Example sentences of "relative to the rest [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , to revert to the example of deer , small species such as the roe have antlers that are small not only in absolute terms , but are small also relative to the rest of the roe 's body ; but the antlers of big species , like red deer , are not only bigger than those of the roe but also bigger relative to the body size of their possessor . |
| 2 | The variations in fortunes thus produced saw changes in the county 's position relative to the rest of England over long periods ; more immediately , there was often a considerable contrast between wealth and poverty in different parts of the area . |
| 3 | First , the economic circumstances of poor families have worsened relative to the rest of the population in recent decades . |
| 4 | By the mid 1980s , therefore the poor were significantly worse off , relative to the rest of the population , than ten years earlier , although in absolute terms their purchasing power improved . |
| 5 | Although you will certainly be concerned about the start itself , it is n't tremendously significant : it is how you sail relative to the rest of the fleet after their start that really matters . |
| 6 | The latter depends in turn on the capital intensity of fixed costs relative to variable costs ( ) and relative to the rest of the economy as a whole ( ) If fixed costs are relatively capital-intensive in both senses , then the first-round effect is for the size of the firm to be increased ( see dashed lines in Fig. 7–3 ) and this reinforces the substitution effect . |
| 7 | This improvement in the supply-side leads to an increase in aggregate demand by increasing real purchasing power , increasing investment , and improving the competitiveness of the EC relative to the rest of the world . |
| 8 | What 's happen , what happened was , in the mid to late eighties , London led the way in the housing market and prices in London became very very expensive relative to the rest of the country . |