Example sentences of "[adv] lower than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | All pipes connections are concealed within the length to give a neat appearance , and the surface temperature is much lower than the average radiator , so it is safe to touch and needs no bulky enclosures . |
2 | The theoretical decrease in the concentration of involved gene transcripts ( 70% ) was nevertheless lower than the measured concentration : 45–55% for ND1 and ND4-ND4L transcripts , and 35% for the cytochrome b gene transcript . |
3 | This means that short-term interest rates on loans due to mature in a year tend to be generally lower than the long-term interest rate on loans of longer maturity . |
4 | This was considerably more than the anecdotal evidence and clinical experience had suggested ( less than one death per year ) , although slightly lower than the national figure . |
5 | Opposition spokesmen claimed that the real turn-out was far lower than the official figure . |
6 | The same problem applies to the new proposals , which are based on compensating flocks that are far lower than the Scottish average . |
7 | It suppresses the blood-sugar level — not just back to the level before the meal , but even lower than the pre-meal level . |
8 | The early mortality for elected admissions was point four percent and this was found to be significantly lower than the early mortality rate for emergency admissions which was two point four percent , some six times higher . |
9 | This amplitude , but not the duration , was significantly lower than the corresponding value for peristaltic contractions induced by dry swallows ( p<0.001 ) . |
10 | Recorded crime fell in eight police force areas the rate of increase in violent crime was significantly lower than the previous year and the rise in reported thefts was the smallest for four years . |
11 | The group predicted the poor trading conditions would continue with full-year profits in the division likely to be significantly lower than the previous year . |
12 | Gershuny ( 1978 ) provides a counter-example to Braverman 's law of job degradation for the majority , by showing that over the 1960s in UK manufacturing industry the proportionate decline in skilled manual employment was significantly lower than the proportionate increase in the ‘ administrative and technical ’ section of the workforce . |
13 | However , all the evidence concerning mining villages , where fertility rates continued to be high until the 1930s and where the average age at marriage was also significantly lower than the national average , suggests that role relationships within marriage were segregated . |