Example sentences of "lower than they [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds at 8.25% and that on three-month bills at 6.6% , long- and short-term interest rates are now lower than they were at the end of the two previous deep recessions , in 1981 and 1973 . |
| 2 | Complaints are likely to rise , even though the sound levels may be lower than they were during the relative ‘ boom ’ days before the recession . |
| 3 | However , the experience in New South Wales so far suggests that sentences under the new dispensation are certainly no lower than they were under the old regime . |
| 4 | Despite recent improvements , unemployment is more than 20% , and real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s . |
| 5 | Marketing margins in the USA showed some signs of recovery but are still lower than they were in the late 1980s . |