Example sentences of "high [conj] [art] average " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland . |
| 2 | Consequently the contribution of petrol lead to blood lead of adults would be higher than the average 24 per cent calculated for Turin . ’ |
| 3 | This , together with house price rises since 1980 , indicated that houses were being sold to buyers on incomes substantially higher than the average in Allegheny West . |
| 4 | Waiting times for elective treatment in inner London teaching hospitals is higher than the average , although the report noted an improvement in the past year . |
| 5 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 6 | Economic indicators show that Cheshire claims to be one of the richest counties in the North of England , with hourly earnings considerably higher than the average for England as a whole . |
| 7 | Unemployment on the estates themselves is much higher than the average for the surrounding areas . |
| 8 | According to the Labour Force Survey , the proportion of agency workers working on a temporary basis because they do not want permanent jobs is considerably higher than the average for all temporary workers and that the proportion of agency secretarial/office workers doing so is still higher ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 9 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |
| 10 | But she also knows that relative shifts in demand occur and that these too can lead to her price being higher than the average . |
| 11 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 12 | My colleagues and I actually take no pleasure in agreeing to a rent increase which results in the highest public sector rates among our neighbouring districts er it is some eighteen percent higher than the average of eight local councils . |
| 13 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |