Example sentences of "compares [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This compares with a deficit of $1.5 billion a year ago . |
| 2 | A profit of $7.6m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $39.6m loss ) produced an overall profit for the half year of $3.5m , which compares with a deficit in the same period in 1992 of $104.8m . |
| 3 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 4 | The loss compares with a profit of £1.2m the previous year . |
| 5 | That compares with a profit of £28m at the height of the boom in 1988 . |
| 6 | This compares with a profit of over £133m in the corresponding period . |
| 7 | This compares with a profit of £86 million in the same period last year . |
| 8 | LASMO 's profit after tax ‘ before exceptional items ’ for 1992 of £41 million compares with a profit for 1991 of £17 million on a restated basis . |
| 9 | This compares with a government figure of 8 per cent . |
| 10 | This compares with a bill of around £600 in this country , including solicitors ' costs and mortgage evaluation fee , but not including Stamp Duty ( at least until August ) . |
| 11 | This compares with a total of L2,200 billion ( £1.01 billion ; $1.76 billion ) already allocated under four previous laws ( of 1984 , 1986 , 1988 and 1991 ) . |
| 12 | This compares with a total of 341000 beds within the NHS , of which 77000 are devoted to mental illness . |
| 13 | The figure compares with a survey in May when 12% said they intended to increase their property holdings . |
| 14 | This compares with a disturbance allowance of 12½ per cent of salary subject to a maximum of £1660 for home-owners . |
| 15 | This compares with a rights issue price of 20p and a price of 102p last year when Lowndes took over Harris Queensway for £450m . |
| 16 | This compares with a rise of 16.2 per cent in the FT-A World ( Pacific Basin ) Index , in a volatile year for Far Eastern markets . |
| 17 | This compares with a first-half profit of £19m and a loss of £55m in 1991–92 . |
| 18 | This compares with a loss last time of £47.4m . |
| 19 | This compares with a loss for 1991 of £4 million , stated in accordance with the new accounting standard FRS 3 . |
| 20 | This compares with a loss in the same period last year of $15.4m . |
| 21 | This compares with a loss in the same period last year of $29.0m . |
| 22 | The profit compares with a loss of £32.5 million in the previous financial year and £189.9 million in the year before that . |
| 23 | The figure , which compares with a loss of £112 million in 1991 , is thought to have been topped only by a near-£1.8 billion loss recorded by British Steel while still in state hands in 1979-80 . |
| 24 | The temperature needs to be kept below 400°C , which compares with a figure of 1200°C for thermal oxidation of the other main semiconductor , silicon . |
| 25 | Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table . |
| 26 | The annual cost will be about £3m a year which compares with the £500,000 currently spent on the Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 27 | What do you see as the role of Government in promoting UK exports and how do you feel this compares with the support received by other European businesses ? |
| 28 | That compares with the rest of the water companies , we are second lowest . |
| 29 | You may think that the moment of those first tottering steps was special , but believe me , absolutely nothing compares with the sight of one 's own child doggy-paddling across a swimming pool for the first time ( or indeed doggy-paddling through Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin , with a not-dissimilar arm action ) . |
| 30 | That compares with the figures you 'll see for the inner routes erm which are higher er because of the er greater transfer of traffic from existing roads . |