Example sentences of "when compared " in BNC.
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| 1 | When compared with 1985 figures , there was an overall increase of 40% . |
| 2 | Although the angle on the blade is quite large when compared with the normal , nevertheless it must be kept well sharpened . |
| 3 | Equally , when Prost won the Portuguese Grand Prix a week ago , he received but a cursory welcome home from the McLaren pit when compared with the reception given to Senna 's victory in Jerez . |
| 4 | The figures are all the more startling when compared with mortgage bills of 18 months ago , when base rates hit a low of 7.5 per cent . |
| 5 | The plan is expected to involve about 40 redundancies — mainly sub-editors - as management believes the company is overstaffed when compared with new newspapers . |
| 6 | Chapter 4 showed that television 's issue agenda was generally biased towards security issues when compared with the electorate 's own agenda . |
| 7 | The success is even more remarkable when compared to her predecessors . |
| 8 | The historiography of the post-Disraelian Conservative party is strikingly sparse when compared to the volume of work devoted to its opponents . |
| 9 | These theories seem naïve when compared with the explanations Marxists reserve for capitalist societies . |
| 10 | In fact , when compared with another leading sensitive skincare brand in independent laboratory tests , the Sensiq Skin Care Collection was found to be seven times less likely to cause irritation . |
| 11 | The group regards the treatment of war widows before 1973 , as an injustice when compared with the benefits paid to those widowed after that date . |
| 12 | All of this paled when compared with the crime of taking a position on ship-borne nuclear weapons , which displeased the administration . |
| 13 | She wanted to know what the UK Vehicle Division was doing to correct its appalling track record of recent years , particularly when compared with its Continental plants . |
| 14 | The fact is that the birth rate declined by almost half between the 1900 and the late 1930s , and by an even higher proportion when compared with nineteenth-century levels . |
| 15 | Although Exell 's reminiscences are coloured by the fact that he was an active Communist and trade unionist , they can not hide the fact that the pay in the new industries was generally good when compared with the majority of the working classes — and very high in periods of prosperity . |
| 16 | This figure is relatively small when compared with many American cities , but that is no cause for satisfaction . |
| 17 | You can pay twice as much for a wooden model when compared to a similar-sized aluminium one . |
| 18 | Shipments of cars to Middle East markets rose by 60 p.c. when compared with the Gulf war-affected levels of a year ago . |
| 19 | It has to be said that fox-hunters are not the least quarrelsome of Her Majesty 's subjects , but they are as mewling , puking , bairns when compared with church persons . |
| 20 | Despite the downturn , Hugh Lang , chairman , said , the company produced a creditable performance , particularly when compared with the results of many of its competitors , and that firm managment of cash resources had resulted in an excellent balance sheet position . |
| 21 | The pronounced differences between regions in individual countries become far less significant when compared with differences between the richer , northern countries and southern Mediterranean areas . |
| 22 | A degree of confirmation for the ‘ hypothesis of difference ’ between organizational types has been obtained , though with research instruments that seem blunt when compared with the complexity of the issues raised in the initial part of this paper , and with data that must await fuller statistical validation . |
| 23 | When compared with rates levied on other houses in the road , this would indicate only a modest establishment . |
| 24 | However , these inroads by man and beast on board were light when compared with losses at sea , due to storm or war , when whole shipments might be lost . |
| 25 | The progeny of such individuals , when compared with the parental populations , will have probably shown advance in both features listed by Huxley . |
| 26 | Co-operative behaviour is often clearly associated with species which , when compared with their relatives , live under the more K selective circumstances . |
| 27 | Ever since the pioneering field-work on chimpanzees of the Reynolds ( 1965 ) the species has been known to have a markedly ‘ loose ’ society when compared , for instance , with baboon troops . |
| 28 | Once the vertebrates were established they quickly acquired hard parts displaying great complexity when compared with most invertebrate phyla ( we should except the arthropods , perhaps ) . |
| 29 | The sudden stilling of the wind brought with it a silence so total when compared to the continual cacophony of the past hours that the shock of it , for a moment , held Mariana and Trent immobile . |
| 30 | Here , like all nuclear reactors , Hinkley C stood out as unique when compared with other means of generating electricity . |