Example sentences of "compared [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ratios can not usefully be compared between companies unless their sizes , product , processes and markets are closely similar . |
| 2 | Ratios can not usefully be compared between companies unless their sizes , product , processes and markets are closely similar . |
| 3 | We drew particular attention to three studies because they reported a level of hearing loss which can be more objectively compared between studies and is a major clinically relevant end point . |
| 4 | Results were compared between groups using a χ 2 test . |
| 5 | Probability of relapse curves were computed by the Kaplan-Meier method , and were compared between groups by the long rank test . |
| 6 | The presence and severity of retinopathy was compared between patients living in rural and urban areas . |
| 7 | GDP per head is then compared between regions . |
| 8 | The strongest , Nicostop , contained about 4 mg ( compared with values ranging between 25 and 100 mg in the licensed patches ) . |
| 9 | The fall in serum pepsinogen C during combined therapy ( 20 ( 3 ) µg/l ) was also significant ( p<0.01 ) , when compared with values during omeprazole alone ( 37 ( 9 ) µg/l ) , but the result on the day after stopping failed to reach statistical significance ( 26 ( 8 ) v 34 ( 9 ) µg/l ) . |
| 10 | As expected , both sets showed a high prevalence of one or other of both HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4 antigens compared with controls . |
| 11 | Mercuric chloride was selected because it is a growth inhibitor , and Boyd found that homoeopathically prepared potencies of mercuric chloride enhanced the speed at which the diastase converted the starch when compared with controls which did not contain the mercuric chloride potency . |
| 12 | In the airways of human CF patients there is an increase in amiloride-sensitive sodium absorption , as well as a decrease in chloride secretion , compared with controls r18–20 . |
| 13 | Though we found little evidence of heavier drinking in our cases compared with controls ( mean stated intake 46.3 against 40.5 units/week ) , a causal role for alcohol has clearly been established by larger studies . |
| 14 | Compared with controls , patients are three to four times more likely to have a parent who had been enuretic . |
| 15 | Cancer incidence was not increased in patients taking atenolol as compared with controls and with patients taking other forms of treatment ( table III ) . |
| 16 | Total serum IgG , IgA , and IgM concentrations were increased in these patients as compared with controls from the same area . |
| 17 | This was because of delayed transit in the distal oesophagus in patients compared with controls ( 8 v 7 and 17 v 11 seconds with the corresponding p=0.02 and 0.002 for erect and supine postures respectively ) . |
| 18 | Patients with colorectal cancer had an increased P=0.029 ) proportion of secondary faecal bile acids ( mol% ) compared with controls ( 100 , 96.5–100 v 95.19 , 81.73–100 ) and the ratios of the primary bile acids , cholic and chenodeoxycholic acid , to their respective derivatives ( secondary bile acids ) were significantly lower in cancer patients compared with control and patients with polyps ( p=0.034 to 0.004 ) . |
| 19 | The faecal bile acid concentration ( µmol/g dry weight ) was greater in the poly- group when compared with controls . |
| 20 | Over a five day period patients with adenomatous polyps had a higher daily faecal bile acid excretion compared with cancers and higher total faecal bile acid and secondary bile acid concentrations , compared with controls . |
| 21 | A significantly higher concentration of lithocholic acid was found in polyp patients compared with controls . |
| 22 | In coeliac disease , there was an apparent decrease in the percentage of both intraepithelial ( 3.5% v 13.5% ) and lamina propria ( 10.3% v 47.2% ) lymphocytes expressing γ-interferon compared with controls . |
| 23 | Lysozyme mRNA expression was more common in ulcerative colitis ( 22/27 ) and Crohn 's disease ( eight of eight ) compared with controls ( 17/27 ) . |
| 24 | The present results show that there may be enhanced expression of tumour necrosis factor α and interleukin 1Β mRNAs in ulcerative colitis , and tumour necrosis factor α mRNA in Crohn 's disease , compared with controls . |
| 25 | The results for ulcerative colitis twins are compared with controls in Figure 1 . |
| 26 | In discordant twin pairs of whom the diseased twin had ulcerative colitis , the healthy ones tended to have a raised proportion of IgG1 cells ( 64.6% ) , and the IgG2 cell fraction was significantly ( p=0.05 ) reduced ( 19.1% ) compared with controls . |
| 27 | There was a tendency towards a lower proportion of IgG3 cells in ulcerative colitis mucosa , along with a significantly decreased serum concentration of IgG3 in ulcerative colitis twins compared with controls . |
| 28 | Previous studies have shown that hepatic bile from cholesterol gall stone patients provides a greater total lipid concentration but not to a significant degree compared with controls . |
| 29 | Increased mucosal production of ROM related to disease activity has been shown in colorectal biopsy specimens and stimulated mucosal phagocytes from patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with controls . |
| 30 | Although the gastrin release in response to wine was diminished compared with controls it was still higher than the response to ethanol . |