Example sentences of "greater than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A random cholesterol estimation of greater than approximately 6.5 mmol/l in a diabetic patient aged less than 60 years should be repeated after a 1 2-hour overnight fast ( and taken before morning hypoglycaemic therapy ) on two further occasions to establish the diagnosis of hyperlipidaemia . |
| 2 | At depths greater than about 100 km the wave speeds are rather uncertain . |
| 3 | In that year em waves from Venus at radio wavelengths greater than about 10 mm were detected by means of radio telescopes . |
| 4 | He showed that the value of B for short tubes exceeded that for long ones by as much as 15 per cent and that for l/d greater than about 10 the values of B were independent of length . |
| 5 | Molecular hydrogen is rather fragile ( in interstellar terms ) , and is destroyed by shock waves with velocities greater than about 50 km s -1 and can not exist behind the leading shock . |
| 6 | As long as the specimen has an accessible surface that is greater than about 2 cm in diameter and is unattacked by a suitable coupling liquid , the method will yield all the moduli together with Poisson 's ratio in five minutes plus the time taken to do the required calculations . |
| 7 | If relatively large pieces of tissue are to be transferred , requiring an internal diameter greater than about 35 μm , it is useful to have a bevelled end to the pipette . |
| 8 | The team found that this salt is a superconductor at temperatures lower than 2 K , and pressures greater than about 4000 atm . |
| 9 | Hepatic dysfunction was defined as greater than twice normal activity of at least two hepatic enzymes . |
| 10 | The potential for fateful encounters is greater than ever this year , especially during July . |
| 11 | With more A-level passes coupled with the financial squeeze on some universities the competition for places is greater than ever this year . |
| 12 | With more A-level passes coupled with the financial squeeze on some universities the competition for places is greater than ever this year . |