Example sentences of "[be] greater [subord] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acceptance criterion for this method is that , to be approved , a project 's IRR should be greater than the opportunity cost of capital . |
| 2 | The accuracy of the feedback need not be greater than the discrimination ability of the trainee but equally its value will diminish if it is too approximate . |
| 3 | The cash value of scientific observations in this context must therefore be based upon subjective experience and can not be greater than the cash value of the latter ; for it is subjective experience that , ultimately , validates our objective scales of energy intensity . |
| 4 | However , if sales proceeds are greater than the carrying value , any balance of the tax payable on the gain in excess of the carrying amount would be charged to the p&l account . |
| 5 | Second , the welfare cost of monopoly is greater than the deadweight burden triangle itself . |
| 6 | While , under the IRR acceptance rule , we would accept Project C and the incremental project ( D minus C ) , the same rule rejects the sum of the two projects , Project D. The incremental project is accepted because its IRR of 14 per cent is greater than the opportunity cost of capital of 10 per cent . |
| 7 | If the selling price is greater than the cost price , then a profit is made . |
| 8 | In deepening the ponds from the traditional 0.5 m to 2.5 m , phytoplankton production occurred to depths of 1.6 m and annual production figures of 8.4 tonnes ha -1 ; were achieved , which is greater than the grain yield of rice for the same period . |
| 9 | The size spectrum of tawny owl prey is similar to that of the two British samples of barn owl , so that the size variation of the prey within a wide ranging predator like the barn owl is greater than the prey size variation between it and other predators . |
| 10 | In the middle of each step the motor torque is near its maximum value , which is greater than the load torque , and the system accelerates , as shown in Fig. 4.4 . |
| 11 | If the deceleration delay is greater than the acceleration delay , deceleration can be initiated by setting POINTER to the appropriate location ( DECEND -COUNT ) in the deceleration table . |
| 12 | When the demand for labour is greater than the labour force , unemployment falls below the NUP . |
| 13 | If this time period is greater than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in one direction whilst if it is less than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | When therefore the amount produced ( in a unit of time ) is such that the demand price is greater than the supply price , then sellers receive more than is sufficient to make it worth their while to bring goods to market to that amount ; and there is at work an active force tending to increase the amount brought forward for sale . |
| 15 | Such an equilibrium is stable ; that is , the price , if displaced a little from it , will tend to return , as a pendulum oscillates about its lowest point ; and it will be found to be a characteristic of stable equilibria that in them the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , and vice versa . |
| 16 | For when the demand price is greater than the supply price , the amount produced tends to increase . |
| 17 | Therefore , if the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than an equilibrium amount ; then , if the scale of production is temporarily diminished somewhat below that equilibrium amount , it will tend to return ; thus the equilibrium is stable for displacements in that direction . |
| 18 | If the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , it is sure to be less than the supply price for amounts just greater : and therefore , if the scale of production is somewhat increased beyond the equilibrium position , it will tend to return ; and the equilibrium will be stable for displacements in that direction also . |
| 19 | An important aspect of the teacher 's job is the size of the class he or she is expected to teach ( on average , this is greater than the pupil/teacher ratio , as calculations of the latter include staff who do little or no classroom teaching ) . |