Example sentences of "compared with [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wilt readily learn to distinguish light from dark and there is some evidence that they can also distinguish patterns and colours , although it must be said that this capacity is extremely limited compared with the normal capacities of the animals concerned ( Pasik and Pasik 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Compared with the total debts of the 18 poorest African countries ( about $10 billion ) , the American offering is tiny . |
| 3 | % max. incisor loss : numbers of maxillae without incisors compared with the total numbers of maxillae ( given in the appendix ) . |
| 4 | % inferior border broken : numbers of mandibles with the inferior border damaged ( defined as in figure 3.12 ) compared with the total numbers of mandibles in the sample ( given in the appendix ) . |
| 5 | % isolated molars broken : the numbers of isolated molars that are broken compared with the total numbers of isolated molars in the sample ( given in appendix ) . |
| 6 | % molars digested in situ : the numbers of molars in the mandibles and maxillae that show some evidence of digestive corrosion compared with the total numbers of teeth present in the jaws . |
| 7 | % femur heads digested : the numbers of femur heads present in the sample that show some evidence of digestive corrosion compared with the total numbers of femur heads in the sample . |
| 8 | Compared with the early stages of the Schools Council , the Nuffield Foundation 's involvement in curriculum development paid greater attention to mechanisms for the diffusion of ideas ( Redknap , 1977 ; Weindling et al , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | I hope you are pleasantly surprised at how much further you are now able to stretch compared with the early days of the programme . |
| 10 | The teaching role of the staff nurse or equivalent clinical practitioner may have been seen as something of a Cinderella when compared with the traditional tasks of care giving and developing managerial expertise . |
| 11 | Although her reluctance to wear a tooth brace and her dislike of school are important at one level , they pale into insignificance compared with the long-term consequences of losing contact with her sole relative . |
| 12 | In the first section the risk and accident judgment results are reported and compared with the on-road judgments from Study 1 . |
| 13 | This was also true if the men with cholecystectomy were compared with the 780 men with normal gall bladders . |
| 14 | Compared with the extensive tracts of a century or so ago , there are few raised bogs left in England — a handful of sites in Shropshire and Cumbria , almost nothing in Lancashire , Cheshire and Staffordshire . |
| 15 | Capacity : The celebrated 42 per cent allocated to civilian production attests to the extent of excess capacity enjoyed by the defence sector , compared with the straitened circumstances of other industries . |
| 16 | Such preventive methods can clearly have some impact on the incidence of mental handicap , but this is comparatively small compared with the possible effects of screening techniques in conjunction with abortion . |
| 17 | This approximate total of 5500 jobs is to be compared with the 1974 estimates of 17 000 jobs by the early 1990s . |
| 18 | It was unusual compared with the other countries in that it actually represented a decline ( of 2% ) from the 1971 figure . |
| 19 | My state was an unhappy one compared with the other members of my family : my mother had become attached to the grim Porua , and Alec had formed a liaison with Nuria . |
| 20 | Compared with the other blastoids in this book the food grooves are very long , extending almost to the base of the animal , and occupying much of its surface area . |
| 21 | Compared with the other types of hair there are very few of them , but they play a vital role when the cat is exploring in poor light , or is hunting . |
| 22 | Lower , but significant , percentages of identity were obtained when NP1450L and EP1242L were compared with the equivalent subunits of E.coli RNA polymerase , β ’ and β ( not shown ) . |
| 23 | The only way in which er you could get how shall I put it , another view on the issue , would be to continue the debate here on whether or not the outer northern fulfils the functions and the needs which it pr claims to do compared with the inner routes between Knaresborough and Harrogate . |
| 24 | Such views are held by economists who consider the beneficial effects of the threat of a takeover to be minimal when compared with the damaging effects of short termism . |
| 25 | In elections in the south-eastern province of Styria ( Steiermark ) on Sept. 22 , the far-right opposition Freedom Party of Austria ( Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs — FPÖ — whose leader , Jörg Haider , had in June been compelled to step down as governor of Carinthia — see p. 38298 ) made significant gains , increasing its support by more than 10 per cent to 14.6 per cent , compared with the last elections in 1986 [ see p. 34695 ] . |
| 26 | Models with enlarged crests were extremely attractive to approaching auklets of the opposite sex , compared with the same models with small crests . |
| 27 | From the earliest weeks , euphoria about military success was quickly dissipated by the economic restrictions and the material impact on daily life , even though , compared with the later years of the war , these appear in retrospect to have been minor forms of interference . |
| 28 | And they are often low compared with the true costs of using road space . |
| 29 | This group may include the distant ancestors of the sharks , but they must have been somewhat ponderous animals compared with the streamlined hunters of modern seas . |
| 30 | This remark of King Philip the Fair 's minister , Flotte , to Pope Boniface VIII may be compared with the scathing words of Mussolini . |