Example sentences of "compare with [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , when G. P. Jones moves from noting the greater prominence of pronouns in Shakespeare compared with other Elizabethans to the statement that his sonnets have ‘ a substantial autobiographical element ’ , and that the ‘ fluctuation between thou and you ’ shows ‘ the poet 's uncertainty about his personal , social and professional connection with his patron is at its most acute ’ , then I feel that such speculations deflect attention from the real focus of interest , the pronouns as forms of relationship . |
| 2 | Our response was , ’ What about having more bands to take account of the difficulties that arise because of the differences in property prices in London compared with other parts of the country ? ’ |
| 3 | They bought 21 UK groups for £918m in the nine months , which compared with 62 deals worth £382m by British companies in France . |
| 4 | Darlington does have problems but they do not compare with other areas of the country hit much harder by this recession and long-term industrial decline . |
| 5 | And wh how did that compare with other lads of your age ? |
| 6 | Compared with diabetic patients in urban areas , those in rural areas were less likely to attend a hospital based diabetic clinic ( 46% ( 442 ) v 86% ( 1054 ) , p<0.001 ) ; less likely to be receiving insulin ( 260 ( 27% ) v 416 ( 34% ) , p<0.001 and also after correction for differences in age distribution ) ; more likely to have advanced ( maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy ) diabetic retinopathy ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) ; and more likely to require urgent laser photocoagulation for previously unrecognised retinopathy ( 1.4% ( 13 ) v 0.5% ( 6 ) , p<0.02 ) . |
| 7 | Blue collar workers lost ten days a year in manufacturing and services , compared with five days for white collar workers in manufacturing , and six days for those in service industries . |
| 8 | Compared with the number of dogs who are registered , entries to shows are quite small : fifty to a hundred entries compared with 3,000 registrations for 1986 . |
| 9 | Much closer liaison now exists with the other fiscal authorities within the community and a system of audit based controls will enable the sales values provided on these listings to be compared with declared purchases in other member states and vice versa . |
| 10 | Manual workers have always worked longer hours than non-manual workers — 45.3 hours per week in 1976 compared with 38.5 hours for non-manual workers . |
| 11 | They have an average life of 5000 hours ( control gear 10 000 hours ) compared with 2000 hours for a coiled-coil incandescent lamp . |
| 12 | % mand incisor loss : numbers of mandibles without incisors compared with total numbers of mandibles . |
| 13 | Some varieties , even compared with close relatives in the same group or type , are much more vigorous than others . |
| 14 | That compared with prime rates for American firms of 10% or so . |
| 15 | However , definitional factors pale into insignificance when compared with recent changes in household size . |
| 16 | Control subjects showed significantly higher resting lower oesophageal sphincter pressure compared with all degrees of oesophagitis ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 17 | The location of the mucosal junction , however , was significantly different in controls compared with all degrees of endoscopic oesophagitis ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 18 | Depending upon the decision unit being assessed , alternatives can be either mutually exclusive to the strategy proposed or else a preferred level of activity compared with alternative levels of service provision . |
| 19 | Where we may feel at a disadvantage compared with moral absolutists with fixed standards is not in the claim to objectivity but in the sense of certainty . |
| 20 | Although those in the control sample in Ipswich appear more likely to be in receipt of home help than those in the action sample ( perhaps in compensation for their lack of Home Support Project help ) the mean number of home help hours received by those who were getting any was higher in the action than control sample ( 3.8 hours per week compared with 2.4 hours in the control group ) . |
| 21 | In total , we plan to drill 41 exploration and appraisal wells , compared with 75 wells in 1992 . |
| 22 | Most certainly , though , we should appreciate how fortunate we are in having medical services , caring people around us , and living in a country where natural disasters are rare compared with many places on this earth . |
| 23 | Celtic 1B attracts mostly Scottish students , including native speakers of Gaelic ; Celtic 1A is larger and more cosmopolitan , but still small , compared with many courses in the faculty . |
| 24 | Compared with other groups of banks , the consortium group is small . |
| 25 | Negative feedback may show itself as disappointment at one 's achievement , particularly when compared with other members of the group , or as boredom or frequent teacher disapproval or not enough attention from the teacher ; it could be personal problems to do with one 's family , love life , accommodation or money difficulties . |
| 26 | Compared with other countries in the OECD , this was not an exceptional proportion . |
| 27 | It becomes important , therefore , that any new antihypertensive drug should be compared with other agents in clinical trials that are large enough to detect infrequent adverse morbid events . |
| 28 | The idea of the ‘ marketing concept ’ is taken up in Chapter 31 , and is compared with other approaches to marketing . |
| 29 | What is peculiar , even unique compared with other departments of government , is a special brand of stuffiness . |
| 30 | This comment in a recent ILO/UNCTC study of EPZs in the Caribbean is very typical : ‘ In spite of the small number of jobs generated so far , the rate at which EPZs create employment is , however , so high that they rank as the most dynamic agents for job creation compared with other sources of national employment ’ ( Long , 1986 , p.60 ) . |