Example sentences of "compared with [n mass] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 38 bulls sold averaged £1,738.57 compared with £1,665.24 last year and four steers were sold for an average of £475.13 . |
| 2 | Its education bureaucracy appears to cost £100 per pupil , compared with £30 next door in Solihull . |
| 3 | ‘ That produces an average guideline increase of £2.08 a week , compared with £1.95 last year . |
| 4 | But crime fell too , pick-pockets got away with £6,000 , compared with £12,000 last year . |
| 5 | Although discontinued operations lost £1.1m this year compared with £400,000 last year , Hunting did acquire the business of Interlock Technologies Corp and 80% of Marine Contractor Services Inc for £5.1m . |
| 6 | Even before provisions , losses only improved marginally , at $409m compared with $474m last year . |
| 7 | Pre-tax profits for the year to December 31 were up from £100.6m the previous year despite dramatically increased loss provisions of £47.6m , compared with £9.4m last time . |
| 8 | At the end of October , the company reported third-quarter profits of £93m , compared with £196m last year . |
| 9 | 60pc — compared with 57pc last year — thought abortion should be made legal where the child might be severely handicapped ; |
| 10 | Seton 's results for the year ending February 28 , restated under FRS3 disclosure standards , show the pre-tax figure at £6.1m , compared with £4.3m last year on turnover marginally ahead from £37.2m to £38.6m . |
| 11 | Good life:Woolwich Life has completed new business worth £76.4m , compared with £25m last year , in its second financial year of operation . |
| 12 | These increases meant that total sales rose to £5.3bn compared with £4.8bn last time round , leading to pre-tax profits up 19.4pc at £391.1m . |
| 13 | 30pc — compared with 27pc last year — agreed with abortion in cases of extreme poverty ; |
| 14 | British Gas has fired up its half year dividend to 6.4p per share compared with 6p last time . |
| 15 | 28pc — compared with 25pc last year — were in favour of abortion where the woman does not want another child ; |
| 16 | The average weekly amount received by teenagers fell to £4 this year , compared with £4.20 last year . |
| 17 | During the 28 weeks to September 26 the company made pre-tax profits of £391.1m , compared with £327.5m last year . |