Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] average for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 2 | In Switzerland the limitation period is five years , i.e. is neither more nor less favourable than the average for a dispossessed owner . |
| 3 | per annum less than the average for English non-metropolitan forces . |
| 4 | Proportionately , the reduction in Wales is less than the average for the United Kingdom as a whole . |
| 5 | Hence , the investor might conclude that Commercial Union was slightly more volatile than comparable firms and earned slightly less than the average for the sector . |
| 6 | Workers in Northumberland are among the poorest paid and twice as likely to earn less than the average for workers throughout the European Community according to a survey by the Northern Region Low Pay Unit . |
| 7 | Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland . |
| 8 | Economic indicators show that Cheshire claims to be one of the richest counties in the North of England , with hourly earnings considerably higher than the average for England as a whole . |
| 9 | Unemployment on the estates themselves is much higher than the average for the surrounding areas . |
| 10 | According to the Labour Force Survey , the proportion of agency workers working on a temporary basis because they do not want permanent jobs is considerably higher than the average for all temporary workers and that the proportion of agency secretarial/office workers doing so is still higher ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 11 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |
| 12 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 13 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |