Example sentences of "lower than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman would be quite prepared to accept a wage lower than a male compositor 's , since it would probably still be a great improvement on what she could earn elsewhere . |
| 2 | In terms of use , the status of e-mail messages ( excluding mailed WP documents ) , in most companies , is somewhere higher than a telephone call or a hand-written note but lower than a formal memo or report . |
| 3 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 4 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 5 | Since 1940 the average yield , which should in theory have been lower than the official limit but in practice was not always so , has steadily increased : |
| 6 | Opposition spokesmen claimed that the real turn-out was far lower than the official figure . |
| 7 | This amplitude , but not the duration , was significantly lower than the corresponding value for peristaltic contractions induced by dry swallows ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 8 | The non completion rate of non-standard entry mature students was found to be 15.2% which was lower than the corresponding figure for mature students who satisfied the general entry requirement which was 21.7% . |
| 9 | If the system is so ‘ sophisticated ’ that outside organisations are handling our magazine and problems like the one in Autumn occur why bother with that system ? why not go back to good old postage stamps ? … the reason is because we commenced distribution by Royal Mail 's ‘ Presstream ’ at the beginning of 1992 which involves the sender sorting all its UK mail into postcode order , the benefit being considerable savings from two discounts , firstly the Presstream pricing is lower than the standard postage rate and secondly an extra discount is earned because we have done the sorting instead of Royal Mail . |
| 10 | The wear of an alumina-alumina interface is an order of magnitude lower than the metal-polyethylene combination used in conventional artificial , metal-hip systems . |
| 11 | Formerly , notes written in the bass clef were written a fourth lower than the required pitch instead of a fifth higher . |
| 12 | Does not the fact that our inflation rate is lower than the European Community average offer a real opportunity to British industry to improve its competitiveness ? |
| 13 | In either case , at the borders and with slight variation in the illumination , it is possible that the exposure is slightly higher or lower than the optimum value for the current conditions . |
| 14 | The façade was originally more interesting , with the side bays being one floor lower than the central block . |
| 15 | The theoretical decrease in the concentration of involved gene transcripts ( 70% ) was nevertheless lower than the measured concentration : 45–55% for ND1 and ND4-ND4L transcripts , and 35% for the cytochrome b gene transcript . |
| 16 | A issue number lower than the current version of the module has been entered at the new package version or new module version prompt . |
| 17 | This means that the net cost of raising bond finance is lower than the net cost of raising finance via a share issue . |
| 18 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 19 | The early mortality for elected admissions was point four percent and this was found to be significantly lower than the early mortality rate for emergency admissions which was two point four percent , some six times higher . |
| 20 | This means that short-term interest rates on loans due to mature in a year tend to be generally lower than the long-term interest rate on loans of longer maturity . |
| 21 | This protection is paid for by chargepayers in areas which would otherwise have charges lower than the average rate bill per adult . |
| 22 | All pipes connections are concealed within the length to give a neat appearance , and the surface temperature is much lower than the average radiator , so it is safe to touch and needs no bulky enclosures . |
| 23 | It suppresses the blood-sugar level — not just back to the level before the meal , but even lower than the pre-meal level . |
| 24 | The nave dates from 1110 ; it is lower than the Gothic choir and still has its original fenestration ( 337 ) . |
| 25 | If investors assume that the expected level of demand will be lower than the so-called equilibrium position ( the position that yields what economists term ‘ warranted growth ’ ) then the level of savings in the economy will exceed investment , and therefore demand will be lower than expected . |
| 26 | While sales revenues dropped to IR£273.6 million ( 1991 : IR£292.1 million ) , overall volume substantially held up , a creditable performance in a year when most of the Group 's major markets were in recession Financing costs at IR£7.7 million ( 1991 : IR£6.5 million ) reflect higher average debt over the period The taxation charge at IR£2 million was lower than the previous year due to lower profits in high tax jurisdictions . |
| 27 | Defence spending was planned to rise by 5.1 per cent , the lowest percentage rise since 1960 , and a whole percentage point lower than the previous year 's increase . |
| 28 | Recorded crime fell in eight police force areas the rate of increase in violent crime was significantly lower than the previous year and the rise in reported thefts was the smallest for four years . |
| 29 | Yellow metal spent the majority of this 12 month period locked in a narrow range between $329 and $352 and the average of $338 was $19 lower than the previous year . |
| 30 | In Spain , conditions have been extremely difficult with the beer market in significant decline due to economic circumstances ; as a result volumes overall were lower than the previous year . |