Example sentences of "compare [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 2 | Almost one-third of the fall in manufacturing employment was in the car industry , and in October the Ford Motor Company and General Motors ( GM ) both reported a fall in third-quarter profits of 45 per cent and 40 per cent respectively compared with third quarter 1988 . |
| 3 | Mr Livingstone 's vote was down 30 per cent compared with last year ; but all other left-wing candidates lost votes , too . |
| 4 | The Soviet Union 's grain harvest has been hit by drought and fuel problems , and there are predictions that the harvest could be between 195 and 200m tonnes , compared with last year 's 218m tonnes . |
| 5 | The company , 86 p.c. -owned by family interests of chairman Garry Weston , also chairman of Sunblest baking giant Associated British Foods , is changing its year-end to July and paying a second interim dividend of 86p , compared with last year 's final of 84p . |
| 6 | However , housing work in the public sector rose by 12 per cent compared with last quarter , a rise of 20 per cent over the year . |
| 7 | The number of sea-bed samples from surveys made by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office also continues to increase : it has almost doubled compared with last year . |
| 8 | In the first five months of the current year , sales fell 6% compared with last year at $2,750m . |
| 9 | Hardware sales also fell 15.4% compared with last year , followed by employment figures , down 3.72% on 1991 . |
| 10 | The 1993 LIBF had a distinctly European feel : the number of overseas visitors compared with last year rose from 1,868 to 2,462 , an increase of 32% . |
| 11 | increase in the number of patients treated compared with last year , which is higher even than the Government 's forecast increase in patient care . |
| 12 | this year compared with last year . |
| 13 | I 'd just like to make two or three points first of all the exchange factor which Frank touched upon when , when talking about profits you probably all totally familiar but I have forgotten quite how much the dollar has strengthened recently beginning of the year it was nearly two dollars and the result of that is that for the erm first half as a whole the impact of er exchange translation was adverse for our profits compared with last year to the tune of about one and a half million pounds . |
| 14 | OMEGA products have performed well in the first half of the year achieving significant growth in volume compared with last year . |
| 15 | Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February . |
| 16 | Yes we have , er I mean , the er there are wasps years recorded way back from Gilbert White 's time ; there have been certain , wasp years , but in terms of people wanting action against wasps nests , er our own pest control branches throughout the country , er did a telephone survey ten days ago , and er in many parts , they range from er forty percent increase to eighty percent increase to one hundred percent increase in some parts of the country ; this season compared with last season . |
| 17 | Earnings per share in the period were five p but after taking into account exceptional Carpet Right gain this is reduced to two point eight p and compares to last year 's pro forma earnings per share of one point four million which included losses on the closing down of our operations . |
| 18 | Significantly , instances of people committing the criminal offence of being ‘ drunk and incapable ’ in Glasgow 's streets have fallen slightly so far this year compared to last . |
| 19 | Compared to last year . ’ |
| 20 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 21 | In addition to companies generally experiencing the recession within the industry , another aspect of this has been an actual reduction in the number of textile companies in the Grampian area , compared to last year . |
| 22 | Commenting on the appointment , The Hindu of June 8 stated that Verma assumed charge at a critical time " when terrorist activity has increased as compared to last year , and the law and order machinery appears demoralized " . |
| 23 | Can you erm , quantify what costs were taken above the line in the first half in terms of redundancy costs , restructuring costs , in the presentation to some restructuring again in the fine china division and how that compared to last year ? |
| 24 | received a thirty two point seven million pound increase from the Government compared to last years ' i revenue support grant and this does n't include the additional money given for the Community Charge . |
| 25 | In all , 80 temporary staff have been added to the 480-strong workforce at Sandbach as orders for those types of vehicle are 40pc up compared to last year . |
| 26 | Group chairman Tom Peacock said if crime in Darlington stays at its present level Victim Support will have dealt with more than 4,600 incidents by the end of the year , compared to last year 's total of 2,789 . |
| 27 | Last month , sales increased by 30% compared to last year and workers are working flat out to meet impressive schedules of up to 48 cars per hour . |
| 28 | That is probably the worst one day figure which happened , as I say , combination of war and the snow , when the shops were pretty well closed off , and yes we certainly saw figures that , on a day for day basis to last year , they were seventy five per cent down , but cumulative I mean the position 's much better than that erm nowhere near that sort of figure , and erm we are very confident that the summer market for overseas holidays will recover steadily and we 'd be very surprised if , by the end of September , we 're more than five or six per cent down on summer holiday bookings compared to last year , and we 're confident enough to have brought back our campaigns and our advertising starts this week , and we 've even been confident enough to announce to our staff that their annual salary review will take place on the first of April as scheduled . |
| 29 | I mean holiday prices were , were sort of scheduled to go up this year compared to last year 's , probably sort of eight , nine , ten per cent . |
| 30 | I think there 's been a bit of improvement this year compared to last . |