Example sentences of "[adj] [vb pp] to the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturing productivity rose nearly 8% in the first quarter of 1993 compared to the same period last year . |
| 2 | The bureau , in Horsemarket , received 259 inquiries during November last year an increase of 90 compared to the same month in 1990 . |
| 3 | The absconding muleteer , the swindling innkeeper and the devious customs-house officer were all treated to the same display of unthwartable will . |
| 4 | If the numbers to be compared are all written to the same number of decimal places , those pupils ignoring the decimal points will get questions " right " . |
| 5 | Road deaths increased in the UK by six percent to 1250 in the second quarter of 1990 compared to the same period for last year . |