Example sentences of "[noun] compared [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Once established , a pool needs very little maintenance compared with the many delights it offers . |
2 | In addition , complaints to electricity watchdog Offer in the first quarter of 1993 were down by 44pc compared with the same period of 1992 . |
3 | I just want to tell you , time I done that done that on a number of spreadsheets compared with the same label on one , on one |
4 | ‘ Demand has been increasing steadily since November and we 're now dealing with twice the number of applications compared to the same time last year . |
5 | He noted , in his journal in October 1919 , that there had been an increase of 37 vagrants attending the institution as ‘ casuals ’ in the previous two weeks compared with the same period the previous year ; six of them were discharged soldiers . |
6 | First quarter results , while down a drastic 80% compared with the same quarter last year , at least showed a profit of $0.8 million , notching up DG 's second profitable quarter in a row and making six profitable quarters out of the last eight . |
7 | If there 's a rise compared with the same quarter last year , could there be a good reason , perhaps a new baby or a recently retired person spending more time at home ? |
8 | In the three months to the end of April , housing starts rose 16pc compared with the same period in 1992 . |
9 | Net profits slumped by 41% to $12.3m compared with the same period a year ago . |
10 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
11 | He also pointed out that gross domestic product ( GDP ) grew in the first six months of 1989 by 2.4 per cent in real terms compared with the same period in 1988 , and that the 1.5 per cent growth target for 1989 would therefore be surpassed . |
12 | The economy of the Netherlands Antilles , based upon oil refining , financial services and tourism , was boosted in the first quarter of 1990 by an increase of 6 per cent in the number of tourists compared with the same period of 1989 , which had shown a similar increase over the previous year . |
13 | Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months . |
14 | Zou 's report called for greater control of investment in fixed assets , which had reportedly risen by 21 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 1990 , so as to concentrate on priority projects including water conservation , agriculture , energy , transport , key raw materials , health and education . |
15 | They fell 15% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
16 | They fell 15pc in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
17 | In all three , the arts are barely on the official agenda : they bring in few votes ; they have small budgets compared to the least of other government departments , so they marshall small political forces . |