem reaches an official with enough authority and power to solve the problem . |
| 7 | The 1923 Scheme lowered the standards for grant eligibility ; the superficial area of houses qualifying for subsidy was also reduced , resulting in smaller houses , let at lower rents . |
| 8 | By looking at differences in gas yield for the same coal type at different levels of thermal maturation , it has been possible to demonstrate that gas generation from coals occurs at lower maturities than previously reported . |
| 9 | The gas works operated at lower temperatures ( about 800°C ) , so coal gas was slightly richer in hydrocarbons and had a better calorific value than coke oven gas ( see Table 2 ) . |
| 10 | Invariably , the own-brand range is offered at lower prices than the competing brands . |
| 11 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |
| 12 | The article also said that as this test only measured Phosphate levels from 1mg/1 upwards , it makes testing for Phosphate very difficult as problems can occur at lower levels . |
| 13 | In this assay , bacteria with higher surface hydrophobicity agglutinated at lower ammonium sulphate concentrations . |
| 14 | The majority , however , were adamantly opposed to anything which weakened their absolute control over their crews and were prepared to take any action which would ensure that this was upheld , the most effective method being the recruitment of non-union crews which were prepared to sail at lower rates and under worse conditions than union men . |
| 15 | Management by objectives , says Wrapp , may work at lower levels of the organization where tasks and accountabilities are well defined , but they do n't work at the top . |
| 16 | On the following day , the coal owners locked out those miners who would not work at lower rates of pay — of up to 49 per cent in the badly affected export area of South Wales — and attempted to suspend national agreements . |
| 17 | Gluons are in fact radiated by quarks produced at lower energies . |
| 18 | Milk can be produced at lower cost from cows with the highest genetic potential in either low or high feed input systems . |
| 19 | For example , early indicators of investment success under a cost-leadership strategy might be the proof , at an embryonic stage of the life-cycle , that the product matches its rivals in quality but is being produced at lower cost . |
| 20 | If agreed at lower levels , it tends to increase the peaks and troughs and certainly does not permit the preceding considerations . |
| 21 | Sales agents acting on behalf of manufacturers , are vigilant in preventing retailers from selling at lower prices by threatening to cut future supplies . |
| 22 | Phasic rectal contraction and anal relaxation were present but exaggerated and induced at lower distending volumes than in normal subjects . |
| 23 | This style also reflects the attempt by the political élite in Moscow to hand down to the provinces general directives which were as sophisticated as possible and based on Marxist tenets in so far as they could be understood at lower levels . |
| 24 | The term wastes , as used in early documents , is in modern parlance a misuse of the word , as they also existed at lower levels where arable and pasture might be expected . |
| 25 | They respire at lower levels of light , temperature and tissue moisture than bryophytes or vascular plants , and are protected by dehydration against exhaustion of carbohydrate reserves ( Smith , 1984 ) . |
| 26 | There is a second loss ( β-relaxation ) which appears at lower temperatures and suggests that there is a relaxation process active in the glassy state . |
| 27 | A forbidden band that appears by virtue of vibronic coupling will become weaker as the temperature falls , because the effect of the coupling is greater for more highly-excited vibrational states , which are less populated at lower temperatures . |
| 28 | Note at lower right , slanting up from beneath the end of the silver lace chevron , the neatly stitched bottom edge of the patch on which the colour badge is worked . |
| 29 | This , in turn , reduces the ability of companies to supply any later upturn in demand , so inflationary bottlenecks are encountered at lower levels of economic activity . |
| 30 | Argentiferous galena was also worked in Devonian sediments at Combe Martin on the north Devon coast ( MRP 90 ) and in the South-west England mining field from veins emplaced at lower temperature than , and often crosscutting , the earlier Sn-Cu veins . |