Example sentences of "be higher [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Because if you eat a regular high carbohydrate diet then your BMR is likely to be higher than a person eating a high fat diet . |
| 2 | Rates will vary : commission rates for exhibitions may well be higher than a gallery 's normal rate . |
| 3 | ‘ For smaller businesses , the American Express card today will probably cost less than other cards and will certainly not be higher than a bank card . |
| 4 | Simply stated , the argument is that the cost of capital of a corporation with management that trades on inside information will be higher than a corporation with management that does not engage in such trading . |
| 5 | It will be higher than the Treasury bill rate . |
| 6 | The bracket furthest away from the downpipe position will be higher than the outlet to give a fall of 1 in 500 ( 4mm for each 2m length or 1in for each 40ft ) . |
| 7 | The true velocities may be higher than the velocities measured in projection . |
| 8 | ( iii ) Fill the black watch glass with the spreading solution ( 0.2 M sucrose , made fresh and filtered ) ; the sucrose should sit in a nice " bubble " , and the level of the solution should be higher than the edge of the watch glass ( 6–7 nil ) . |
| 9 | Libel damages call for a metaphysical evaluation of dignity , a compensation , in many cases , for loss of amour propre which may be higher than the courts would award for the loss of an arm or a leg . |
| 10 | He was one of those whose wisdom ( to recall the terms of Wyatt 's sonnet ) insisted on his maintaining an unchanged obedience to an authority he ultimately felt to be higher than the King 's . |
| 11 | However , a firm 's reported earnings ( also called accounting income ) are usually larger than the firm 's dividends , which would seem to suggest that the value of the firm based on earnings will be higher than the value based on dividends . |
| 12 | The costs of going to court are likely to be higher than the value of the contract and the only beneficiaries are typically the lawyers . |
| 13 | Even if both man and woman are earning a wage , the man 's wage will be higher than the woman 's and so his job more important than the woman 's . |
| 14 | Consequently the contribution of petrol lead to blood lead of adults would be higher than the average 24 per cent calculated for Turin . ’ |
| 15 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |
| 16 | The implied interest rate charged by the Bank on loans to the discount houses will usually be higher than the market rate on bills . |
| 17 | The opportunity cost of a resource may , in some circumstances , be higher than the resource 's purchase price . |
| 18 | You will pay interest charges on any money that is overdrawn ( which may be higher if the overdraft has not been formally arranged ) and usually the bank will charge fees to cover administration costs . |
| 19 | The standard should be higher when a power to affect liberty was in issue . |