Example sentences of "lower [conj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pregnancy order tended to mediate the effect of maternal age , so that weight and height of infants tends to be lower where pregnancy order is high in relation to age ( see e.g. Omran , 1976 , p. 524 ) . |
| 2 | PTO Power is generally lower than engine power through driveline losses . |
| 3 | Net interest includes interest payable on precious metal loans ( often referred to as metal ‘ leases ’ ) where rates are usually lower than money loans . |
| 4 | Blaming lower than forecast levels of personal and corporate tax receipts and rising interest rates , the OMB estimated the true level of the 1991 deficit as between $123,000 million and $138,000 million . |
| 5 | Her boast was that she had been dancing at every RAF and American air force station within a 30-mile radius , and that she would n't look at any male with a rank lower than Squadron Leader or the American equivalent . |
| 6 | The High Court in Edinburgh heard that an investment analyst with the stockbrokers Bell Lawrie White had received information from the chairman of the waste management and construction group , Shanks&McEwan , that profits were going to be lower than City expectations . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The actual death rate from asthma in West Cumbria seems to be much lower than mortality statistics suggest . |
| 9 | the major potential confounder is this analysis is pH , because pH values of oesophageal fluid are about 1.0 log point lower than pH values of saliva . |
| 10 | The reason for this is that sperm production takes place at a temperature a couple of degrees lower than body temperature , so the process has to take place outside the body to function properly . |
| 11 | RETIX PROFITS LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN ANALYST EXPECTATIONS |
| 12 | Research showed that primary community loyalties operated at a level much lower than district boundaries . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Where the confusion seems to stem from is the fact that guitar music sounds an octave lower than concert pitch . |
| 15 | For instance , trees bearing edible fruits were made easy to climb , being much lower than forest trees . |
| 16 | Pipe a line of icing along the lower and centre edges of the ‘ card ’ ( left ) and ‘ card ’ ( right ) . |
| 17 | If parallel market rates were lower and instrument prices higher , then it would be possible to sell parallel instruments , at a high price , and with the proceeds buy a similar instrument with regard to risk and maturity in the discount market at a low price , and therefore higher yield . |
| 18 | The increase could be lower if Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine insists on tough capping limits but that could mean job losses . |
| 19 | The Stock Market had originally marked prices lower as opinion polls indicated a hung Parliament . |