Example sentences of "as compare [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , an individual may be significantly restricted as to the condition , manner or duration under which they can perform a major life activity as compared to an average person . |
| 2 | Figures for the year ended 31 March 1989 , due to be published at the end of the year , show an overall 8 per cent drop in the use of the ‘ green form ’ initial advice and assistance scheme , as compared with an overall increase the previous year of 10 per cent . |
| 3 | When told that the total would be about 170 , he asked if this was not ‘ pitifully inadequate as compared with an annual enrolment of housing applicants of 400-odd , not to mention a backlog of 2,000 ’ . |
| 4 | According to Hypo F & C's calculations , the fund would have achieved an average annual growth rate of 13.7% in the period 1980 to 30 June 1992 as compared with an average annual growth rate of 11.1% from a high-rate building society account . |
| 5 | A recent analysis of the American market in diamond jewellery has shown that nearly half is given for Christmas as compared with an eighth each to mark birthdays and wedding anniversaries . |
| 6 | In 1987 school fees rose by an average of 11 per cent as compared with an inflation rate of 4.1 per cent , but despite higher fees the independent schools are growing by about 6,000 pupils a year , and by the end of the century they are expected to account for 8.5 per cent of the school population . |
| 7 | Inflation was running at 41 per cent in July 1992 ( as compared with an average of 60 per cent in 1991 ) . |
| 8 | Such issues were not covered by policy , and these appeals tended to have a better than average chance of success ( 41 per cent as compared with an overall average of 31 per cent ) . |
| 9 | Whilst this type of order is fairly common , it must be appreciated that it has defects as compared with an outright transfer of the matrimonial home to the wife . |