Example sentences of "compared [prep] [num] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no significant difference between cases and controls in oral contraceptive use : 12 of the 16 hypertensive women had recorded use of oral contraceptives compared with 13 of the 16 controls . |
| 2 | They are compared with two of the diurnal raptors listed in Tables 2.1 and 2.4 and seven mammalian carnivores ( Tables 2.1 and 2.5 ) . |
| 3 | Ten patients had lactose malabsorption , compared with two of the control subjects ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 4 | Thus , Walker points out that , in 1981 , 66.8 per cent of all pensioners lived at or below the 140 per cent supplementary-benefit level , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly ; and the risk of experiencing poverty is three times greater for those over retirement age than it is for those below it . |
| 5 | It has been estimated that three-quarters of the elderly , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly , live on or below the poverty line . |
| 6 | At one year , remission was maintained in only one of the 11 elemental diet treated patients compared with six of the 19 prednisolone treated patients . |
| 7 | Most children simply did not have a fair chance : two-thirds of the homes in the unskilled-worker category had five or fewer books in them , compared with one-twentieth of the professional homes . |
| 8 | All patients in group A were symptomatic at diagnosis compared with 23 of the 38 patients ( 61% ) in group B. Recurrent ascending cholangitis occurred in 12 patients in group A ( 52% ) and two patients ( 5% ) in group B. The similarity between the two groups was maintained when the nine patients in group A who developed calculi after sclerisong cholangitis was diagnosed were excluded . |
| 9 | The most popular size used to be the 4½in ( 108mm ) square tile , still available in a limited number of ranges , but displaced from the No 1 position by larger 152mm ( 6in ) square tiles , which are quicker to fix ( you need only 44 to cover a square metre of wall , compared with 86 of the smaller tiles , and there 's less grouting to do as well ) . |
| 10 | Half the male population is economically active , compared to one-quarter of the female population . |
| 11 | Rover has sold 16,200 new 800s so far this year , compared to 14,000 of the old models last year . |