Example sentences of "[adv] lower [subord] [adj] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the quality of housing occupied by ethnic minorities is much lower than that occupied by whites ( see chapter 7 , section 7.3 ) . |
| 2 | More generally , however , the cycles have not acquired such good reservoir properties and the overall porosities are much lower than those formed by early leaching in the Z2 Carbonate . |
| 3 | The ratio was slightly lower than that achieved by the industry before nationalisation , but it was not markedly out of line with other countries . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Only the loss of Darlington , where Mr Michael Fallon was comprehensively defeated to become one of eight unseated ministers , went against the regional pattern of swings to Labour far lower than that predicted by the polls . |
| 6 | That sort of return is even lower than those used by political pollsters . |
| 7 | Heat has entered the debate because the Medical Research Council ( MRC ) has submitted secret advice to the Home Office which claims that deaths after an attack may be lower than almost any published estimate — and certainly lower than those predicted by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) , which has the statutory responsibility to advise the government on radiation hazards . |
| 8 | Some scepticism has been expressed by tenants as to whether independently judged rents will be significantly lower than those asked by brewers . |