Example sentences of "low than [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem in economic terms is that net farm incomes are substantially lower than for other farm enterprises and types . |
| 2 | Despite the sophisticated techniques involved in enhanced recovery of oil and recovery of heavy oil , both investment and production costs are lower than for tar sands , oil shale and for the renewables . |
| 3 | The maximum social security payments for older people living in residential care homes are lower than for younger , physically handicapped people . |
| 4 | Indeed , by 1987 , the rate of economic activity for men within five years of retirement was actually lower than for teenagers . |
| 5 | One example of this is that the CEGB 's engineering costs for a new coal plant are expected to be 16 per cent higher than for the completion of the coal-fired Drax power station while for a new AGR it expects engineering costs to be 20 per cent lower than for the Heysham II prototype . |
| 6 | The commission charged is usually lower than for advisory and discretionary business . |
| 7 | Mortality rates for lung cancer in those who have always smoked only cigars and pipes are significantly higher than in nonsmokers but are lower than for cigarette only smokers . |
| 8 | So although the quantity of money required will be larger in the case of monthly payment , the velocity of circulation will be lower than for weekly payment ( assuming total spending is the same ) . |
| 9 | For relationships between Imperial units ( Example 98 ) success rates were low , 30 per cent or less , rather lower than for metric units . |
| 10 | The term y must be positive , and so the no-arbitrage price for futures on a geometric index is lower than for the corresponding arithmetic index . |
| 11 | The transactions costs for trading round lots of shares ( e. g. one hundred shares ) may be lower than for odds lots . |
| 12 | Evandrou ( 1990 ) showed that , nationally , the equivalent income of carers ( taking account of family size ) was somewhat lower than for non-carers , but the real drop in income was experienced by those caring for someone in their own household . |
| 13 | Of course , although the publicity itself may be free , there are obvious costs in setting up a publicity programme , but , pound for pound , these are considerably lower than for advertising , for example . |
| 14 | The estimated reservation wages increase with age up to about 35 years and then decrease with the men aged over 55 , with estimated reservation wages for both periods which are lower than for teenage men . |
| 15 | Turnout was lower than for general election held in July [ see p. 38996 ] . |
| 16 | The numbers of theses in this area are lower than for areas further north . |
| 17 | Values of the order of 10 6 g mol -1 are now accepted without question , but the accuracy of the measurements is much lower than for simple molecules . |
| 18 | Educational qualifications for entry into the officer corps had been lower than for other comparable elements of the administration . |
| 19 | b Completion rates — While there is some evidence that completion rates for non-traditional students are overall somewhat lower than for traditionally qualified students , there is also evidence that completion rates for these students vary considerably depending on their qualifications and previous experience . |
| 20 | In the last chapter dealing with transbinary comparisons the authors show that the proportion of CNAA honours degree students receiving good degrees is on average lower than for their university counterparts . |
| 21 | But surprisingly prices in Northallerton were lower than for the County Durham pubs although overall Which ? found Yorkshire prices higher than in the North-East . |
| 22 | Mike Ross , Widows ' managing director , said : ‘ Despite a good 1992 , nominal investment returns during the 1990s continue to be considerably lower than for the 1980s . |
| 23 | Solar power introduces another step where breakdowns can occur , but the cost of maintenance is far lower than with diesel pumps . |
| 24 | With this profile , HNO 3 column amounts are 17% lower than with our ‘ standard ’ profile , so that an autumn/spring offset of this magnitude could conceivably result from inadequate knowledge of the actual HNO 3 vertical distribution . |
| 25 | In addition , coelocentesis does not involve puncture of the amniotic membrane and therefore the risk of direct trauma to the embryo or chronic amniotic fluid leakage would be expected to be lower than with amniocentesis . |
| 26 | Death rates of toddlers and children aged 2–3 years whose mothers had moved from urban to rural areas were lower than of children born to non-migrant urban mothers in all but eight and four countries , respectively . |
| 27 | Even so , the carry from the men 's tee was considered particularly daunting , for it was also lower than at present , and even the new bank in front failed to ease the psychological effects of both hazard , distance and danger . |
| 28 | The population of Great Britain is increasing although the rate of increase is lower than at earlier times in our history . |
| 29 | In 1894 , the year of the reconstituted Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , monthly rates for ABs on steam vessels were lower than at any time since 1888 . |
| 30 | As Mead pointed out , the numbers ( estimated at 13,000 ) are lower than at any time since the institute started counting more than 20 years ago , and well below the peak of 15,400 in 1989 . |