Example sentences of "compare [prep] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April there was the first deficit on the visible trade account for 10 years ; for the first four months of 1991 the deficit was DM12,000 million ( compared with a surplus for 1990 as a whole of DM77,000 million ) . |
| 2 | A study among geriatric patients at St George 's Hospital , London , found a mean ‘ half-life ’ for Opren of 101 hours , compared with an average for normal patients of 30–35 hours After a 43-day delay the department replied . |
| 3 | Level of literary and education have traditionally been high in the Baltic republics ( Estonia , for instance , was 96.2 per cent literate in the 1897 census compared with an average for European Russia as a whole of 28.4 per cent ) , and there are higher than average levels of media consumption , urbanisation and other indicators of ‘ modernity ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This compares with a loss for 1991 of £4 million , stated in accordance with the new accounting standard FRS 3 . |