Example sentences of "compared with [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Commenting on its much improved figures ( see page seven ) , Cray Research Inc said order backlogs during the first quarter of rose to $381m from $354m in the same period a year ago , adding to positive overall quarterly earnings : John Carlson , the new chairman and chief executive , said that the contract value of orders signed was some $124m compared with just $86m in the first quarter of last year .
2 Nearly one quarter ( 8/33 ) of those who had received the more comprehensive list of complications thought that they had been given ‘ too much ’ information , compared with just 6% ( 2/36 ) of those who had been given a simple explanation ( p=0.04 , Fisher 's exact test ) : anxiety scores did not differ significantly between patients who thought the amount of information given was too much and those who thought it was ‘ about right ’ ( data not shown ) .
3 Net earnings per share fell 5% to $0.55 in the quarter and was $2.24 compared with just $0.06 in the nine months .
4 Pets are pampered in East Anglia , where families splash out £4.20 on their animals , compared with just £1.61 in the north of England and a UK average of £2.10 .
5 In 1991 , 65pc of British homes had one , compared with just 2pc 10 years earlier .
6 The price of gold fell to its lowest level for six years on March 17 , to US$336 per troy ounce at the London bullion market ( compared with over $800 in 1980 ) .
7 Speed camera records showed about 11% of drivers exceeding the speed limit in July 1990 compared with over 20% before the campaign .
8 Only 13% of antral tumours were surrounded by histologically normal mucosa compared with over 50% of tumours in the cardia .
9 Only 19% of Thais tested in 1983 had levels of lead in their blood below 20 micrograms , compared with over 85% of the US population tested at the same time .
10 Vauxhall 's market share rose to almost 19% , compared with under 16% in October 1991 .
11 These reports indicate concordance rates of over 50% for monozygotic twin pairs compared with under 10% for dizygotic twins .
12 An individual who voluntarily quit from his last job is estimated to have a 64% lower chance of obtaining an offer in Models I and 2 , ceteris paribus , compared with only 38% less in Model 3 .
13 Half of the cases ( 32/ 64 ) occurred in children under two years of age and 20 ( 63% ) of these had chronic diarrhoea compared with only 38% ( 12/32 ) of children aged greater than two years ( p<0.05 ) .
14 Over 700m of tunnel were driven in two weeks of March 1989 compared with only 1,000m during 13 weeks in the summer of 1988 .
15 True , there are a lot of them — 58m compared with only 3m people .
16 Recently Cohn et al found that 73% of 11 large bowel cancer patients whose tumours had lost the nm23 allele developed metastatic liver disease compared with only 20% of the remainder .
17 The Community market now accounts for 39% of all Scotch Whisky exports , as compared with only 20% on UK entry ( Figure 5.1 ) .
18 The royal household cost £56,000 in 1550/51 , compared with only £25,000 in 1538 /39 ; pensions and annuities ate up £20,000 ; and permanent garrisons , the navy , and the ordnance absorbed £80,000 .
19 As shown in table II , seronegative children who had received IPV were 2 to 14 times more likely to seroconvert than those who had received OPV ; seroconversion rates in the IPV group were from 67% to 100% , compared with only 5% to 53% in the OPV group ( p < 0.001 ) .
20 Exports to Germany are equivalent to 15% of Holland 's GDP , 12% of Belgium 's and 11% of Austria 's , compared with only 4% of France 's and 3% of Italy 's and Britain 's .
21 In Britain almost two-thirds of 25- to 29-year-olds buy their homes , compared with only 15% in Germany .
22 Comparison of SCFA concentrations int he gut of known acetogenic animals , such as the termite , with man , shows that in the insect acetate accounts for 94% of the total compared with only 57% in the human caecum .
23 Research shows that buyers of this type of vehicle are heavily weighted towards the 35–54 age group ( 65% of sales ) compared with only 11% below 34 years of age .
24 Parents in Wolverhampton will want to know why the paperwork cost is £100 per pupil there , compared with only £30 per pupil down the road in Solihull .
25 Moreover , since last September , sterling has fallen farthest — and so gained most in competitiveness — against non-EC currencies : by 22% against the dollar and 32% against the yen , compared with only 13% against the D-mark .
26 However , in panic attacks the fear lasts for many minutes compared with only seconds or minutes in complex partial seizures ( unless status develops ) .
27 The report states that about 45% of ancient woodlands have been destroyed or seriously damaged , compared with only 10% of the Amazon forests .
28 And 32% said that they set up because they saw ‘ an opportunity too good to miss ’ , compared with only 25% of men .
29 The countries that spend the largest proportion of their incomes on weapons are usually the poorest : Ethiopia spends $13 per head each year on arms ( compared with only $7 on health and education combined . )
30 A similar pattern was seen for use of intrauterine devices ( relative risk 0.4 ( 0.2 to 0.7 ) in current users and 1.4 ( 0.4 to 3.2 ) in users 49–72 months previously compared with never users ) .
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