Example sentences of "low than the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our patients stone recurrence was 5.7% at one year which is somewhat lower than the recurrence rate observed by the Munich group : 11% at one year and 15% at two years . |
| 2 | The recurrence rate in the corrosive group , however , decreased over time , and after 12 months it was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than the recurrence rate in the first six months . |
| 3 | If , on the other hand , the market value is lower than the repurchase price and the terms are the same , then the buyer is likely to exercise the put option . |
| 4 | In the low head the stressed syllable which begins the head is low in pitch ; usually it is lower than the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 5 | Withdrawals were down to £6.42 billion from £7.21 billion in the 1990–91 tax year and were £2.9 billion lower than the peak withdrawal year of 1989–90 . |
| 6 | The E flat lies an octave lower than the E flat alto clarinet , and therefore sounds an octave and a major sixth lower . |
| 7 | The inland areas became lower than the silty areas near the coast and lower than the river channels . |
| 8 | i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy . |
| 9 | In all cases , the reported values of imports into Yugoslavia were lower than the export values reported by the partner countries , despite the fact that the Yugoslav values were c.i.f. and the partner country values were f.o.b . |
| 10 | In the lower stratosphere , however , O 3 is still 8% lower than the control run values because of the long lifetime for O 3 in this region . |
| 11 | Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond . |
| 12 | Even directly below high-voltage lines levels of exposure to EMF were lower than the safety guidelines issued by the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 13 | These ratings were significantly lower than the accident estimates and interacted differently with junctions , nonetheless , risk ratings and accident estimates were highly intercorrelated . |
| 14 | These two reasons — the public sector 's ability to spread risk more thinly and the lower after-tax interest rate relevant to resources displaced from private consumption — justify the use of a public sector discount rate that is a little lower than the interest rate inclusive of tax and risk at which private firms must borrow . |
| 15 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 16 | In 1989 the broad money supply increased by 74,300 million forints or 12 per cent , which was 7 per cent lower than the growth rate of the nominal GDP , indicating the extreme monetary rigour of the Central Bank . |