Example sentences of "[adj] than [pron] [noun sg] value " in BNC.
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1 | SunSoft Inc borrowed the laid-back format of the Tonight Show and Johnny Carson — down to the band , the couch and the jokes — to make its announcements at the end of last month : it would be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft Corp anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
2 | It 'd be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
3 | A revaluation of the brewer 's 1,600 pubs showed that they are now worth £255million more than their book value . |
4 | To jump out of the way a model must roll equal to or less than its initiative value on a D6 . |
5 | In the meantime , the government did little to raise cash by selling Amersham , the old radiochemical centre , at about £20 million less than its market value . |
6 | Work in progress may be agreed to be brought in at less than its face value to reflect expenses incurred during the period between bill delivery and payment . |
7 | Note that purchasing an asset for less than its face value is known as ‘ discounting ’ . |
8 | Bills of exchange : These are short-term debt instruments , i.e. claims , issued mainly by corporations and the government , purchased by the bank at less than their face value . |
9 | Finally , it can be inserted into the eye in a swollen state , higher than its equilibrium value in the body , so that it gradually decreases in size , thus reducing the degree of scleral buckling after chorioretinal adhesion . |
10 | The fact that the break-up value of many large corporations is greater than their share value shows pretty clearly how much value corporate managers can subtract from their subsidiary businesses , but in fact few of us know exactly what managerial added value would look like when it is occurring . |