Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a low [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ascites had a low protein content ( 146 g/l ) . |
| 2 | Cars have a lower centre of gravity than ambulances , and are less likely , as a result , to cause travel sickness in sensitive patients . |
| 3 | Note that baths and shower trays have a low waste trap , so there will be problems getting sufficient fall on the waste pipe if it has to run all the way across a room under floorboards . |
| 4 | A number of independent research studies carried out in California , Massachusetts , Hawaii and London have shown that moderate drinkers have a lower mortality rate than total abstainers and are less likely to suffer from coronary disease . |
| 5 | Notice from Table 7.7 however that investment trusts have a low level of gearing ( borrowing in relation to equity ) . |
| 6 | With striking exceptions , social workers had a low opinion of the quality of court decision making ; |
| 7 | In Birmingham , England , Asian infants had a lower mortality from sudden infant death syndrome than white children , even after crowding , birth weight , maternal age , social class , and infant sex were controlled for . |
| 8 | What is true is that large firms also destroy large numbers of jobs at much the same rate as they create them , whereas small firms have a lower rate of job destruction . |
| 9 | In the control group there was no correlation between age and the sweat spot test score while in patients there was a moderate but significant negative correlation , older patients having a lower sweat spot test score ( rho=0.45 , p=0.035 , Spearman correlation coefficient ) . |
| 10 | In many adult trauma centres exploratory laparotomy is an essential part of complete evaluation of the patient , and these centres have a lower incidence of missed diaphragmatic injuries . |
| 11 | The introduction of characters " names is strangely delayed — but this is accountable if we consider that names have a low priority in the elaboration of psychological reality : if James had begun his first sentence : " Pemberton hesitated and procrastinated " , he would have succeeded in giving his main character a label , and nothing else . |
| 12 | Spectra has a low melt point . |
| 13 | We found no relation between endometriosis and total duration of use of intrauterine devices , but current users and recent users had a lower rate of endometriosis than non-users ( table V ) . |
| 14 | Either these genomes have a low level of expression , in contrast with observations in human muscle fibbers or cell studies ( 27–29 ) , or this transcript is characterized by a very short half-life . |
| 15 | a , Mature females have a lower mortality than immature females . |
| 16 | Biochemical studies of normal colonic epithelium have shown that several different xenobiotic metabolising enzymes have a low activity in colonic epithelium . |
| 17 | Humming-bird flowers have high sucrose/hexose ratios , while passerine ( sunbirds , white-eyes , honeyeaters and honeycreepers ) flowers have a lower ratio these birds also take fruit-juices , which are highly hexosedominated . |
| 18 | Both underweight and overweight women had a lower chance of becoming pregnant than women with normal weight , although this effect was greater for the obese than for the lean women . |
| 19 | Some of us have a lower threshold of boredom ; some have a better physical metabolism ; others have a lower resistance to cold ; and so on . |
| 20 | On T1 weighted images tumours have a low signal intensity , appearing dark ; on T2 weighted images they have a higher signal and look bright . |
| 21 | The reason is , I think , partly that in this particular society men rule the roost and women have a low status and few rights they can directly exercise . |
| 22 | Both women and men have a surge of testosterone in the early morning , but as women have a lower level to surge to , they are more likely to be overwhelmed by thoughts like ‘ What 's for breakfast ? ’ or ‘ Did I ring the plumber ? ’ than by passion . |
| 23 | He states that in new research areas , there is always the chance that some research projects have a low possibility of success , or otherwise lead to unpublishable negative results , and that to withhold a Ph D in such cases would seem unfair . |
| 24 | Most anorexics have a low opinion of themselves and see losing weight as their most important goal in order that others will value them and so that they can respect themselves . |
| 25 | In some instances the patient is very ill on admission and in these circumstances explanations and introductions have a lower priority than life-sustaining treatment and nursing . |
| 26 | Bear in mind that a fish 's immune system ceases to function below about 50°F … any wounds or bacterial lesions that have not healed by that time will worsen during winter , for unfortunately the bacteria have a lower temperature tolerance than the fish . |
| 27 | However , ancillary capital facilities have a lower priority for assistance than competition or training facilities . |