Example sentences of "is less than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer guide : If the net realizable value is less than cost then to use cost would overstate the future benefits ; on the other hand if it is higher , to include the higher figure would mean that unrealized profits were being taken which would be contrary to the prudence principle . |
| 2 | The risk that the rollover rate is less than yield to maturity is known as reinvestment risk ( or rollover risk ) . |
| 3 | In an unregulated free market , each firm will maximize profits by setting marginal cost equal to marginal revenue , which is less than price and marginal consumer benefit . |
| 4 | When the industry is taken over by a monopolist , the monopolist recognizes that marginal revenue MR is less than price at each output . |
| 5 | When marginal revenue is less than price , profit-maximizing firms no longer set price ( and marginal consumer benefit ) equal to marginal cost . |
| 6 | The social cost or dead-weight burden of imperfect competition and monopoly power arises because marginal cost is set equal to marginal revenue , which is less than price and marginal consumer benefit . |
| 7 | In b the slope of each dotted line is less than unity — in each case denoting negative allometry . |
| 8 | In each of the three studies , speculative efficiency can be rejected for the French franc — dollar rate , both because the constant is non-zero and the coefficient on the forward rate is less than unity . |
| 9 | So , perhaps those explanations might account for declining er , relative share in agriculture as well as the increasing share of manufactured goods , because the other side of that coin is , well , income elasticities of demand for agricultural goods is less than unity so there 's a de declining sector aspect there , erm , is it easy to differentiate agricultural products ? |
| 10 | Notice that an incoming elasticity is less than unity , and that 's less than one , as a result textiles , textile industry in the Netherlands is going to be a declining sector in the economy , right , as incomes er per capita G D P rises , the textile sector will benefit , alright , because , because human demand for textiles either they 're demanding proportionately less of any increases in incomes . |
| 11 | Locus M corresponds to a circuit that exhibits real positive feedback at a frequency represented by the point Q but , as the length of OQ is less than unity , oscillation can not occur . |
| 12 | Of course , stability is alternatively assured if the closed and open-loop plots intersect at a frequency at which the open-loop gain is less than unity . |
| 13 | ‘ Your race is less than life , ’ Jinkwa snarled . |
| 14 | The level in Britain is less than lemon juice |
| 15 | If X is less than COUNT , a new-line will be printed first . |
| 16 | At that point f' ( k ) is less than f' ( k p ) , and the budget line is made flatter by the tax . |
| 17 | The possible properties of examples form a partially ordered set : Property P is less than property P' if A x ( P(x) 6 P' ( x ) ) . |
| 18 | When the international loan you are proposing is less than sound , you may secure the guarantee of a third party to shore it up . |