Example sentences of "at a lower " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attendance Allowance is paid at a lower rate to people who require personal care or attention by day or night , and at a higher rate to those requiring care by day and night . |
| 2 | The diode-capacitor network of Fig. 1 accepts low current at a high voltage and delivers higher current at a lower voltage , behaving like a step-down transformer . |
| 3 | That is not Mr Lawson 's fault , of course , but he has to live with the danger that while the world 's capital markets will duly bridge the gap between Britain 's domestic savings and investment , they will only do so at a lower price for sterling . |
| 4 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , has said that the industry may be renationalised at a lower price than it is sold for . |
| 5 | The teaching of specialist options is relatively expensive ; this might enable universities to maintain intellectual standards at a lower unit cost for the majority of undergraduates while still serving those who need more advanced knowledge . |
| 6 | With an average of nine months ' notice , the timber trade — buying on its own responsibility — could procure , at a lower average price per standard than is being paid at present , enough timber for all the houses that the building industry can build . |
| 7 | Leland realised that precise work equated to a better product at a lower cost . |
| 8 | When the technical skills of the big-budge filmmakers were combined with the ideas of those working at a lower level , the result was the possibility of a thriving national cinema . |
| 9 | ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line , ’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder-line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price . |
| 10 | So , X seems to offer more than IBM 's SAA , over a wider field , quicker , with less effort , and at a lower cost . |
| 11 | The Treasury believes its plan would lead to a convergence of inflation at a lower rate and evolution towards fixed exchange rates . |
| 12 | Your suggestion for A-levels , to keep one in-depth subject and cover five or six others at a lower level , will not work ( April 27th ) . |
| 13 | Graduates pass final examinations in a minimum of six subjects , three at a higher level , similar to A-level , and three at a lower level . |
| 14 | ( His record stood only until the 1988–9 season , when Martin Pipe trained the winners of 208 races , but at a lower strike rate of 37 per cent . ) |
| 15 | The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate . |
| 16 | High winds and snowfalls have , however , grounded at a lower level the powerful US Navy Sea Stallion helicopters used to transport the slabs . |
| 17 | The company has also announced a revision of the HP Lab/Ux Lims system that provides users with more sample-tracking and information management capability at a lower price . |
| 18 | The TEC LM100 is a corded gun which operates at a lower temperature ( almost 70° lower is claimed by the manufacturers ) than most models , making possible the bonding of heat-sensitive materials such as polystyrene foam , fabrics and thin film material . |
| 19 | Although the gun works at a lower temperature than its counterparts , warm up time was still around average — five minutes from plugging in . |
| 20 | Most of these can be grown on successfully at a lower temperature once they have germinated . |
| 21 | His classification into personal and projected play represents a hierarchy of abstraction ; dramatic activities using oneself as the medium of expression standing at a lower level on the table of abstraction than dramatic activities using media other than oneself . |
| 22 | We will continue nuclear research , but at a lower cost . |
| 23 | Tenbel Saver allows you to benefit from all the facilities of Ten Bel at a lower price . |
| 24 | Being an intercooled unit the engine runs cooler than a non intercooled turbocharged diesel as the air fed into the engine is at a lower temperature and so the engine cooling system does not have to dispose of as much waste heat . |
| 25 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 26 | Initially , the post had been envisaged at a lower level , but the Lords select committee pushed for this power . |
| 27 | The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level . |
| 28 | A few yards from the exit of Upper Long Churn Cave and at a lower level is the entrance to Lower Long Churn Cave ; this may also be safely explored , the gloom being diffused by daylight entering a fissure in the roof , to the point where the stream sinking in Upper Long Churn Cave enters in a waterfall after a short journey underground . |
| 29 | About 20% of the land is designated as Zone Defavorisee hors montagne and this is at a lower elevation of 200–400m , concentrated mainly in the north of Auvergne . |
| 30 | In the French LFAs , subsidised loans are the more common incentive for capital developments ; capital grants are fixed at a lower level than in the UK and are related to the degree of handicap . |