Sentences with phrase «lower than level»

Prudent debt coverage is generally pegged at about 125 percent of estimated project value, and conduits were reportedly pushing much lower than this level.

Energy prices fell by 3 percent over the month as gasoline prices were 4.9 percent lower than their level in February.

The policy typically starts with a premium that is lower than the level premium insurance but becomes more expensive over the length of the term.

The level of preparation necessary to determine that trial is necessary is vastly lower than the level of preparation necessary to actually try the case.

Credit card delinquency rates reached an all - time low for the third straight month in August and the charge - off rate index is now more than 400 basis points lower than its level a year ago.

As a result, the company maintains a conservative 80 % AFFO payout ratio, which is lower than the level reported by most triple net lease REITs.

If in case the down payment is lower than this level, it would have to be insured.

Although payments from an indexed annuity starts out lower than a level annuity, it provides for an annual increase.

Increasing premiums may be initially lower than our level premium policy, but may be higher in later years.

Typically you would only do this if your marginal tax rate is lower than the level of imputation credits attached (i.e. 28 %).

I KNEW I had a wide - ope market that could feed well into a niche publisher, but the publisher passed on the grounds that they didn't do «beginner books» (since then, I've seen a book or three published by than that seems LOWER than the level I was writing at).

Press your hands against the wall, slightly lower than the level of your shoulders.

Not only that, but average exposure to BPA is thought to be well below 100 micrograms per day, orders of magnitude lower than the level required to exceed the TDI.

This is between 30 and 60 times lower than the level in the Bergasol range.

A health department spokesman, on background, said the state was acting on the belief that the EPA sets health advisory levels at levels far lower than a level expected to cause health effects.

A recent USDA study shows, however, that on average, SFAs set prices lower than that level.

Its simple really, Wenger is a very poor manager and has been poor very almost 10 years now, he makes insanely stupid decisions and moves than not even a non league manager would make e.g Kim Kallstrom, 40mil + 1 for Suarez, not siging an out field player last season, playing Ozil on the left wing for some time, Flamini siging, being snubbed by Vardy etc, the list goes on and on and on, Chelsea go in for Kante in within 4 days deal is done, But noooo Wenger goes in for crack head Vardy and gets snubbed, I'm sorry but if we had to choose over 2 new world class sigings or a new coach I'd opt for the new coach, Wenger is a poor poor manager, he ia lower than the level of our club, anyway thanks in advance for the thumbs down.....

At the end of 2003, the unemployment rate stood at 5.6 per cent, 1/2 a percentage point lower than its level a year earlier (Graph 42).

Energy prices fell by 3 percent over the month as gasoline prices were 4.9 percent lower than their level in February.

Even though the S&P 500 is less than 3 points above its March peak, and the index remains lower than its level of 5 years ago, and has underperformed T - bills for the past 7 years, I realize that the chatter about «4 year highs» can make it seem frustrating that the Strategic Growth Fund is well hedged here.

Expenditure on engineering construction has been particularly weak since the beginning of 1999 and is nearly one - quarter lower than the level a year earlier.

At 4.4 percent, the rate is now lower than the level the Federal Reserve targeted for the long term.

Other commodity prices, while displaying some volatility, are only slightly lower than their levels of a year ago.

Oxytocin levels in women with postpartum depression have been found to be lower than levels in women without postpartum depression.

Hormone levels in fathers of newborns (1 month and younger) dropped four to five times lower than levels in single men levels and twice as much as fathers of older children.

The agency also concluded that exposure levels and thus cancer risk from the 29 «dioxin - like» compounds in the plume were 50 times lower than levels to which ordinary Americans are exposed to over a lifetime via their food, according to the 2007 analysis [pdf].

Levels of most nutrients met the stingy amounts called for in the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA), but these amounts are much lower than the levels of nutrients Price found in the diets of healthy primitives.

The «Safe Harbor» exposure level limits have been established by the state of California and are exponentially lower than the levels set by the FDA, EPA, and WHO.

In a research study carried out in 2013 and published in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, women with TE or pattern hair loss were tested to check their vitamin D levels, and even though female pattern hair loss is considered hereditary, levels of vitamin D were lower than the levels of women from the control group.

Thirty - four percent of Latino eighth - graders read Below Basic (a two point increase over 2013, but a nine point decrease over 2002); 15 percent of white eighth - graders read Below Basic (a one point increase over levels two years ago, but one point lower than in 2002); 37 percent of Native eighth - graders read Below Basic in 2015 (one point lower than two years ago, and two points lower than in 2002); and 14 percent of Asian eighth - graders read Below Basic (unchanged from 2013, but 10 points lower than levels 13 years ago).

Additionally, the entire Atenza range, including front - wheel drive (FWD) and four - wheel drive (4WD) grades, qualify as Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles (SU - LEV) by achieving exhaust emissions that are at least 75 percent lower than the levels set in the Japanese Government's 2005 exhaust emissions standard.

All model grades qualify as Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles (SU - LEV), achieving exhaust emissions that are at least 75 percent lower than the levels required by the Japanese government's 2005 exhaust emissions standard

Environmental Performance Polluting exhaust gas components (HC, NOx) have been reduced significantly on both types, resulting in emissions values 50 % lower than levels stipulated by 2000 regulations.

Conforms to SU - LEV (emissions are 75 % or lower than the levels required by the Japanese government's 2005 exhaust emissions regulations)

They are classified as Super Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles (SU - LEV) achieving exhaust emissions that are 75 percent or lower than the levels required by the Japanese government's 2010 exhaust emissions regulations and qualify Japan's 2010 fuel economy standards plus 25 percent.

When stock prices go down, the investor feels pressures to lower his stock allocation to levels lower than the levels that are optimal for his hopes of achieving his particular life plan.

As present, third party (TP) rates which are regulated by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority are lower than the levels for the general insurers to break even.

This price point is significantly lower than the levels seen during the massive bull run, yet still higher than anything we have seen in quite some time.

Inventories of homes for sale were 12.2 % lower than the levels in October last year.

Not exact matches

Although the first two categories require a lower skill level than the latter, many firms charge the same hourly rate for all three.

Designers of an app that alerts the user to low blood - sugar levels, for instance, might think about how technology can transmit its feedback to the body in ways that are more direct than displaying information on a smartphone screen.

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, hit its lowest level in more than 20 years earlier this year.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

On the data front, fourth - quarter current account figures showed the deficit fell, hitting its lowest level in more than a year, as an increase in the primary income surplus offset a soybean - driven drop in exports.

Elsewhere, unemployment numbers in the euro zone dropped to their lowest level in more than nine years in January.

Seasoned deal - maker Walsh was much quicker than rival full - service airlines Air France - KLM and Lufthansa to embrace budget flying, buying short - haul carrier Vueling in 2015 and setting up IAG's own long - haul low - cost carrier Level last year.

The notes from the meeting show that a number of Fed officials feel that interest rates could begin to be raised from their current artificially low levels sooner than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.

It's not just entry - level workers or low - wage clerks who collect and process data; people whose annual incomes exceed $ 200,000 spend more than 30 % of their time doing so, too.

But again, the FDA says the levels of the chemical in foods like fries or crackers are much lower than acrylamide levels linked to cancer in animal studies.