Example sentences of "[conj] compare with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus 5b refers to ordering or comparing with given measurements , while in 5c measurements have to be made first . |
| 2 | Mr Hadley , who teaches at the Grants School of Wine , cites studies which have found that compared with lifelong abstainers , moderate drinkers show a 26 per cent reduction in the incidence of heart trouble . |
| 3 | In summary , this study shows that compared with medical treatment the heater probe reduces the rebleeding rate in a non-bleeding visible vessel by 62% , there was no death , and complications were minimal . |
| 4 | Pilot schemes should now be initiated in several regions and compared with traditional models . |
| 5 | The resulting tapes would be voice-printed and compared with existing samples . |
| 6 | Costs and revenues are traced to these centres and compared with planned costs and revenues : thereby the performance of managers and their centres can be measured . |
| 7 | This model , known as the " hypothetico-deductive model " , uses the general statements of the theory as premises in a deductive argument , along with statements describing the conditions under which the test is carried out , a testable conclusion , or prediction , can be deduced and compared with empirical evidence . |
| 8 | The archive material has been found to be remarkably full , where it exists , but to have considerable gaps , so that only for short periods in particular cities can the levels of illegitimacy be assessed and compared with regional levels . |
| 9 | Rice production improved markedly during 1989 , with government economists at the December plenum forecasting rice harvests exceeding the 20,000,000-tonne production target set the previous year ( and compared with 17,600,000 tonnes harvested in 1987 ) . |
| 10 | By the outbreak of war in 1939 , he was 32 and compared with other pilots was an old man to be flying against German fighters . |
| 11 | The loss was by far the largest in Lloyd 's 300-year history and compared with 1988 losses of £510,000,000 . |
| 12 | Nehemiah 's work can best be understood if compared with Greek events . |
| 13 | These figures relate to referrals during working hours only , and compare with overall referral rates varying between 19.9 and 102.7 per 100,000 in 42 social services departments studied by Barnes et al . |
| 14 | It would be naive to think that HIV has not crossed the border yet , but compared with other countries Albania is in a favourable position to keep the pandemic within limits . |
| 15 | Single figures on their own can mean very little but compared with other sets of figures , they can take on greater significance . |
| 16 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 17 | The rise in graduate unemployment is particularly shocking when compared with equivalent figures in other European countries . |
| 18 | When compared with healthy individuals , plasma concentrations of stearic acid ( C18:0 ) was significantly decreased . |
| 19 | The goal of one consultant general surgeon for 30000 population is modest when compared with international comparisons or even with Scotland , where there is currently one consultant for 31000 population , and Northern Ireland , where there is one for 28000 . |
| 20 | With regard to HDL levels , in general diabetic women have lower HDL-cholesterol levels than diabetic men when compared with non-diabetic controls ( Gordon et al , 1977 a ; Beach et al , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Truly , a former astronaut , who had served in the post for two years [ for his appointment see p. 37437 ] , had been criticized by the Bush administration for his support for the shuttle programme , which was deemed insufficiently cost-effective when compared with rival launching systems . |
| 22 | However , definitional factors pale into insignificance when compared with recent changes in household size . |
| 23 | Although it is by no means axiomatic , this notion of competitive intelligence usually brings with it an extra dimension , when compared with environmental analysis ( and , to a lesser degree , with issues management and marketing intelligence ) . |
| 24 | Also , the device immediately to the right of this — a stylised calyx — when compared with similar devices in other parts of the pavement , is seen to be poorly drawn . |
| 25 | But the main point on the comparison I think here Chair , is that your homes are not expensive , when compared with similar provision and there 's still some unevenness in terms of funding between your homes and the independent sector . |
| 26 | Or they may incorporate values for the degree of error of past forecasts when compared with actual results achieved . |
| 27 | Simplified , formula-like techniques are inconsequential when compared with personal growth as a means of overcoming difficulties . |
| 28 | The plan is expected to involve about 40 redundancies — mainly sub-editors - as management believes the company is overstaffed when compared with new newspapers . |
| 29 | Those respondents who insisted on strict anonymity — to the extent of removing coding on the questionnaires and sending them back in plain brown envelopes — not surprisingly pointed to the anonymity factor as an attractive feature of headhunting when compared with in-house recruiting . |
| 30 | 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 . |