Example sentences of "compare [prep] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are compared with figures for actual growth over that period , with the forecast error in the third column . |
| 2 | A three-minute peak time call was 16.8p with BT , compared with 75p for private users of Mercury One-2-One , the spokesman added . |
| 3 | Undergrounding cables cost £12m. a kilometre compared to £500,000 for overhead cable . |
| 4 | They have , in any case , an appealing track record : their annual average return in the 1980s was ( in dollars ) 14% , compared to 9% for Belgian funds and 8% for those in Holland . |
| 5 | In 1988 , the average weekly spending for married couple households with children where the woman was not in paid employment was £230 per household , compared to £295 for similar households where the woman was in work . |