The phrase "are rather lower" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing levels, amounts, or values that are below a certain standard or expectation.
Example: "The temperatures this winter are rather lower than we experienced last year."
Alternatives: "are significantly lower" or "are considerably lower".
Either way, these values are rather lower than some that have been suggested over the years, but by any measure, these were colossal animals.
Summer temperatures near sea level may average up to 76 °F (24 °C) but are rather lower at exposed higher elevations.
Many graduates report having acquired relevant skills during work experiences either before or during their HE courses, though the proportions that do so are rather lower in the UK than elsewhere in Europe (Little et al. 2008, p. 35).
The stakes are obviously very high, but the chances of successfully influencing pubic opinion - and shifting votes - are rather lower.
However more recent national coverage estimates from the 2004/2005 DHS, which includes around 7,000 children [ 17], are rather lower at (46%), than we found in our 2002 survey.
Correlations are rather lower than between Part 1 and Part 2, being in the range.20 to.39, compared with.55 to.65 for Parts 1 and 2, and that is to be expected since Parts 1 and 2 are knowledge assessments, whereas PACES is an assessment of clinical skills.
This year, Ventro's revenues are likely to be rather lower: zero, to be precise.
But it also means Stephenson is rather lower on this year's list than Tranter, at number 10, was last year.
In China, the stakes were rather lower – but some competitors couldn't forget the war at home.
Apart from anything else, it has a famously huge exposure to derivative contracts -- estimated at €46 trillion in 2016 (the potential losses on the portfolio would be rather lower).
It focuses on Howard T. Duck, who is transported, via a high-tech botch, from his planet to ours, where the level of intelligence, if the movie is any indication, is rather lower.
