Example sentences of "great than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will occur where the corporate controllers perceive that the long-run loss to the company 's wealth ( and to a greater or lesser extent their own — it may depend on a number of variables ) is likely to be greater than the short-term profits . |
| 2 | Although the loss of sensitivity inherent in grid-referenced PCR needs to be addressed , it is possible that it will not be a major issue ; even patients with chronic hepatitis C , who frequently have low levels of viraemia , generally have circulating levels of virus orders of magnitude greater than the lower limits of detection by PCR , and levels of hepatitis B virus DNA in chronic carriers are orders of magnitude greater still . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | • Continuing Group pre-tax profit up by 30 per cent to £1.71 billion , greater than the pre-tax profit for the entire Group in 1988 . |
| 5 | It has been found in concentrations over 40 times greater than the standard set by the European Community . |
| 6 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere saving of time in a library and taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or erm a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 7 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere erm saving of time in a librarian taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 8 | Given the poor publicity generated by the Soviet Union 's agricultural failings , it comes as something of a surprise to look at the statistics and see that the Soviet Union is still the world 's largest wheat producer , greater than the European Community ( which also made agricultural self-sufficiency a goal in its early years ) by about 10 million tons in 1989 , outstripping the United States and Canada , the world 's ‘ breadbasket ’ , by almost the same amount . |
| 9 | The pig feeding scheme was so successful that even with rationing , the amount of bacon consumed in nineteen forty one was greater than the annual pre-war consumption per head . |
| 10 | The problem of the ‘ dark ’ figure of crime , the ‘ real ’ crime level , which is so much greater than the official statistics for recorded crime , seems to indicate a far more serious problem than previously acknowledged . |
| 11 | If a local council exceeds this amount , then the local Council tax will be increased by a factor greater than the excess spending ( i.e. the high spending councils are penalized ) . |
| 12 | The top 20pc of households receive an income ( £786 ) 10 times greater than the poorest 20pc , which lives off £73 a week , with the richest 20pc spending £165.30 a person more than twice as much as the poorest 20pc , who spend £62.50 per person . |
| 13 | Although they enjoyed their lifestyle there was evidence that very long hours were worked , greater than the individual enterprises actually required . |
| 14 | BAe said its range would be up to 50 per cent greater than the existing 125-800 , cutting 50 minutes from the flight time of coast-to-coast operations in the US and Australia . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Chinese government says that the number of Taiwan-financed projects approved last year was greater than the 3,815 approved during 1983–91 . |
| 17 | In 1988 , the average size of transactions where other EC companies took over UK companies was 2.5 times greater than the average value of transactions where UK companies acquired other EC companies . |
| 18 | The greatest cause of redundant data however is the inclusion of the company logo ; this has been known to be as much as an order of magnitude greater than the average model . |
| 19 | If his average for the first X tests is one greater than the average Sorry beg your pardon I 've got it round me round me neck . |
| 20 | Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy . |
| 21 | In fact , for the UK the tax structure achieves progressivity ( a marginal tax rate greater than the average tax rate ) by having tax allowances and a wide band of income over which the marginal tax rate is a constant . |
| 22 | Further the average score of 57.9 for the degree results of the non-standard entry mature students was significantly greater than the average score of 50 for all students . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Her internal agitation was greater than the poised picture she presented . |
| 29 | The directors consider that the market value of the company 's interest in land and buildings amounts to £110,000 which is £48,956 greater than the net book value shown in the accounts . |
| 30 | Proposition Modules ( i.e. , the study of a particular aspect to a depth greater than the other course members ) |