Example sentences of "[be] low [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that the dumb-bell bars are lower than the top of your chest . |
| 2 | The attitude they have towards you is terrible , like you 're lower than the dirt they tread on . |
| 3 | And if they did n't , the bill would probably still be lower than the price of the service charge . |
| 4 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 5 | We might expect this to be lower than the effect of being in the service class . |
| 6 | In the example quoted , where higher rates of interest were available in sterling , compared with the US$ , then the forward rate would be lower than the spot on the day the contracts were entered into . |
| 7 | ‘ It is undoubtedly the case that the demand for mortgage finance would be lower if the provision of tax relief was reduced , ’ said the report . |
| 8 | A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated . |
| 9 | The ratios of liver to plasma free leucine enrichment at the end of the measurement period were lower than the value of 95% seen in muscle with the same protocol , which compares with 50% to 80% in muscle when [ C ] leucine is infused as a tracer dose . |
| 10 | Even directly below high-voltage lines levels of exposure to EMF were lower than the safety guidelines issued by the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 11 | In all cases , the reported values of imports into Yugoslavia were lower than the export values reported by the partner countries , despite the fact that the Yugoslav values were c.i.f. and the partner country values were f.o.b . |
| 12 | But in 24 of 40 WFS countries , among women who worked , levels of infant mortality were lower when the mother was employed away from home in anon-farm occupation ( some education and skills ) than when she had not worked at all since marriage . |
| 13 | In the low head the stressed syllable which begins the head is low in pitch ; usually it is lower than the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , the market value is lower than the repurchase price and the terms are the same , then the buyer is likely to exercise the put option . |
| 15 | Interestingly , the results obtained with enzyme Eco K + ts-1 shows that its activity is lower than the activity of Eco K ts-1 at the permissive temperature . |
| 16 | If the enthalpy of the products is lower than the enthalpy of the reactants , the reaction is said to be exothermic ( see figure 5.4 ) . |
| 17 | ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) . |
| 18 | In the case of net realizable value the tutor can use this as an opportunity to explain that there are costs associated with sale which will mean that this value is lower than the price paid for the tables and chairs . |
| 19 | i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy . |
| 20 | Our national income per head is lower than the French , it 's falling below that on Hong Kong . |
| 21 | Such a quantity is lower than the amount that would be demanded by the representative individual but more than would be demanded by the representative individual . |
| 22 | Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond . |
| 23 | As the tensile strength of rocks is lower than the compression and shear strengths it is most likely that rock will be shattered during cooling and contraction . |
| 24 | It was also proposed that the piece of roadway that comes from Road , in front of the community centre for 's Court , which at the moment is lower than the marketplace , the marketplace is raised , and th the road is lower . |
| 25 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 26 | However , since the concentration of solvent is lower when the concentration of solution is higher , there is a net flow towards the concentrated solution . |
| 27 | The rate of weight increase is lower if the territory is too large or too small , relative to an intermediate optimum . |
| 28 | A year of unhealthy life is considered to be worth less than 1 : the value is lower if the quality of life of the unhealthy person is worse . |
| 29 | The yield of the plant is low because the flower buds and immature fruit frequently drop off . |
| 30 | Situations vacant in particular showed a very , a very big drop and erm , and in fact we , the yield was lower than the year before , but we 've er , continued with our pac press rationalization programme and er , I think as I mentioned at the interims , the Basildon Evening Echo is now printed on the F T's presses , which incidentally has got the contract to and is printing er , . |