Sentence examples for moderate less than from inspiring English sources

Because the average slope is moderate (less than 15°), 1-D computer codes have been used to model the equivalent-linear earthquake site response analyses of layered hill deposits, as generally performed by professionals.

"The general view of forecasters is that growth in 2010 will be moderate, less than you might expect given the depth of the recession," Mr. Bernanke said, because of several issues, including continuing financial and credit problems, deleveraging by households and the need to end the economic stimulus programs.

However, the two Caucasus ranges are characterized by decidedly different tectonic regimes and rates of deformation that are subject to moderate (less than an order of magnitude) gradients in climate, and thus allow for a unique opportunity to isolate the effects of climate and tectonics in the evolution of topography within active orogens.

It is revealed that the large-amplitude rain-wind-induced stay oscillation occurs in the bridge when the mean wind velocity at deck level ranges from 6 to 14 m/s, the wind attack angle (relative yaw angle) ranges from 10° to 50°, and the rainfall is light to moderate (less than 8 mm/h).

In the period of 1995 1997, the investment from Korea into Vietnam is moderate (less than $1 billion); most of them were the small and medium-sized projects focusing light industries such as textiles and footwear.

Table 7 illustrates that when the number of buses is small to moderate (less than 106200), the performance of this method is slower than the best achieved in [7, 9, 12, 33].

The severity of HFRS caused by DOBV-Aa in central Europe is mild to moderate, less severe than its clinical course in Balkan countries associated with the DOBV-Af variant hosted by A. flavicollis (14, 16, 17 ).

A binary variable was created that equaled zero if the respondent engaged in moderate activity less than three times a week and was equal to 1 if the respondent engaged in moderate activity three or more times a week.

Overall, the damping potential of the alloy is moderate, typically less than 5%.

We got an initial decision ("accept with moderate revisions") less than three weeks later, accompanied by two reviews, one of which was particularly helpful and detailed.

Never mind studies that suggest that moderate exertion — less than 20 miles of running a week, not more, and at a stately pace — bodes best for well-being.