Example sentences of "compared [prep] [num] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This resulted in the loss of three of Schleswig-Holstein 's 14 constituencies , and goes far to explain why in the whole of the Federal Republic there were only four excess seats in seven general elections held from 1965 onwards compared with 13 in the previous four . |
| 2 | There were no trends in death from cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular disease with length , though men whose length at birth was 20 inches ( 50.8 cm ) or less had a standardised mortality ratio of 103 from cardiovascular disease , compared with 93 in the remainder . |
| 3 | Production is now running at over 400,000 engines a year , compared with 100,000 in the 1980s . |
| 4 | The newly elected House of Commons included 60 women compared with 44 in the outgoing parliament , and 140 new MPs . |
| 5 | In the first half 170 textile companies recorded problems compared with 112 in the whole of 1988 . |
| 6 | On April 4 in Neath Labour retained the seat with a reduced majority of 9,830 ( as compared with 20,578 in the 1987 general election — see p. 35283 ) . |
| 7 | On the main island of Curaçao which was allocated 14 seats , Liberia Peters 's centre-right National People 's Party ( Nationale Volkspartij — NVP — also known as the Partido Nashonal di Pueblo ) won seven seats ( compared with six in the last elections in November 1985 — see pp. 34291-92 ) . |
| 8 | Only three patients in the oxygen supplemented group ( n=33 ) required any form of intervention for hypoxia compared with six in the control group ( n=33 ) . |
| 9 | Although 5-ASA enemas were easier to administer ( only one patient had difficulty compared with six in the bismuth group ) , bismuth was easier to retain ( eight patients on 5-ASA had difficulties but only two patients on bismuth ) . |
| 10 | During the four weeks to March 12th , there were 439 new registrations for jobs and training at careers offices compared with 553 in the previous month . |
| 11 | The ratio of men to women in the whole clinic was 1:1.7 compared with 1:1.2 in the elderly group . |
| 12 | Firms who have substantially reduced their work force include Formica ( with 550 employees in 1987 , compared with more than 1200 in the early 1970s ) , Welch 's ( a locally owned sweet manufacturer with 130 employees , compared with 200 in the early 1970s ) , Universal Bedding ( with 350 employees in 1982 , compared with 500 in 1973 ) , and Great Northern Knit wear ( with 75 employees in 1987 , compared with 115 in 1973 ) . |
| 13 | Pre-marital conception leads to larger than average family size , even when other factors are taken into consideration : 2.6 children compared with 2.3 in the 1946 cohort . |
| 14 | Enrolment in the Boston schools stands at around 36,000 , compared with 182,000 in the ILEA . |
| 15 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) took 494 polluters to court compared with 191 in the previous year . |
| 16 | FSO sold just 99 cars compared with 480 in the same month last year . |
| 17 | The prompted group received on average 1.1 eye examinations per year compared with 0.9 in the control group ( NS ) . |
| 18 | Initial results gave the conservative coalition 47 seats in the 99-seat legislature of Australia 's most populous state , compared with 60 in the outgoing legislature . |
| 19 | There had been a significant fall in the number of new arrivals since the October agreement — only seven between January and mid-May 1992 , compared with 3,920 in the corresponding period in 1991 . |
| 20 | Baton Rouge has seen 40 murders so far this year , compared with 19 in the whole of 1991 . |
| 21 | There were only two recurrences in the solitary stone group compared with 19 in the multiple stone group — equivalent to LTA recurrence rates of 14.8 ( 9.7 ) % and 41.7 ( 9.3 ) % at 42 months respectively . |
| 22 | There are now 25,000 swans on waterways compared with 19,000 in the last count in 1983 , according to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust . |
| 23 | Brewer and co-workers ( 1988 ) report that , in 1981 alone , 30,000 rounds of plastic bullets were fired , compared with 55,000 in the 5 years up to 1975 . |
| 24 | After the election , there are likely to be about 30 Etonians on their benches , compared with 43 in the last Parliament and 68 the last time the party was led by one of their number ( Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 ) . |
| 25 | In the first half of the 1980s , there were only fifteen expropriations compared with 336 in the first half of the 1970s . |
| 26 | At present there are some 12,000 hotel beds , nearly all in Funchal , compared with 200,000 in the Canary Islands and over 36,0O0 in the Algarve . |
| 27 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |
| 28 | Of the under fifties , it was found fifteen had breast cancer , compared to sixty in the fifty to sixty four group . |
| 29 | In 1831–9 , Farr ( 1840 ) estimated that the death-rate in the country areas was 18/1,000 compared to 26 in the towns . |
| 30 | Cowley now employs 5,000 people , compared to 28,000 in the early 70s . |