Example sentences of "lower than [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The height of the mound will be lower than Brayton Bath it will be lower than Hambleton .
2 The experimental 100MW sets were expected to burn 9 per cent less fuel per unit of electricity generated than the standard 60MW sets and 20 per cent less than the 30MW sets ; their capital costs were 6 per cent lower than 60MW sets and 23 per cent lower than 30MW sets .
3 PTO Power is generally lower than engine power through driveline losses .
4 Net interest includes interest payable on precious metal loans ( often referred to as metal ‘ leases ’ ) where rates are usually lower than money loans .
5 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 .
6 Though its elevation was some three hundred feet lower than Fort Douaumont , the field of vision in every direction from it was remarkable .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 The actual death rate from asthma in West Cumbria seems to be much lower than mortality statistics suggest .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 RETIX PROFITS LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN ANALYST EXPECTATIONS
14 The experimental 100MW sets were expected to burn 9 per cent less fuel per unit of electricity generated than the standard 60MW sets and 20 per cent less than the 30MW sets ; their capital costs were 6 per cent lower than 60MW sets and 23 per cent lower than 30MW sets .
15 The relationships between coal rank and occurrence of gas deposits in N.W. Germany support the general rule that most gas deposits are limited to areas with vitrinite reflectance values lower than 3% Rm ( see Figs. 2 , 7 ) .
16 Research showed that primary community loyalties operated at a level much lower than district boundaries .
17 Yet newspapers and PEBs scored only marginally lower than ITV news on usefulness .
18 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 .
19 Where the confusion seems to stem from is the fact that guitar music sounds an octave lower than concert pitch .
20 For instance , trees bearing edible fruits were made easy to climb , being much lower than forest trees .
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