Example sentences of "[be] greater [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment .
2 For the criticality to occur at an angle of incidence less than 90° , the shear velocity in the solid must be greater than the dilatational velocity in the coupling liquid .
3 This may well be greater than the actual amount of data in the file , but it is the amount of space allocated to the file by the Z88 's operating system .
4 In the first case , profits depend on having annual incomes which exceed annual out goings ; in the second , the price must be greater than the total cost of production inputs ( see Ambrose , 1986 : 4 ) .
5 This relationship is n't just common to product relationships it 's the same in cost revenue relationships as well Okay , so so what that diagram is saying in symbolic terms is that if the slope of the ideal product of labour curve , right , if D L P D A P L by D L positive , then the marginal product of labour must be greater than the average product of labour .
6 From ( 8.19 ) above , this means that the futures price has to be greater than the expected spot price and to decline over time .
7 Second , there is uncertainty about survival , private risk of ‘ extinction ’ being greater than the social risk .
8 I think we r we we accepted in in the County Surveyors report to members , er it was clearly pointed out that the traffic benefits of the inner routes are greater than the outer route .
9 Or , it may be said , two events are cause and effect if the conditional probability of the second-its probability conditional on the occurrence of the first-is greater than the unconditional probability of the second , which is a probability independent of whether the first occurs .
10 but whose mass is greater than the ringed planet ? ’
11 Therefore , the forward movement at the top of the orbit is greater than the reverse movement at the bottom .
12 which is greater than the estimated cost , .5 , of any of the other paths .
13 Recall that in a boom year , aggregate measured income exceeds aggregate permanent income so that the measured apc is less than the long-run apc , while in a slump year ( where Y < Y p ) the measured apc is greater than the long-run apc .
14 This figure is greater than the overall sequence divergence between man and the great apes ( 32,33 ) , which suggests that the cluster duplication event occurred before these species diverged .
15 Figure 7.9 shows the membership figures issued in 1988 by the main teaching unions ; the total membership of all eight is greater than the total number of teachers ( Education Guardian , 1988 ) .
16 If the density is greater than the critical value , gravity will stop the expansion at some time in the future and cause the universe to recollapse .
17 Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product .
18 Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product .
19 Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product .
20 Yep er well you read it just go along the top the line here , alright , the slope of the average product curve , right , will be positive , right , greater than zero if the marginal product , right , is greater than the average product , right , the slope of the average product curve will equal zero , right , if the marginal product equals the average product and the slope of the er the average product curve will be negative , right , if the marginal product is less than er average product
21 This means that the voltage delivered at low output currents is greater than the rated voltage .
22 It indicates that PTR# is greater than the recorded length of the file ( found by using EXT# ) .
23 FGTL The First version specified is greater than the Last version .
24 FGTL The First version specified is greater than the Last version .
25 FGTL The First version specified is greater than the Last version .
26 FGTL The First version specified is greater than the Last version .
27 FGTL The First version specified is greater than the Last version .
28 If the returned hash value is greater than the defined table size , the modulus operator wraps around back to the start of the table .
29 Jesus is seen as fulfilling the Old Testament in the sense that he is greater than the Jewish Law .
30 Answer guide : Because of the effects of changes in other factors such as the price of the asset which will mean that the cost of replacement is greater than the original cost .
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