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

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1 Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused .
2 The first neutrons to arrive had the highest energy and the later ones had lower energies .
3 By 1929 , the National WEA reported that ten of its sixteen Districts had lower branch membership totals than in 1924 , averaging 59% of all enrolled students , which represented a decline of at least 20% on the 1924 figure .
4 Those in social class IV and V had lower birth weight , head circumference , and ponderal index .
5 The other two had lower OBS scores ( four and six ) but one had such poor mobility that she was incapable of doing much for herself , and the other was disorientated and lonely , and was felt to require some companionship and support .
6 At this point , it became apparent that the systems being considered had lower priorities than other current developments , and as a result , the proposed pilot studies for DIP systems were discontinued , and the analysts concentrated on the development of the index system only .
7 The other communities studied all had lower death rates , and hence this ‘ number needed to treat ’ would be higher .
8 In a national survey , ‘ forward planners ’ in all classes had lower fertility ( and family size clustered more tightly around an average of two children ) , and were more likely to use effective methods of contraception .
9 This work was in some ways inferior to that done in America , where engineers had developed a disc-cutter with better frequency-range and lower distortion , and their pressings had lower surface-noise as well .
10 The farm workers were far more village orientated , were more likely to have been born and bred locally , and had lower incomes and poorer access to housing .
11 They followed this up to show that affected leaves had lower concentrations of magnesium , an important part of the chlorophyll molecule .
12 In our study women who smoked had lower conception rates , though this did not reach significance .
13 One interesting study from Edinburgh University , published in The Lancet , found that men with angina had lower levels of vitamins A , C and E in their blood compared with a similar group who did not suffer from heart disease .
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