Example sentences of "compared [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Age specific incidence according to period and birth cohort — Age specific incidence rates were compared for the periods 1943–62 , 1963–77 , and 1978–87 . |
| 2 | The number of symptoms was computed for each subject and the groups were compared for the proportion having 1 and 2 symptoms . |
| 3 | It is not clear , however , how profiles might be compared for the purpose of evaluation . |
| 4 | Transcript/srRNA hybridization signal ratios were compared for the wild-type and mutant strains . |
| 5 | The ‘ quality ’ of the links which had been created in the semantic net were compared for the situation in which no Definition Table existed and for the situation in which a Definition Table did exist . |
| 6 | Strangely , when compared against the material they replace , word processor generated pages , they are usually substantially better ! |
| 7 | The land on the outskirts of Portadown changed hands this week at £125,000 an acre , compared with the £250 an acre given to local farmers who did not want to sell . |
| 8 | The saltings also provide winter feeding areas for flocks of finches and pipits , although the numbers are not large compared with the winter finch flocks of downland and shingle beaches . |
| 9 | Compared with the New York retail giants , they look paragons of banking virtue . |
| 10 | Overall , the number of truly adherent isolates ( defined as those which attached to >40% of the cells ) in the control group compared with the colitis groups ( one of 23 control versus 15 of 101 colitics ) was not significantly different ( χ 2 =1.84 , p=0.18 ) ; similarly , no difference was evident when the ulcerative colitis patients were analysed with respect to disease activity . |
| 11 | The absorbance of DNA at 260 nm was determined by a DU-50 series spectrophotometer ( Beckman Instruments , Inc , CA , USA ) and compared with the absorbance at 280 nm . |
| 12 | When after the end of the 30 minute perfusion with ethanol ( 25% ) , the stomachs were perfused again with saline for 180 minutes , the extent of damage at the light microscopic level did not change compared with the damage measured immediately after ethanol administration ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 13 | When compared with the damage seen immediately after ethanol perfusion , however , injury grades II and III were reduced appreciably and injury grades 0 and I significantly increased in capsaicin pretreated rats ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 14 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 15 | SECOND Alliance Trust has again outperformed the FT Actuaries All-Share Index in its first six months , lifting its net asset value per share by 22.7 per cent , from £13.62p a year ago to £15.7p , compared with the index 's 19.3 per cent rise over the same period , writes George Duthie . |
| 16 | But , once it has spread so that its dimensions parallel to the wall are large compared with the boundary layer thickness , the motion over most of its area closely resembles that in a fully turbulent boundary layer to be described in Sections 21.5 and 21.6 . |
| 17 | She will be paid £4.5 million for the follow-up , compared with the £1.5 million she got for her first Disney singing-nun movie . |
| 18 | The signs of retreat in the Ryzhkov formula are only too apparent compared with the plan put forward by his deputy , Mr Leonid Abalkin , only a month ago . |
| 19 | But Italy 's contribution — ten Tornado aircraft , two frigates and two naval auxiliary ships — was still small , compared with the size of its armed forces . |
| 20 | In such situations time and expense involved travelling abroad is sometimes small compared with the size and value of the potential order . |
| 21 | Here the variance in velocity fluctuations on a scale R is related to the power spectrum by where is the ratio of the rate of growth of fluctuations compared with the expansion rate . |
| 22 | Furthermore , P. bracteatum can provide up to 37 kg of codeine per hectare , compared with the opium poppy 's much lower yield of 3 kg per hectare . |
| 23 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 24 | Commenting on storming first quarter figures ( page five ) Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , California says the improvement was primarily due to continued strong worldwide demand for AutoCad Release 12 , especially in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions — revenues in the Far East rose more than 25% compared with the year earlier , while revenues in the Americas rose more than 50% . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , Mr Porter ! ’ ( 1937 ) , with Will Hay the stationmaster of Buggleskelly , is regarded as both the popular and critical pick of the genre , and has been favourably compared with the work of the Marx Brothers . |
| 26 | The Unemployment Unit , a pressure group which calculates the unemployment figure as if the changes had not been made , claims it is 2,325,100 compared with the Government 's figure of 1,751,000 . |
| 27 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 28 | But any gloom on the grain front is as nothing compared with the problems for the oilseed rape harvest . |
| 29 | Problems with representing the segmental record of the words spoken pale into insignificance compared with the problems of representing the suprasegmental record ( details of intonation and rhythm ) . |
| 30 | Economic growth is usually measured in terms of GNP and though this presents some problems they pale into insignificance when compared with the problems involved in the definitions of education which have included literacy rates , school enrolment rates , university attendance rates , expenditure on education , and so on . |