Example sentences of "compared with [art] " in BNC.

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1 Survival analysis showed appreciable otoscopic and tympanometric resolution of fluid with ventilation tubes alone and adenoidectomy alone compared with no surgery .
2 Survival analysis showed similar improvements in otoscopic clearance and tympanometric change as a result of treatment with a ventilation tube alone or after adenoidectomy alone compared with no surgery .
3 This study was designed to evaluate the effect of adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy compared with no surgery and thus the data on effectiveness of treatment with ventilation tubes are somewhat a by-product .
4 Before disposal of an asset , pooling makes no difference to the written-down values of the assets compared with no pooling .
5 ENROLMENT of full-time students in English polytechnics has increased by 47 per cent over the last eight years , compared with a rise of only 3 per cent in universities , Her Majesty 's Inspectors said yesterday .
6 The Halifax 's monthly index shows prices fell by 0.3 per cent during August , compared with a peak in July last year of 4.3 per cent .
7 This compared with a £428,000 loss in the corresponding period last year .
8 The temporary club chairman , Roland Boyes MP , returns to the Labour benches this week suspecting that , compared with a Hartlepool board meeting , the House of Commons is a scene of perfect unity .
9 TSB Direct managing director Philip Haynes said an all-singing all-dancing banking service , like Midland 's First Direct , could follow — but only when he believed there was something ‘ demonstrably better ’ about a direct bank account compared with a traditional branch-based account .
10 The return on assets works out at 1.8 per cent compared with a 3.75 per cent target set by the Government .
11 Almost half of the company-car drivers surveyed thought that it was acceptable to drive at 90mph on a motorway ( 20mph over the speed limit ) , compared with a quarter of drivers of privately-owned cars .
12 Two economies are tipped to enjoy significantly faster growth than in 1990 : Iceland ( 3.4% , compared with a decline of 0.1% in 1990 ) and New Zealand where GNP is forecast to ‘ surge ’ by 1.5% , after a dismal annual average of 0.3% during the past five years .
13 America 's industrial production recovered in the 12 months to February , rising 0.9% compared with a rise of 0.1% in the year to January .
14 Britain 's industrial output slowed in January , leaving it only 0.3% up on the year , compared with a 1.2% increase in the year to December .
15 The consensus forecast says Germany 's current-account surplus will fall swiftly : to DM88 billion ( $52 billion ) in 1991 , compared with a forecast of DM96 billion for an un-united West Germany .
16 In March America had its smallest monthly trade deficit for almost eight years : $4 billion compared with a monthly average of $8.5 billion in 1990 .
17 J. P. Morgan , a New York bank , is optimistically forecasting that the current account for the year will be in balance , compared with a deficit of $99 billion in 1990 .
18 Mr Martin predicts that plant capacity will shrink by 3% this year ( compared with a fall of 8% in 1980 ) .
19 In the past two quarters manufacturing output per man-hour fell by an annual rate of 1.1% , roughly the same as in previous recessions , but non-manufacturing productivity — a good proxy for services — rose by an annualised 1.2% compared with a typical decline of 1.5% in past recessions .
20 London securities houses had their worst year ever in 1990 , with 3,000 job cuts and losses of £353m ( $630m ) , compared with a £500m profit in 1989 .
21 Those with two adults will pay £682 , compared with a £489 poll tax .
22 America yielded first place despite its exports rising 8.5% in volume terms , compared with a rise of only 1.5% for Germany ; and it would still have done so even if unification , which added $22.5 billion to the exports of the former Federal Republic , had never happened .
23 Measured by the government 's official poverty line — which counts as poor a family of four with an income below $12,675 , in 1989 dollars — the proportion of blacks stuck at the bottom has refused to budge from around a third for the past 20 years , compared with a tenth of all whites .
24 The maximum penalty is ten years ' imprisonment , compared with a maximum of five years for the lesser offence of violent disorder .
25 But quite a few samples are thought to have nitrogens of about 1.4% , and for that quality of sample the suggestion in the trade is that a premium of up to £20/t could be available , though this is compared with a spot feed market that has been weakening over the past week .
26 A flow chart , compared with a calendar , will also tell you if your event clashes with a race meeting in the area on that day or another big event that might clog the roads , take the public attention and jeopardise the success of yours .
27 It can be compared with a civil engineer 's piling hammer , when the great weight is hauled to the design height and released by a slip catch .
28 Heron — which builds houses , owns petrol stations and imports Suzuki vehicles as well as selling other cars including Rolls-Royce — made a small trading loss in the year to March , compared with a £60m profit in 1990–91 .
29 BOLTON-BASED building products distributor Cooper Clarke returned to the black with a £126,000 profit in the eight months to end-December , compared with a £274,000 loss in the previous year to end-April .
30 It warns of the danger of short-term economic gains compared with a ‘ well-considered strategy involving massive investment by public and private sectors ’ .
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