Example sentences of "compared with [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crime was seen as a big problem by 66 per cent in inner-city Liverpool , compared with 13 per cent in wealthier suburbs ( Kinsey et al . , |
| 2 | Furthermore , at A level , only 2 per cent of Afro-Caribbean students obtained one or more passes , compared with 13 per cent of Asians , 12 per cent of other school leavers in these LEAs and 13 per cent of all leavers from state schools . |
| 3 | Of those interviewed 52 per cent reported that they would be pleased to enter a general ward compared with 13 per cent for a geriatric ward and 10 per cent for a geriatric hospital . |
| 4 | Yet Afro-Caribbean women have substantially higher rates of unemployment than white women : 20 per cent compared with 13 per cent for white women ( according to figures for the PSI survey ( Brown 1984 ) ) . |
| 5 | In 1987 33 per cent of children were having packed lunches as compared with 13 per cent in 1979 . |
| 6 | People living in hospital types of service received staff contact for , on average , 7 per cent ( hospital wards ) and 9 per cent ( special units ) of the time , compared with 13 per cent in the ‘ campus ’ houses and 26 per cent in the other houses . |
| 7 | Grocery prices in Britain went up 26 per cent between 1985 and 1990 — compared with five per cent in Germany and 16 per cent in France . |
| 8 | in 1990 , compared with 1 per cent . |
| 9 | It is instructive to note that 24 per cent of professional workers and 22 per cent of employers and managers were covered by private insurance in 1986 , as compared with 1 per cent of unskilled workers , 2 per cent of the semi-skilled and 3 per cent of skilled manual workers . |
| 10 | A 3 per cent growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) was anticipated , compared with 1 per cent in 1991 . |
| 11 | Just over 65 per cent of homes are now owned by their occupiers , compared with 55.5 per cent in 1979 . |
| 12 | Manufacturing awards averaged 3.1 per cent , compared with 4.6 per cent a year ago . |
| 13 | On the brighter side , however , unemployment will grow by 11.4 per cent , compared with 15.8 per cent nationally . |
| 14 | The median ( range ) gastric juice ammonium concentration in the H pylori positive patients with renal failure was 19 mmol/l ( 11–43 ) compared with 5 mmol/l ( 1–11 ) in the H pylori positive patients without renal failure ( p<0.005 ) . |
| 15 | In South Wales 6 per cent of those aged 70 — 74 were defined as depressed compared with 5 per cent of those aged 85 + . |
| 16 | In 1983 , the 65 and over age-group represented 15 per cent of the population , compared with 5 per cent in 1901 . |
| 17 | Data from the early 1980s indicate that 40 per cent of Afro-Caribbean households and 30 per cent of Asian households send money to dependants , compared with 5 per cent of white households ( Brown , 1984 , p. 232 ) . |
| 18 | Household income gearing ( gross interest payments as a proportion of disposable income ) stood at 13 per cent in 1990 compared with 5 per cent in 1980 , while housing-related capital gearing ( mortgage debt as a percentage of the value of the owner-occupied housing stock ) increased from 15 per cent in 1980 to 25 per cent in 1990 . |
| 19 | A UNESCO report of 1971 indicated that in 1967 the nations of the world as a whole spent 7.2 per cent of their gross national product ( GNP ) on military needs , compared with 5 per cent on education and 2.5 per cent on health . |
| 20 | GDP growth was projected at 5.2 per cent in 1990/91 , compared with 5 per cent the previous year , and inflation was expected to fall to 7.5 per cent . |
| 21 | Overall the report considered that a gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth rate of 3 per cent in 1991-92 ( compared with 5 per cent in 1990-91 ) would be a satisfactory achievement . |
| 22 | Electricity demand responded ( rising only 3.7 per cent in 1952/3 compared with 8.4 per cent in the previous year and 12.4 per cent in the year before that ) , thus providing some respite in the BEA 's struggle to keep up . |
| 23 | Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) . |
| 24 | Among women under 65 who were caring for more than twenty hours a week , only 40 per cent were employed , compared with 62 per cent of women generally ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | Only 26 per cent of women over 65 had income from their own or a survivor 's pension , as compared with 62 per cent of men . |
| 26 | The other candidates were excluded from the run-off , but Young was unable to garner a significant share of their votes , polling 38 per cent of the total compared with 62 per cent for Miller . |
| 27 | In regional elections on March 22 the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) of President François Mitterrand polled only 18.3 per cent of the vote in metropolitan France , compared with 29.88 per cent at the last regional elections in 1986 . |
| 28 | For instance , in January 1986 the male unemployment rate for Inner London stood at 21.9 per cent , compared with 14.4 per cent at the 1981 census — a much steeper rise than for Outer London ; where the rates were 9.9 and 8.0 per cent respectively . |
| 29 | Yet women are less likely than men to leave paid employment at the statutory retirement age ; it is estimated that in 1990 22.7 per cent of women between the ages of 60 and 64 were economically active , compared with 14.4 per cent of men aged 65–9 ( Tinder , 1991 ) . |
| 30 | Figures produced by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders ( NACRO , 1990b ) indicate that in terms of annual receptions , magistrates ' courts were responsible for 45 per cent of those sentenced to immediate custody in 1988 , compared with 55 per cent for the Crown Court — in spite of the fact that very many more indictable offenders are tried and convicted in magistrates ' courts than in the Crown Court ( 90 per cent and 20 per cent respectively ) . |