Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a lower " in BNC.
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| 1 | If two assets have the same risk but one of them has a lower return than the other , then it is sold and the proceeds are invested in the other . |
| 2 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 3 | Overall , for 90% of the individuals in our sample who had a spell longer than three months , Model I predicts a lower reservation wage in the second period than the first . |
| 4 | These can be categorised as design but more often end up in local history museums or museums of childhood which occupy a lower status in the museum hierarchy . |
| 5 | The 30-nation talks in Geneva failed to bridge the gap between countries such as Germany and the Nordic states , which are seeking a 79 per cent cut in emissions by the end of the decade , and those like the UK and France which want a lower level of cuts over a longer period . |
| 6 | With a modern glider which has a lower wing and the wheel well ahead of the c.g. , this weathercocking will be even more pronounced , so it is better to hold the down wind tip . |
| 7 | However , the widely-used local building stone from Rubislaw Quarry is located in the Aberdeen granite , which has a lower uranium content than the other granites and so emits less radon . |
| 8 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 9 | It is currently being tested for use in an aerosolised form which delivers a lower total dose of the drug directly to the lungs , in order to reduce the risk of side effects . |
| 10 | The first was the group of monographs in original ( unrepaired ) leather bindings , which showed a substantially higher than average need for repair , with 25% of them proving defective , and the second was the group of monographs in paperback bindings , which contained a lower proportion of items needing repair ( 2% ) than monographs in any other type of binding . |
| 11 | You can borrow any sum from £7,500 for any purpose including any kind of home improvements and your loan will be secured by a mortgage on your property which means a lower rate of interest and a much longer time to repay . |
| 12 | Manufacturing industry has declined , whilst service industries , which employ a lower proportion of manual workers , have expanded . |
| 13 | It is also because the system lacks the option of civil proceedings , which require a lower standard of proof than criminal cases . |
| 14 | The sheet had not specified whether the driver was being investigated for ‘ driving or attempting to drive ’ or ‘ being in charge of a vehicle ’ , which carried a lower maximum penalty . |
| 15 | The professional man who gave a lower standard of service in necessitous cases , where his remuneration was little or nothing , would be regarded as an unworthy colleague by his professional brethren . |
| 16 | A prosthetist who had a lower limb amputation himself stated : ‘ They [ patients ] want to pick your brain for every bit of knowledge they can get . |
| 17 | Although responders may be biased towards independent , articulate individuals in employment , unemployed people may have had more time to reply , and this is supported by a higher response rate among women , who had a lower employment rate . |
| 18 | When erm you have a lower number . |
| 19 | Erm when you have a lower number . |
| 20 | ‘ Mentally handicapped ’ is the most common term used in Great Britain to describe a section of the public who possess a lower than average level of intelligence . |
| 21 | That we found a lower mortality than expected is not relevant to the paper 's message . |
| 22 | All average rents on our stock across the whole of the south east is twenty seven pounds a week erm , I think is , is the figure now the bulk of that funded down to the old er regime that we had from the housing corporation where we got er , a lot more grant and we had the residual line and the money we 've had to borrow ourselves for the scheme was actually from the corporation themselves that all changed in the ninety eighty eight housing act and we now get a fixed er , sum of monies , it 's fixed percentage of local cost from the housing corporation and the balance has to be borrowed from a private lender just like anybody else going out and and buying a home , if you like er , from a , a bank , from a building society or somebody like that and we have to charge a rent er to the property that will repay that loan and , the way in which we actually do it is , is we charge a lower rent and actually who pays the rent quite substantially below that er , because erm the rent on these properties if we i if we charge what the the housing corporation 's grant as it 's set would be round about ten , twelve pounds more expensive than that . |
| 23 | Assuming a mass of 1.4 M and ; for the pulsar and sin i=1 , we obtain a lower limit of 0.14 M and ; for the mass of the companion . |
| 24 | We run a lower sixth form residential summer school for kids , which has been very popular for the past five years . |
| 25 | Is that okay , shall we try a lower dose ? |
| 26 | most of the changes that have been made to those houses have been er erm at the request of Newton Sherwood District Council , they the the they lifted the room pitch , we had a lower one , they wanted a higher one , erm , and you know , erm , all all basically erm the the although they counted it as a change since application |
| 27 | This does not mean that they have a lower percentage fat content but that the fat present is partly mixed with the liquid that is retained in the cheese . |
| 28 | This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires . |
| 29 | The consequences of an inflexible retirement age fell particularly hard on women as they have a lower pension age . |
| 30 | they had no vision of a classless society , erm , personally while I 've no desire to see uniformity , I see no earthly reason why some people because they have a lower income should be compelled to live in inferior and perhaps crowded conditions , whereas the man with five or six or seven times their income can choose a larger house in a much more delightful district and I think it is things like that that make the difference between what I as a young socialist agitator was advocating and what we find today . |