Example sentences of "is higher [conj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capital cost of Hunslet 's traction equipment , supplied by a Netherlands firm , is higher than that of many D.C. varieties , but Regional Railways accepted the argument that it would work out cheaper long-term because of its economic use of energy and low maintenance . |
| 2 | The capital cost of Hunslet 's traction equipment , supplied by a Netherlands firm , is higher than that of many D.C. varieties , but Regional Railways accepted the argument that it would work out cheaper long-term because of its economic use of energy and low maintenance . |
| 3 | N.B. A higher classification does not necessarily mean that the quality of what is provided is higher than that available in an establishment with a lower classification . |
| 4 | The note indicates that the rate of increase is higher than that for restaurant prices in general over this period , and this could account for some of the reduction in business . |
| 5 | It is true that it is possible to get over this by good workmanship and sophisticated construction but then the cost is higher than that of building in steel or plastics . |
| 6 | But the incidence of cancer among paranoid schizophrenics in the same or similar institutions eating the same or similar American diet is higher than that of the normal population ( Simonton et al . |
| 7 | In The Family and Social Change , an account of kinship in a South Wales town , Rosser and Harris make a similar assertion , that ‘ for a variety of reasons ’ the ‘ domesticity ’ of working-class wives is higher than that of their middle-class counterparts . |
| 8 | But when graduate women do marry , beyond age 20 their fertility is higher than that of other women — in 1971 5 per cent higher among graduate women married at age 20–2½ rising irregularly to 41 per cent higher for graduates married at age 35–9 . |
| 9 | His public profile is higher than that of any other minister . |
| 10 | Indeed , the proportion of African Asians who are professionals is higher than that of the white population . |
| 11 | The proportion of the former who are owner-occupiers is higher than that amongst whites . |
| 12 | Higher education is defined in the 1988 Education Reform Bill as courses leading to degrees , higher diplomas or to professional examinations where the standard is higher than that of the advanced ( 'A' ) level of the General Certificate of Education . |
| 13 | By any statistical configuration , the concentration of HIV infected homosexual men in Brighton is higher than that in London or elsewhere in Britain . |
| 14 | Equation ( 5.30 ) is the aggregate supply curve : firms will produce more output if the price level is higher than that expected by workers or their trade union . |
| 15 | The opportunity to create a zero-investment , perfect hedge is shown by the two disequilibrium returns X and Y. The two securities have the same risk ; i.e. the same level of sensitivity to factor f 1 and equilibrium should lie on the APL at point Z. The return on security X is higher than that of Z implying that X is underpriced and Y is overpriced . |
| 16 | Since the total vapour pressure is higher than that of either component , the temperature at which the mixture boils is lower than that of either component . |
| 17 | This is higher than that reported by Leung et al . |
| 18 | The incidence of gastric ulcer is higher than that of duodenal ulcer in Japan . |
| 19 | The dose of 40 mg omeprazole once daily is higher than that recommended for peptic ulcer therapy , but is regularly used in reflux oesophagitis , while a duration of five days was chosen because it has been shown that the effect of omeprazole on gastric acid and serum gastrin stabilises after three days of treatment . |
| 20 | Unless the patient throughput per doctor or nurse at a reference centre is higher than that in the hospital , economies of scale suggest that average costs at this new tier will be greater . |
| 21 | The percentage is higher than that normally offered to a challenger and when Lewis was first asked why he replied simply : ‘ It 's business . ’ |