Example sentences of "compared with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared with diabetic patients in urban areas , those in rural areas were less likely to attend a hospital based diabetic clinic ( 46% ( 442 ) v 86% ( 1054 ) , p<0.001 ) ; less likely to be receiving insulin ( 260 ( 27% ) v 416 ( 34% ) , p<0.001 and also after correction for differences in age distribution ) ; more likely to have advanced ( maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy ) diabetic retinopathy ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) ; and more likely to require urgent laser photocoagulation for previously unrecognised retinopathy ( 1.4% ( 13 ) v 0.5% ( 6 ) , p<0.02 ) . |
| 2 | We can , however , be clear that the average household was spending its increased income in a very different way in 1985 compared with five decades earlier . |
| 3 | Blue collar workers lost ten days a year in manufacturing and services , compared with five days for white collar workers in manufacturing , and six days for those in service industries . |
| 4 | The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 . |
| 5 | Compared with five years before it was a raging torrent . |
| 6 | The skills of our project managers have shortened construction time by 12 weeks compared with five years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , ’ replied Lexandro , ‘ yet what is knowledge of facts worth compared with religious experience ? ’ |
| 8 | But it also had potential drawbacks , because the use of a church 's income , or part of it , to provide for members of a family could assume a disproportionate weight compared with religious observance . |
| 9 | BELOW The remains of kilns after the firing experiment can be analysed and excavated to be compared with excavated examples . |
| 10 | One of the most common experiments of this kind is making and firing of pottery , which not only tests methods of pottery construction , decoration , glazing , and firing methods , but also leaves the remains of the kiln itself which can be compared with excavated examples . |
| 11 | Compared with the number of dogs who are registered , entries to shows are quite small : fifty to a hundred entries compared with 3,000 registrations for 1986 . |
| 12 | Much closer liaison now exists with the other fiscal authorities within the community and a system of audit based controls will enable the sales values provided on these listings to be compared with declared purchases in other member states and vice versa . |
| 13 | Manual workers have always worked longer hours than non-manual workers — 45.3 hours per week in 1976 compared with 38.5 hours for non-manual workers . |
| 14 | A sub-theme of many such articles has been the supposed toughness of the British government 's proposals or policies compared with alleged sloppiness or ineffectiveness elsewhere in Europe . |
| 15 | They complain that the state 's domination of the economy has been suffocating : public investment has risen to 8.5% of GDP compared with private investment of 6.5% . |
| 16 | Simplified , formula-like techniques are inconsequential when compared with personal growth as a means of overcoming difficulties . |
| 17 | The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polymeric enteral nutrition , as compared with steroid treatment , in achieving and maintaining clinical remission in patients with active Crohn 's disease . |
| 18 | There are two types of smetana — ordinary and creamed — the latter has a slightly higher butterfat content and there are 132 calories per 100g/4oz compared with 120 calories for the ordinary version . |
| 19 | Given free plutonium , the report says that such a plant could generate electricity at 3.1 cents a kilowatt hour ( kWh ) , compared with 3.0 cents a kWh using uranium fuel in a standard reactor . |
| 20 | This concern will continue to be addressed , and the University will also keep under review the terms and conditions of employment of grant-funded staff as compared with established staff . |
| 21 | Industry , outside the domestic crafts , created only a small proportion of the national income and , compared with primary products , of the foreign trade of Spain . |
| 22 | Our results suggest that diet supplementation with linoleic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid compared with oleic acid enhances the resistance of the duodenal mucosa to acid by potentiation of adaptive cytoprotection . |
| 23 | They have an average life of 5000 hours ( control gear 10 000 hours ) compared with 2000 hours for a coiled-coil incandescent lamp . |
| 24 | The companies claim that the chip set reduces the number of RF parts required by more than 200 , compared with non-integrated designs . |
| 25 | The findings were compared with 42 age and sex matched controls . |
| 26 | It seems unlikely that there is sufficient demand for commercial time for advertising to take over completely from the TV licence system that finances the BBC : at £77 per household ( 1991–2 cost ) , the licence brings in approaching £1500 million , compared with total TV advertising expenditure in 1991 of £1974 million . |
| 27 | Also , strikes are responsible for an almost negligible amount of lost time compared with total hours worked by the employed population . |
| 28 | % mand incisor loss : numbers of mandibles without incisors compared with total numbers of mandibles . |
| 29 | Some varieties , even compared with close relatives in the same group or type , are much more vigorous than others . |
| 30 | Better still , look at its insurance ratings compared with close rivals ' : the Golf GTi and Rover 216 GTi fall into group 14 , the Escort XR3i into group 15 , the Furio nestles happily in group 11 . |