1 Teaching in some subjects has been well below par.

2 The champion was playing well below par.

3 Duffy's primitive guitar playing is well below par.

4 I'm feeling a bit below par today.

5 Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.

6 I've been feeling rather below par recently—I think it's time I took a holiday.

7 But performances have been consistently below par for too long and drastic action needs to be taken.

8 If the bond is currently trading below par, its operative life is likely to be the number of years to maturity.

9 He certainly seemed below par in the few mid-season matches last year, but the whole team looked poor in those.

10 His team, too, have clearly been below par without Gooch's usual dependability at the top of the order.

11 If the bond is trading below par, the issuer is likely to repurchase the bond in the market.

12 Treasury 8.75% 1997 at ￡97 1/8 to yield 9.48% to redemption is one of the few medium dated gilts still below par.

13 He later warned the council's executive committee chairman Erica Wheeler that Mrs Ware's work was below par.

14 For a second year, economic growth has been substantially below par.

15 With only 11 declared at the latest acceptance stage, the Doncaster Classic looked somewhat below par.

16 Ideally, the user manager will realise his team is below par early enough in the half to switch to a more defensively sound formation and thus minimise any damage.

17 Mr. B might get a pink slip because his work has been below par.

18 The syndrome is more likely to strike those whose immune systems are already below par.

19 The amount by which the market value of shares drops below par value.

1 Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.