Example sentences of "[verb] a lower " in BNC.
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| 1 | In advance of the meeting it had been anticipated that Iran would seek a lower overall quota , in the region of 22,000,000 bpd , to drive prices up to nearer $25 per barrel . |
| 2 | Bankers close to the deal say that Morgan Stanley was forced reluctantly to accept a lower commission structure because Italy was being offered this by other banks competing for the business . |
| 3 | Firstly , if , as they have been , house sales are still sticking when you come to sell , you may have to accept a lower price than you had hoped to get ( although , of course , you may also be able to buy your new property more cheaply ) . |
| 4 | As Guildsoft puts it ‘ You ca n't ask your current users to accept a lower standard of service than users of other products that you 're trying to attract ! ’ |
| 5 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 6 | Thus , the recession made carpet purchasing a lower priority matter for those who already had carpets and the attitude was to make them last longer . |
| 7 | There is provision for Member States to pay compensatory allowances at a higher rate under Article 15 where improvement or maintenance ‘ of the natural landscape ’ is important ( e.g. farmers keeping a lower stocking density for nature conservation reasons ) . |
| 8 | Can you see the the range of price , but also obviously pizzas and command a lower price than things on an a la carte menu . |
| 9 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That we found a lower mortality than expected is not relevant to the paper 's message . |
| 12 | It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In practice there is a limit to how far we can elongate a fat particle ; this places a lower limit ( c. 25% ) on the fat content of a cream which can be whipped . |
| 15 | To impose a lower bound , we need only substitute , where , throughout the problem and solve in the usual way . |
| 16 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 17 | The assistant 's task is to deputize , where necessary , for the account executive ; to run meetings covering minor points of detail ( often follow-up action for major meetings ) , to attend to detail within the agency ; and , in general , to provide a lower level of contact between the client and the agency — on a par with your own assistants or subordinates . |
| 18 | We may therefore use Choleski 's method ( see 2.4.2 ) to find a lower triangular matrix L such that |
| 19 | We have included tritones as mild dissonances deliberately , to illustrate certain factors : We will now introduce a lower part which will disperse the dissonances in the upper parts and produce relatively smooth , relaxed harmony . |
| 20 | Labour would introduce a lower rate income tax of below 20 per cent and a top rate of 50 per cent , and would abandon higher rate income tax relief on mortgage payments . |
| 21 | The Law Lords were upholding a lower court 's decision that the Southern Water Authority had not breached the terms of the 1981 Act by damaging a site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) . |
| 22 | Problems with a terminal or page printer would be considered a lower level problem than a problem with the disk units or processor for which we have no spares . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Hay that has lost its colour has a lower nutritional value and is less palatable . |
| 25 | Some firms like BP try to use as much North Sea crude as possible , because it has a lower sulphur content than Arabian Gulf oil . |
| 26 | There have been no studies yet in diabetics showing that a group with really good glycaemic control has a lower incidence of coronary artery disease than a well-matched control group . |
| 27 | Ministry in the home never has a lower priority than that outside the home . |
| 28 | The guidance is persuasive rather than prescriptive and has a lower level of authority than statements of auditing standards . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | However , the Rubislaw Quarry , stone from which has been widely used throughout the area , is located in the Aberdeen granite , which is less geochemically evolved and has a lower uranium content than the other granites . |