Example sentences of "[verb] at a lower " in BNC.

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1 In some situations holiday arrangements might be organised at a lower level in the organisation , particularly in specialist areas , such as operating theatres , where interchange of staff between departments is less easy .
2 They carry the Government Class 1 BS476 Part 7 fire ratings and can be installed at a lower cost than conventional re-roofing .
3 Cultivation extends to about 600m , ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island .
4 Subjective awareness ( a positive answer to the question ‘ Do you feel low ? ’ ) occurred at a lower blood glucose concentration than the initial adrenaline response but the threshold was identical for the two insulins ( 2.5 ( 0.1 ) mmol/l ) .
5 The result is that tasks such as redistribution , which in the fiscal federalism literature are seen as a prerogative of central government , may ( given the imperfections of the Tiebout mechanism and the informational requirements of administration ) be shown to be better pursued at a lower level of government when broader considerations are taken into account .
6 ( Care must be taken in interpreting these probit equations : note that positive because the higher the price the more likely it is that all will be sold ; is positive because as the horizon approaches one gets less fussy , and so one is more likely to sell at a lower price ; the other signs follow from similar arguments . )
7 They give some impression of the life and environment of the wealthy and influential but cause one to forget , or overlook , the lives of the majority of people living at a lower level of survival — a majority that probably includes the makers of the art object .
8 Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ?
9 The channel will now reopen at a lower cGMP level , thus aiding the recovery of the ROS to its dark level as cGMP synthesis proceeds .
10 If we now add a breeze to this situation , the bubble of air tends to be blown away from under the model and the effect occurs at a lower altitude ( Fig. 5.8 ) .
11 If the cooling rate is slower the supercooling persists to lower temperatures and the transition Tg2 occurs at a lower temperature than Tg1 .
12 Although VAT was levied at a lower rate than GST — 10 per cent compared with 13 per cent — it was applied to a wider range of goods .
13 It must be borne in mind that a longer exposure will allow more plant material to be ‘ seen ’ but correction must be made for spreading of material seen at a lower exposure .
14 A cash alternative may be offered at a lower price than the share offer but such an alternative may be safer if this is likely to happen .
15 Out of-date-stock Life-dated products not sold before their expiry date may have to be sold at a lower price ( or even discarded altogether ) .
16 Initially , the post had been envisaged at a lower level , but the Lords select committee pushed for this power .
17 If therefore the waters of the sea showed no signs of depletion of fish , an increased supply could be produced at a lower price after a time sufficiently long to enable the normal action of economic causes to work itself out . [ … ]
18 Erm , how about economies of scale , you said that was important the increase in manufacturing trade , you know , implies that products will be produced at a lower unit value , and therefore benefit consumers and er , therefore increase his trade cos consumers will buy the cheapest product if that comes from abroad , so be it .
19 There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft .
20 Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch .
21 High winds and snowfalls have , however , grounded at a lower level the powerful US Navy Sea Stallion helicopters used to transport the slabs .
22 As a consequence the mixture boils at a lower temperature ( see figure 6.23 ) .
23 The aisle is roofed at a lower level than the nave and the triforia have the function of masking the lean-to roofs which cover these vaults .
24 In these circumstances , it is not surprising to find that population loss from inner areas has been running at a lower rate in the 1980s and that the government 's efforts at introducing more private investment have met with some measure of success .
25 At the moment tunic tops are fashionable and these look well started with a tubular hem , a narrow jacquard border knitted at a lower stitch size than the main fabric or a garter stitch hem if you have a transfer lock .
26 In the French LFAs , subsidised loans are the more common incentive for capital developments ; capital grants are fixed at a lower level than in the UK and are related to the degree of handicap .
27 This Air-Cooled door is ‘ air-washed , ’ which means that it si kept at a lower temperature than many other cookers .
28 It was also apparent , however , that quadraphonic LPs had to be cut at a lower volume level than conventional records .
29 Thirty-five years Stamp Duty is charged at a lower rate if the term does not exceed thirty-five years ( Stamp Act 1891 , Sched 1 as amended ) .
30 Where work can be done by a less senior collegue it will be charged at a lower rate .
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