Example sentences of "of [adj] compared with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the House of Representatives , controlled by the Democratic Party since 1956 , the party won 259 seats , a net loss of eight compared with the 1990 result . |
| 2 | Thailand increased its rubber exports by 31 per cent in the first half of 1985 compared with the same period the year before — yet its rubber revenues fell by eight per cent1 . |
| 3 | And Stena Sealink claimed that the total market had grown by a mammoth 39pc over the first four months of 1993 compared with the previous year . |
| 4 | Tobacco released to the market was down 11.3 percent in the first half of 1991 compared with the same period of 1990 and 17.7 percent down compared with the second half of 1990 . |
| 5 | Industrial output fell by 4.5 per cent in the first quarter of 1991 compared with the same period in 1990 , falling in the engineering sector by 14.2 per cent but rising in the food industry by 13 per cent . |
| 6 | The price farmers receive for agricultural products in the European Community fell by 11.8% in real terms in the last quarter of 1992 compared with the same period of 1991 . |