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Example sentences of "compare with the [det] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	And how does that compare with the same period last year ? ’
2	The number of centenarians , which rose by 650 as of September 1 , compared with the same date last year , was the highest in 23 years , the Health and Welfare Ministry said .
3	If there 's a rise compared with the same quarter last year , could there be a good reason , perhaps a new baby or a recently retired person spending more time at home ?
4	First quarter results , while down a drastic 80% compared with the same quarter last year , at least showed a profit of $0.8 million , notching up DG 's second profitable quarter in a row and making six profitable quarters out of the last eight .
5	He confirms a 24 per cent rise in sales between January and March , compared with the same period last year , with buyers from outside Devon , Cornwall and Somerset stimulating local business .
6	The number of gold articles hallmarked in the first three months of this year fell by 12 per cent compared with the same period last year , according to the Assay offices .
7	In the third quarter of this year business failures rose by 53% , compared with the same period last year .
8	A spokesman at IBM Corp 's East European headquarters in Vienna claimed that the company exceeded the internal sales targets set for the first quarter of 1993 , and succeeded in increasing its turnover in the region by around 30% when compared with the same period last year .
9	Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months .
10	compared with the same period last year , its market share is up from 17 to 19 per cent. , and its operating profits are up by 50 per cent .
11	Today today we 're declaring an interim dividend of one point three three per share er compared with the same period this year er sorry let me start that again .