Example sentences of "compare with [noun] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Losses before tax have been cut to $1.3m ( £800,000 ) for the six months to 30 June , compared with $15.1m in the same period last year , on sales up 14 per cent at $60.2m . |
| 2 | Although things are looking up this year , operating profits in 1990 fell to $201.3m compared with $266.1m in the previous year . |
| 3 | Compared with equivalents in the rest of India , these households have few servants — often only one . |
| 4 | Styling is less square cut than predecessor 's but still pretty ponderous compared with others in the class . |
| 5 | A total of 34% ( 31.1% to 37.8% ) of cystic fibrosis adults were married or cohabiting , compared with 61% in the general population over 16 years of age . |
| 6 | Also in 1990 , 15pc of mothers gave up in the first week , and 38pc by the sixth , compared with 14pc in the first week and 39pc by week six in 1985 . |
| 7 | TSW-TELEVISION South West reported taxable profits of £3.19m for the year to 31 July , compared with £3m in the previous year . |
| 8 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is declining worldwide , especially in the developed countries of North America , Europe , and Japan , there have been several recent reports showing that there has been an increase in carcinomas of the cardia compared with carcinomas in the antrum . |
| 9 | Taxable profits in the half-year soared to £324.6m compared with £204.7m in the corresponding period in 1991 . |
| 10 | PROFITS at Harland & Wolff , the privatised Belfast shipbuilder where the majority shareholder is the Norwegian Fred Olsen group , slumped to £2.1m during 1991 compared with £11.7m in the 18 months previously , after provisions of £4m for redundancies and for its Trassey Shipping associate . |
| 11 | Secondly , trends in various socio-demographic and economic variables will be compared with trends in the size and composition of the population of children in care in collaboration with those involved in a complementary programme of research at the University of Bristol . |
| 12 | In the fourth quarter of 1991 the amount of new consumer credit advanced was £11.82bn compared with £12.07bn in the third quarter — a fall of 2 peer cent . |
| 13 | In the first quarter of 1992 the group made £377m before tax , compared with £358m in the corresponding period last year . |
| 14 | Commenting on its most recent losses ( page five ) Advanced Logic Research Inc , Irvine , California said that more price competition reduced its turnover , and that its gross margin for the latest six months was just 14% compared with 22% in the year-ago period ; the impact of the reduction was partially offset by cost-cutting programmes , and its cash position improved by $5.5m to $35.1m during the latest six months while the company simultaneously cut bank debt $7m . |
| 15 | Again the data seem reassuring in that in 1979 , 27% of residents in public sector beds were defined as high dependency patients compared with 22% in the private sector ; in 1990 the proportions were 26% and 29% respectively . |
| 16 | The larger number of cataracts recorded in the prompted group probably reflects the diligence of optometrists in noting these defects , compared with doctors in the hospital diabetic clinic . |
| 17 | Mexicans are the cheeriest : comparing optimists and pessimists , a net 76% of Mexican businessmen expect sales to rise in the second quarter of this year , compared with 69% in the first quarter . |
| 18 | In a single centre double blind study of 66 patients , the value of cisapride ( 10 mg twice daily ) was compared with pacebo in the prevention of duodenal ulcer relapse . |
| 19 | Rates of grant for development plans and other investments were , until December 1984 greater in the UK than in France ( a maximum of 34% seemingly in French LFAs compared with 70% in the UK ) . |
| 20 | In the three months August to October , the amount of new credit advanced to consumers totalled £11.77bn , compared with £11.99bn in the previous three months . |
| 21 | On 17 September Christie 's announced that it had cut its interim payment down to 0.5p compared with 2.3p in the first half of last year . |
| 22 | The National Opinion Poll ( NOP ) found that 32% of women were using the pill , compared with 25% in a similar poll taken in 1987 . |
| 23 | Helicobacter pylori was associated with 37.5% of tumours in the 1960s series compared with 25% in the later series . |
| 24 | During the 1980s income growth in unit trusts has been high ( £1000 invested in a unit trust in 1989 would have yielded £142 , compared with £81 in a building society ) . |
| 25 | The drug was compared with prednisolone in the management of active left sided or total ulcerative colitis . |
| 26 | Results were similar in the analysis according to protocol , with 14% considering themselves in remission in the fluticasone propionate group , compared with 39% in the prednisolone group ( p=0.001 ) . |
| 27 | Wider access for adults is being advocated but , compared with courses in the arts or social sciences , many science courses appear to be less flexible in their entry requirements . |
| 28 | An above average dependence on donations hit Somerset in 1991 when only £6,000 emanated from that source compared with £57,000 in the previous year . |
| 29 | The CBI points out that UK dividends , as a percentage of post-tax profits , have been consistently higher than elsewhere , reaching more than 70% last year , compared with 54% in the US and under 35% in Germany and Japan . |
| 30 | In the first half of the year , the group made taxable profits of £42.3m compared with £40.4m in the corresponding period last year . |