The phrase "and a somewhat lower" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two things, indicating that one is at a lesser degree or amount than the other.
Example: "The new model offers improved performance and a somewhat lower price than its predecessor."
Alternatives: "and a slightly reduced" or "and a somewhat diminished".
Their results demonstrated approximately the same cold contrast (four iterations) and a somewhat lower hot contrast than ours.
Thus, it has a slightly lower genome copy number and a somewhat lower degree of growth phase-dependent copy number regulation than H. salinarum.
The intensive option showed better local control and a somewhat lower frequency of distant metastases, but no effect on survival.
The GBD study estimated slightly higher numbers for men (3113 deaths) and a somewhat lower mortality for women (1447 deaths).
When compared to EOC cases, the PPC cases were older and a somewhat lower proportion was Black.
In peptide length profile, the test hydrolysate showed to have more di- and tripeptides and a somewhat lower free amino acid content compared with NUT.
The results revealed that the plasma membrane of mutant cells contained similar amounts of Cdr1p and Cdr2p and possibly a somewhat lower Mdr1p amount compared to the membranes isolated from wild-type and reintegrant cells (Fig. 8B).
WCST: Patients were slower during maintaining set and set shifting, they demonstrated more perseverative errors and achieved a somewhat lower number of categories (Fig. 3).
Celsius with a resulting reduction in deaths of 40,000 annually, as predicted above, and if these amenity values reflect workers' valuation of reduced mortality, they would be valuing lives at between $750 thousand and $2.5 million, a somewhat lower figure than others have estimated.
The screen is mounted close to the rasper and at a somewhat lower level in order to ease the flow of the crude pulp.
At the highest annealing temperature, the hardness decreases and has a somewhat lower value compared to the as-deformed condition (576 HV).
