Example sentences of "[be] low than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased : |
| 2 | If this is satisfactory then no further action is required , as the fasting cholesterol will be lower than the random determination . |
| 3 | But the price raised by an estate agent desperate for his commission is now all too likely to be lower than the original mortgage taken out by the borrower . |
| 4 | It may be lower than the original investment . |
| 5 | If investors assume that the expected level of demand will be lower than the so-called equilibrium position ( the position that yields what economists term ‘ warranted growth ’ ) then the level of savings in the economy will exceed investment , and therefore demand will be lower than expected . |
| 6 | the words in the Kusaal example would , for example , have to be checked in a frame with a low tone ( Kusaal does n't have a mid tone ) immediately preceding the substitution item , to check if the words that have been marked as being lower than the high tone in the first frame do indeed have the same pitch , or if there are two levels lower than the high . |
| 7 | In Spain , conditions have been extremely difficult with the beer market in significant decline due to economic circumstances ; as a result volumes overall were lower than the previous year . |
| 8 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 9 | Does not the fact that our inflation rate is lower than the European Community average offer a real opportunity to British industry to improve its competitiveness ? |
| 10 | This means that the net cost of raising bond finance is lower than the net cost of raising finance via a share issue . |
| 11 | If the system is so ‘ sophisticated ’ that outside organisations are handling our magazine and problems like the one in Autumn occur why bother with that system ? why not go back to good old postage stamps ? … the reason is because we commenced distribution by Royal Mail 's ‘ Presstream ’ at the beginning of 1992 which involves the sender sorting all its UK mail into postcode order , the benefit being considerable savings from two discounts , firstly the Presstream pricing is lower than the standard postage rate and secondly an extra discount is earned because we have done the sorting instead of Royal Mail . |
| 12 | Although the spectral index at phase 0.7 , close to the maximum , is about -2.0 between 606MHz and 1,660MHz and typical of most pulsars , at 408MHz the flux density is actually less than that at 606MHz and is lower than the extrapolated spectrum by a factor of about 4 ( Table 1 ) , indicating that strong absorption or scattering is occurring even when the companion is on the far side of the pulsar . |
| 13 | A figure of more than 100 indicates that GDP per head in that region is higher than the UK average and , conversely , a figure lower than 100 indicates that the region 's GDP per head is lower than the national average . |
| 14 | In 1971 the census-defined unemployment rate for the project area was high at 13% , but this is lower than the national average as defined much less inclusively in 1988 . |
| 15 | All five LEAs were inner city areas , where the average educational attainment for every ethnic group is lower than the national average . |
| 16 | The floor of my brick garage is lower than the surrounding area , and I had trouble because water kept leaking in and collecting along one side . |
| 17 | The nave dates from 1110 ; it is lower than the Gothic choir and still has its original fenestration ( 337 ) . |
| 18 | The net redemption yield is lower than the gross redemption yield . |
| 19 | In particular , it is sometimes argued that , when the amount paid on exercise of warrants is lower than the fair value of the shares issued , there is an additional , implicit consideration that needs to be reflected in the financial statements . |
| 20 | The non completion rate of non-standard entry mature students was found to be 15.2% which was lower than the corresponding figure for mature students who satisfied the general entry requirement which was 21.7% . |
| 21 | While sales revenues dropped to IR£273.6 million ( 1991 : IR£292.1 million ) , overall volume substantially held up , a creditable performance in a year when most of the Group 's major markets were in recession Financing costs at IR£7.7 million ( 1991 : IR£6.5 million ) reflect higher average debt over the period The taxation charge at IR£2 million was lower than the previous year due to lower profits in high tax jurisdictions . |
| 22 | Mr Riley , for Bioplan , said the accident rate on Hollyhurst Road was lower than the national average . |