Example sentences of "compare with [art] [noun sg] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 , head of gene sequencing at the institute , said that the latest estimate compared with a three-to five-year estimate when work started last summer , thanks partly to more resources being devoted to the project and partly to better methods for finding new genes quickly and without redundant effort .
2 Ask Computer Systems Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $674,000 compared with a profit last time of $2.0m , on turnover that declined 7.1% at $100.5m ; the net loss for the nine months was $4.6m , down from a loss last time of $55.9m , which was struck after a $54.8m writedown of goodwill in acquisitions , on turnover up 2.7% at $297.7m .
3 Ceridian Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $12.9m , compared with a loss last time of $34.1m , which included a loss from discontinued operations of $13.2m and a $41.8m charge from an accounting change , on turnover that increased 8.8% at $224.4m ; net earnings per share were $30 .
4 Timberline Software Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $13,000 , compared with a loss last time of $134,000 , on turnover that rose by 14.8% to $4.1m .
5 Thus it might be established that the progressive — ing has a high accuracy rating and the past tense morpheme — ed a low one , that the plural morpheme — s rates high on this accuracy measure as compared with the singular third person morpheme — s , and so on .
6 In order to determine if this had occurred , the biopsy free leucine enrichments were measured and compared with the plasma free leucine enrichment at the time of taking the biopsy .
7 There are some , like erm , oak trees live five or six hundred years if they 're lucky , pines can live for a thousand years , giant tortoises for two hundred , well these are quite impressive figures , but let's face it it 's not very long , erm , compared with the time that evolution has been at it .
8 Dividend yields on expected 1992 earnings are up to 3.8 p.c. , compared with an average 3 p.c. over the last seven years and the economy can count on a resilient currency , low wage claims and an expected 40 p.c. fall in the trade deficit this year .
9 This compares with a loss last time of £47.4m .
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