Example sentences of "low [subord] [adj] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio was slightly lower than that achieved by the industry before nationalisation , but it was not markedly out of line with other countries . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democrats ' vote on Thursday , 18 per cent , was lower than that secured by the Liberals under David Steel in February 1974 . |
| 4 | For example , the quality of housing occupied by ethnic minorities is much lower than that occupied by whites ( see chapter 7 , section 7.3 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The standards for thesis acceptance should not be lower than those applied by journal referees when considering papers for publication . |
| 8 | Some scepticism has been expressed by tenants as to whether independently judged rents will be significantly lower than those asked by brewers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The overall disability prevalence rates generated by the OPCS disability survey are lower than those produced by the GHS : 208 per 1000 population aged 16+ compared with 135 per 1000 . |
| 12 | That sort of return is even lower than those used by political pollsters . |
| 13 | Neither mortality rate was as low as that achieved by the combination of streptokinase and aspirin without heparin ( 8.0% ) . |