Example sentences of "compared with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In such situations time and expense involved travelling abroad is sometimes small compared with the size and value of the potential order . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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% . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Table 5.10 Receipt of statutory services at home in the last month Odds ratios , compared with the level of receipt by the husband of elderly married couples , controlling for disability |
| 19 | The actual local air traffic will be compared with the level which would have been expected by natural growth as predicted by a successful Federal Aviation Administration model . |
| 20 | Published works of the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s all tended to follow this approach , and while there were occasional signs of shifts in direction , these were mere rustlings in the undergrowth compared with the revolution taking place elsewhere in British archaeology . |
| 21 | But this is still modest compared with the quantity thought to have been consumed by our ancestors and the quantity being consumed , today , by societies in the underdeveloped world . |
| 22 | The shortcomings of the technical record are sheer lucidity as compared with the lack of any coherent account of the economics of this remarkable enterprise . |
| 23 | The Hermitage 's marble version of ‘ Orpheus ’ can be compared with the stone version in Venice and the ‘ Venus ’ from Palazzo Pitti in Florence can be seen with the second version from Munich . |
| 24 | Moreover , the simplification can not be made , as it can in the terrestrial planets , that the influence of temperature on density is slight compared with the influence of pressure : the temperature change with depth in adiabatic lapse-rate models of Jupiter is much too large for this to be the case . |
| 25 | But it can also be argued that the employer 's influence is small , compared with the influence exercised by individuals ' education , occupation , and political affiliation , all of which are matters decided outside of employment . |
| 26 | Compared with the compensation payments introduced during the first stage of price liberalization , these went up from 750 lei to 2,100 lei per month for workers , and from 400 lei to 1,470 lei for pensioners , while there were also increases in child benefits , maternity benefits and student grants . |
| 27 | Electromagnetic radiation from a source small compared with the wavelength is predominantly dipole in character with higher multipoles becoming progressively weaker . |
| 28 | The fundamentals of light scattering were expounded by Lord Rayleigh in 1871 during his studies on gases , where the particle is small compared with the wavelength of the incident radiation . |
| 29 | This was achieved by Debye in 1944 , who showed that for a solute whose molecules are small compared with the wavelength of the light used , the reduced angular scattering intensity of the solute is and that this is related to the change in Gibbs free energy with concentration of the solute . |
| 30 | Much of the information can be derived from studies of dilute solutions ; an absolute measurement of polymer chain size can be obtained from light scattering , when the polymer is large compared with the wavelength of the incident light . |