Example sentences of "be as low " in BNC.
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| 1 | LDL helps to build up the deposits that cause heart disease , so it should be as low as possible . |
| 2 | However the IG index of prices on the grey market — where shares are traded unofficially before issue — indicates that the more popular companies , such as Thames and Northumbrian , could open with at least a 30p premium , while the premium on the less popular North West and South West could be as low as 21p . |
| 3 | Headline inflation , further distorted by changes in interest rates , could be as low as 4% . |
| 4 | For all these reasons , bank-loan growth will be as low as 6% this year , suggests another broker , W.I. Carr , compared with 20% in 1990 . |
| 5 | The fastest growth will occur in the electrical sector , with overall rates of 7 per cent pa , but uncertainty over recycling will damage prospects for the automotive polyesters — annual growth is forecast to be as low as 2 per cent for cars and 1.7 per cent for commercial vehicles . |
| 6 | Turn around times for replacing a standard outsole can be as low as 30 minutes , but even when more complicated adjustments and corrections have to be made , shoes are usually back on your feet the same day . |
| 7 | Obviously getting work is an extremely important goal for any child at school , and it is a goal for society that there should be as low a level of unemployment as is compatible with the advancement of technology and the efficiency of industry and agriculture . |
| 8 | Correlation was found to be as low as 0.385 . |
| 9 | Bob Atkinson of the VCA reckons the cost of LVTA could be as low as £15,000 but suggests that , as the precise requirements of the regulations have been kept deliberately flexible , the inspectors will have the final say . |
| 10 | The Children 's Society denounced the proposals , which could cost up to £75 million , as a ‘ knee jerk reaction ’ given figures suggesting the number of persistent young offenders could be as low as 100 . |
| 11 | The approach to the tournament should be as low key as possible with changes being made only where absolutely necessary . |
| 12 | The National Federation of Independent Business , which speaks for small businessmen , puts job losses as high as 1m ; some economists say they could be as low as 100,000 . |
| 13 | The Air Europe ‘ moneysaver ’ operates from Gatwick and can be as low as £99 to Gibraltar and £106 to Palma . |
| 14 | Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small proportion of employment in rural areas , and in the more remote regions it has been estimated that this can be as low as 10–20 per cent ( Gilg 1976 ) . |
| 15 | A study of the rural North East showed that critical thresholds may be as low as 120 persons , below which there is a precipitous fall-off in all services ( Edwards 1964 ) . |
| 16 | That maximum should be as low as 1300 to 1500 patients per full time principal . |
| 17 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 18 | It may be as low as 500 ( 3 branches per 100 carbon atoms ) in high-pressure polyethylene , which in consequence has a lower density than its linear brother — high-density poly-ethylene , which has a molecular weight between branches approaching 3000 . |
| 19 | For pensions and child benefit , the take-up rate approaches 100% , but for means tested benefits such as family credit , the take-up rate may be as low as 50% . |
| 20 | Thus in our example above , where we calculated the unit price at 75p , the bid price could be as low as 64p while the offer price could be 86p . |
| 21 | The conclusions drawn are that perforations should be shot with the biggest charges possible , large negative pressure differentials , and that there needs to be a high shot density ; also that the mud weight over-balance — that is , the degree of pressure maintained above the reservoir 's natural pressure — during drilling should be as low as possible ; and that losses of fluids and solids to the productive reservoirs should never be accepted as a matter of course . |
| 22 | The low insurance risk , up to now , of commercial buildings in the centres of Edinburgh or Glasgow is shown in the fact the insurance element ( previously including terrorism cover but now , of course , excluding it ) of a rental ranging from £16 to £26 a sq ft could be as low as 25p a sq ft . |
| 23 | The five to one will last to the end of the ten minute guarantee at the shops , it will then go four and by the General Pershing could be as low as seven to two or a hundred to thirty according to Ladbrokes . |
| 24 | The dealer then approaches the arms manufacturers telling them that if they appoint him as their agent , he will get them a contract in return for a percentage of the value of the transaction , which could be as low as 3 per cent , or as high as 15 depending on how specialized is the equipment required . |
| 25 | IT states that risks to individuals and society should be As Low As Reasonably Practicable . |
| 26 | transmission distance from the generating station to population centres must be as low as possible consistent with other criteria ; |
| 27 | The surviving fraction of stem cells , which may be as low as 1/100000 mount a proliferative response . |
| 28 | I would be very grateful if the departure could be as low key |
| 29 | Giving a 40000 stadium to hunslet whose crowds can be as low as 700 is stupid . |
| 30 | The Foundation questions whether Project Tiger — set up by the Indian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature in the early 70s — can be termed a success , and suggests that tiger numbers in India now might be as low as when the project began . |