Example sentences of "higher than [art] [adj] average " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 22 of the 40 seats Labour won from the Tories , the swing in the constituency was higher than the regional average , and there was a significant cluster of above 6 per cent swings . |
| 2 | The severe storms that have affected Britain in the last few years may be linked with sea-surface temperatures which have been fractionally higher than the long-term average . |
| 3 | By 1981 , unemployment for those living in the cities was 50 per cent higher than the national average . |
| 4 | Mr. Leggatt said that 75 percent of funerals locally were cremations — higher than the national average — and he speculated that this may be because of the lack of cemeteries in the area . |
| 5 | On average , inner London districts employ around one third fewer district nurses per capita of the resident population over the age of 75 than comparable districts outside London and the cost per contact is 60% higher than the national average . |
| 6 | The population of the capital grew dramatically in the 18th and 19th centuries , just as it had done in the 17th , and despite the fact that its death rate was higher than the national average . |
| 7 | It may be noted incidentally that if in any land the poll is higher than the national average one or more patties in it may receive a correspondingly larger allotment of seats , which , since the number of constituency seats can not be changed , will entail a larger allotment of list seats . |
| 8 | In a detailed study of premature mortality in North Tyne side , Phillimore ( 1989 ) has shown that people aged under 65 in the two worst-off wards are subject to mortality rates around 50 per cent higher than the national average , while in the two wards at the other extreme the rates are 30 per cent below average . |
| 9 | The Government came to office in 1979 , when my constituency , Ashton-under-Lyne , was a manufacturing area with a level of prosperity higher than the national average . |
| 10 | higher than the national average , and that should be taken into account . |
| 11 | According to a book published today , the percentage of Caesarean births at the PMH last year was 3 per cent higher than the national average . |
| 12 | Meanwhile good news in the clear up rate of robberies , about a third of those recorded in the Thames Valley are solved and that is higher than the national average . |
| 13 | The rate of conception in the 11–15 age group was almost 40pc higher than the national average and in the 16–19 age bracket , it was around 34pc higher . |
| 14 | Jeff Duffield , manager of Middlesbrough council 's environmental protection unit , said mortality rates in the district ‘ were 18pc higher than the national average , with heart and respiratory diseases the main factors ’ . |
| 15 | Net new investment in unit trusts last month was £339.4million , some 30 per cent higher than the monthly average so far this year . |
| 16 | But that 's clearing up now and the prospects for the rest of the round are looking brighter , with a maximum score of 90 , slightly higher than the seasonal average . |