The phrase "a rather lower level" is not correct in standard English usage.
It can be used when discussing a comparative degree of something that is lower than another level, but the phrasing is awkward.
Example: "The project was completed at a rather lower level of quality than expected."
Alternatives: "a significantly lower level" or "a somewhat lower level".
FMDV RNA was detected in mouth swab samples from day 1 in the inoculated animals and from day 2, initially at a rather lower level, in the in-contact animals (Figure 4D) and then persisted in both groups of animals, but at a declining level, for the rest of the experiment (until 10 dpi).
Evidence from one region suggested a rather lower level of completeness during 1972 1984: a cross-check with clinical records found that 137 (95%) of 144 childhood leukaemia patients treated at hospitals in the Oxford region had been ascertained by the NRCT (Draper et al, 1989).
We can compare these percentages to those shown in Table 1, and can see that the implication is a rather lower level of overall satisfaction: 21% of respondents reported that there care was less than 'Very Good', while 25% would have responded in this way if we assume non-respondents are like the latest actual respondents.
A sequence alignment established a high level of similarity (99%) between probe 2 and 3 (respectively isolated from cultivated cardoon and wild cardoon), but a rather lower level (80%) between probes 2 (or 3) and probe 1, from globe artichoke (data not reported).
It is possible that there might never be another game quite like it and, on this occasion, Wenger could content himself with victory against the same opponents, by the same margin and in the same competition but with rather lower levels of stress.
Rather, lower levels of body dissatisfaction and eating-disordered behaviour among underweight women may counterbalance, to some extent, impairment due to other factors.
The last published amount in neighbouring Hungary, a country with a rather generally lower level of income than Slovakia, valid for 2015, equalled about 290 EUR and was widely considered rather low (Kiss 2015).
Amputated fst RNAi) animals displayed a higher, rather than lower, level of Smed-delta-1 expression than did controls 24 hr after amputation.
The fact that Colombia privatized fewer state-run industries than did other Latin American countries did not indicate a lower enthusiasm for the neoliberal order; rather, it reflected a lower level of initial governmental ownership.
Chelsea was campaigning in Ohio, and was asked about what her mom thought about the D.E.A. refusing to reclassify marijuana to a lower level (rather than Schedule I, where it currently sits).
Of interest in the context of introducing a CPC framework for the first time, the majority of respondents (70%, 551) would not consider registering at a lower level rather than having to complete CPC.
