Example sentences of "[adj] compared [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe . |
| 2 | Deep down , I believe that our century will not be very interesting compared to other centuries . |
| 3 | it is flexible and individualistic compared with testing ; |
| 4 | In 1901 38 per cent of men were widowed compared with 18 per cent in 1981 ; for women the proportions were 50 per cent and 44 per cent respectively . |
| 5 | November new car sales rose by 6.3% to 106,902 and new commercial vehicle sales rose by 15.3% to 15,920 compared with the same month in 1991 . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're old compared with John , ’ said Mervyn a little too sharply . |
| 7 | In sub-Saharan Africa the estimated number of HIV-infected people had doubled to 5,000,000 compared with 2,500,000 in 1987 . |
| 8 | Two more of the nave lights had been switched on but the church was still dim compared with the harsh glare of the arc lights trained on the scene and it took him a minute to locate Father Barnes , a dark shape at the end of the first row of chairs under the pulpit . |
| 9 | Generally speaking , individual cleverness by British players is abysmal compared to 90 per cent of overseas players . |
| 10 | ‘ But the other committee members were in the clear compared to you two really , were n't they sir ? ’ |
| 11 | It is apparent that not only do actual levels of expenditure per head of the elderly population vary greatly between local authorities , but there are also striking differences in the way the money is spent , for example in the level of support provided to the heavily dependent compared with that for the less dependent . |
| 12 | The physiological explanation for this resides in the greater affinity of sulphate reducing bacteria for H 2 compared with methanogenic bacteria ( Ks of Desulfovibrio vulgaris , 1 µmol.1 - 1 ; Ks of Methanobrevibacter smithii , 6 µmol.l - 1 ) . |
| 13 | In adapting it to a.c. operation , Heydweiller found it necessary to incorporate the extra variable resistor of resistance R 2 compared with the Carey Foster version . |
| 14 | Pausing just long enough to sweep the old man 's triumphant face with an antagonistic look , Beth turned from them both and went , head high , out of the room and into the hallway , where the late March sunshine found its way through the tall arched windows , and where the air seemed relatively fresh compared to the musty damp smell of the old man 's den . |
| 15 | Here , the aim of assessment is simply to identify whether or not the child 's language is unusual or atypical compared with that of other children of a similar age or in respect of other aspects of development . |
| 16 | This compared to 69 ( 50% ) taking insulin , 50 ( 36% ) taking oral hypoglycaemics , and 18 ( 13% ) on diet alone among the patients receiving shared care . |
| 17 | Well this is , this compared to WordPerfect is an absolute dream |
| 18 | This compared to 16 per cent and 13 per cent of those going to live with low EE relatives . |
| 19 | This compared with a £428,000 loss in the corresponding period last year . |
| 20 | This compared with the $100 per tonne prediction for the end of the century being made by the CEGB at the time of the 1983–5 Sizewell B Inquiry . |
| 21 | This compared with Salter 's figure of £850 . |
| 22 | This compared with 10 per cent of two parent families with dependent children . |
| 23 | The equivalent of 48.9 maximum part time consultants worked in the inner London hospitals , sharing 53 orthopaedic trainees ( 1.08 per consultant ) ; this compared with 30.5 maximum part time consultants sharing 22 career trainees , outside London . |
| 24 | This compared with 80% of schools where there was a regional policy . |
| 25 | This compared with £5.2 billion for the same period in 1990 . |
| 26 | Under an agreement reached at the round table in January the UDF newspaper Demokratsiya was permitted a maximum circulation of 70,000 copies a day [ see p. 37193 ] , but this compared with 760,000 copies of the BCP daily Rabotnichesko Delo . |
| 27 | President Hashemi Rafsanjani , who declared three days of national mourning , in early July announced that the death toll was between 35,000 and 36,000 ; this compared with a figure of 40,000 bodies so far recovered , given by the Red Crescent ( the Moslem equivalent of the Red Cross ) on June 27 , and much higher estimates initially . |
| 28 | This compared with 16,726 in 1988 , itself a 53 per cent increase over 1987 [ see p. 36499 ] . |
| 29 | The decline in world interest rates , the slight improvement in commodity prices and the relative weakness of the dollar ( the unit in which nearly all debts were denominated ) meant that the total burden of interest and capital payments now represented about 26 per cent of total export revenues for the 20 most severely indebted middle-income countries which between them accounted for 44 per cent of world debt ; this compared with a debt service ratio of nearly 50 per cent in 1983 . |
| 30 | This compared with the latest forecast for the 1990 deficit of L140,000,000 million , representing 10.8 per cent of GDP . |