Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] [det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The 1s level binding energies of elements increase roughly as Z , the nuclear charge , and can of course only be used for elements lighter than that used in the X-ray source .
2 In other words , this approach uses a concept of industrial change which is broader than that used in long-wave theory .
3 Employers ' and parents interpretations may diverge even more widely , particularly as the level of detail these groups are likely to be able or willing to handle will be broader than that used by teachers .
4 Additional air pollution in each of these classes must not exceed specific air quality ‘ increments ’ , thereby assuring a level of air quality which should in all cases be cleaner than that required by the NAAQSs .
5 Notation which is to be inscribed on the spine of books may need to be shorter than that used in catalogues , indexes , databases and bibliographies .
6 Although the nets are much shorter than those employed in the North Pacific , and have a much larger mesh , they are devastatingly effective at catching dolphins .
7 Could it be that er evolution in sort of Aboriginal societies are more harsher than that allowed for a more experienced man to teach a young child how to live as opposed to , it , it 's beneficial for
8 The ratio was slightly lower than that achieved by the industry before nationalisation , but it was not markedly out of line with other countries .
9 Our estimate of the percentage of multiparasitized nests containing more than one egg of the same female at Guadix is close to that given by Soler , but significantly lower than that obtained at Santa Fe ( Table 1 ) .
10 The frequency of transformation with both pVM39 and pVMC3 plasmids was about three orders of magnitude lower than that obtained for pBR322 alone .
11 After 12 months , the recurrence rate was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than that observed during the first six months .
12 However , when she examined her cocoliche corpus ( 50 hours recorded from 50 speakers ) , Lavandera noted that the frequency of subjunctive forms in all environments was even lower than that observed in the Buenos Aires Spanish corpus ; moreover there was independent evidence that this low frequency did not simply reflect a poor command of Spanish by the immigrants .
13 As expected , the carcinoma incidence in the under 50s ( 0.6% ) was very much lower than that observed in the 50 to 70 years age group ( 7.5% ) or the over 70 years group ( 11.6% ) The incidences of adenoma in these age groups were 6.2 , 31.5 , and 32.2% respectively .
14 On the other hand , collagen-stimulated thromboxane production was similar to controls before CS11 apart from at the lowest collagen concentration ( 0.5 μg/ml ) when thromboxane production was in fact lower than that seen in control subjects .
15 The percentage propulsive rate ( 26.6% ) in the interposed colon is significantly lower than that seen in the normal oesophagus ( 80% ) , and more than double that seen in the left hemicolon in its normal location ( 10% ) .
16 Those elderly from social classes 1 and 2 illustrate a prevalence of long standing limiting illness which is 20 per cent lower than that recorded by their counterparts from classes 4 and 5 .
17 What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems .
18 But it remains the case that the current rate of increase in unemployment is considerably lower than that experienced in the early part of last year . ’
19 The Liberal Democrats ' vote on Thursday , 18 per cent , was lower than that secured by the Liberals under David Steel in February 1974 .
20 They use the stoving technique , where the bath is put through the ovens at a controlled temperature , lower than that required for vitreous enamelling and so less damaging to old baths .
21 However , as terraces are usually degraded and as it is usually extremely difficult to determine their precise limits , a degree of accuracy lower than that required for the long profiles of streams is permissible .
22 ( c ) The matrix could yield at a strain lower than that required for fibril yield .
23 A study done for the pensioner 's parliament found that the basic pension paid in Britain in 1988 was lower than that paid in every country except Portugal — but Germany , which has a high pension , and Ireland , which has a low one , were omitted for technical reasons .
24 For example , the quality of housing occupied by ethnic minorities is much lower than that occupied by whites ( see chapter 7 , section 7.3 ) .
25 Previous studies have shown that only 2% ( 386/17000 ) of health care staff being vaccinated were naturally immune to hepatitis B , a figure lower than that found in our population — 5.5% ( 1186/21389 ) — indicating that perhaps most of those being vaccinated are either ‘ low risk staff ’ or new entrants to the profession .
26 The small negative slope after in vitro CO 2 equilibration of gall bladder bile ( ) is much lower than that found in human serum of -0.23 .
27 The mean rectal labelling index reported by these investigators was , in fact , lower than that found in any of the groups of our study .
28 But he did say that February 's increase was significantly lower than that recorded in January .
29 The figure is also lower than that derived by Hughes 100 for her single chemistry thesis , where she found elements of the thesis research in five subsequent papers .
30 That said , the prevalence of NSAID intake was not significantly lower than that reported in an Australian community prevalence study after correction for a lower proportion of women in the present study .
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