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 ’ . |