Example sentences of "[adj] than [noun sg] price " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some market makers quoted offer prices of shares in the index lower than bid prices , the opposite of normal market practice , and there were accusations that some market makers did not answer their phones , so that quotes were not accurate . |
| 2 | However , in 1957 some bonds were redeemed by the Club at less than par , so perhaps the President was successful after all , possibly by inviting bondholders themselves to suggest a lower than par price . |
| 3 | The self-centred and materialistic climate of the decade corrodes ideals and concerns about social justice , narrowing perspectives to the point where conversations comprise little more than house prices or retiling the bathroom . |
| 4 | It is certainly the case that the rapid increase in materials prices would tend to push up investment goods prices ( which include an imported materials element ) faster than output prices ( which are defined to exclude the impact of import prices ) . |
| 5 | In the second case , however , compulsory acquisition at less than market price involves an actual loss since the owner is not only deprived of his property but is also compensated at a price which might be less than he paid for it and would almost certainly be insufficient to purchase a similar parcel of land in the open market . |
| 6 | The agreement maintained a preferential price for Cuban sugar , lower than that of the previous five-year period , but higher than world prices . |
| 7 | In general , when they do use credit they are more likely than others to use types carrying a high rate of charge , though they are also relatively heavy users of mail order ( which carries no rate of charge for credit , though at the cost of prices which have tended to be higher than shop prices ) . |