Example sentences of "higher than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 2 | In 22 of the 40 seats Labour won from the Tories , the swing in the constituency was higher than the regional average , and there was a significant cluster of above 6 per cent swings . |
| 3 | The Canadian government body charged with holding down the cost of patented drugs is proposing amendments to its pricing guidelines at the same time a study shows that Canadian prices are often higher than the international median . |
| 4 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
| 5 | Cos the back end you know is is slightly higher than the front end and we 'd just got it in and the front was about that so it was n't gon na Oh well can you imagine the perspiration there would be , |
| 6 | The index has risen by over 60 per cent while turnover is much higher than the Swedish market , with its much larger market capitalisation . |
| 7 | In the absence of a tax , free market equilibrium is at E and the wage is W. A wage tax makes the gross wage paid by firms higher than the net wage received by workers . |
| 8 | The effective stiffness must then be chosen according to the expected amplitude of the rotor displacement , as shown in Fig. 3.3 in which the stiffness for small loads ( up to 0–15 TPK ) is appreciably higher than the effective stiffness for larger loads ( 0–8TPK ) . |
| 9 | What the complaints will be about are the size of the bills , for throughout most of the South they will be even higher than the hated poll tax . |
| 10 | Above all , globalization is a political process , involving issues that demand decision and action at a level higher than the individual nation-state . |
| 11 | For example , if other short-term interest rates are higher than the current yield , the bond is said to involve a running cost . |
| 12 | Audi 's new 100 makes its showroom debut in May at prices no more than four to five per cent higher than the current range . |
| 13 | Taken over 10 years , it was equivalent to an annual rise of 7.5 per cent — nearly four per cent higher than the current inflation rate . |
| 14 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 15 | higher than the current year , and spending in Scotland will be 22 per cent . |
| 16 | We 're concerned that the that the Local Authorities of this land , including should have received a demand of twelve a twelve percent minimum for A P T and C , and a minimum wage of nine thousand three hundred and thirty , a level much higher than the Labour Party 's own national minimum wage , and indeed higher than the T U C's definition . |
| 17 | The severe storms that have affected Britain in the last few years may be linked with sea-surface temperatures which have been fractionally higher than the long-term average . |
| 18 | If the average value of the trait in the offspring is higher than the parental generation average , the trait is heritable . |
| 19 | Moreover the total percentage of these first three groups in the most recent period is 76.8 , which is higher than the overall percentage . |
| 20 | In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis , the baseline CCPR seemed to be higher than the overall control value ( 8.75 v 4.74 cells/ crypt/hour ) but the difference did not reach statistical significance . |
| 21 | Instead of being as high or even higher than the overall rate of self-employment , the rate of self-employment amongst temporary workers is only half that for all workers . |
| 22 | the rate of inflation for the health service tends to be higher than the overall rate of inflation . |
| 23 | The difference between Peak and RMS switching is that , with Peak , the compressor monitors the true signal peaks which may be much higher than the average level ; for drums , therefore , Peak makes most sense . |
| 24 | This figure is higher than the average sea level rise calculated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change because the east side of England is already slowly sinking due to geological movements . |
| 25 | This is substantially higher than the average yield of shares quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 26 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |
| 27 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 28 | THE SAFETY NET : In the first year of the new system ( 1990–1 ) an area safety net will protect areas in which the community charge ( on the Government 's assumption about spending would otherwise be more than £25 higher than the average rate bill per adult in 1989–1990 ( plus an allowance for inflation ) . |
| 29 | In the same way , only when the marginal rate of tax is higher than the average rate , will the average rate rise as income rises , and the tax be progressive . |
| 30 | As a result Mr Collin estimated the actual bills were likely to be at least 25pc higher than the official estimate . |