Example sentences of "compared [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a quotation is submitted for replacement of an item , the cost should be compared against Comp-U-Claim or alternative suppliers to establish whether we can obtain the item more cheaply elsewhere . |
| 2 | This technique , used in combination with agents which bind to specific membrane components and induce identifiable lesions in membrane replicas [ e.g. the sterol-binding antibiotic filipin , ( 32 ) ] , enables the topography of the membrane to be examined with an approximately 10-fold increase in resolution compared with SEM ( 32,44 ) . |
| 3 | The Zimbabweans inherited a relatively strong economy compared with Zambia . |
| 4 | It is paramount for us now to retain high interest rates , which are high in the historic sense , in real terms , and are high compared with Japan , and with America , where they stand at 5 per cent . |
| 5 | DNase I hypersensitivity ( DH ) analysis was performed on nuclei isolated from Long 12 spleen , a high copy number transgenic mouse , and compared with DH sites present in the control BALB/c spleen and B cell line Wehi 231 . |
| 6 | Also , intensification of the colours in the angels ' wings as compared with Europe . |
| 7 | Car hire in the US is virtually essential , but thankfully cheap compared with Europe . |
| 8 | Columns 4 and 5 show that GDP per head compared with UK GDP per head rose between 1978 and 1988 in all of the five regions listed above except the East Midlands . |
| 9 | Compared with Burton 's or that of Sir John Gell [ q.v. ] for 1659 his diary is somewhat slight , but as the only internal account and commentary on the debates it has unique value . |
| 10 | As for differences between Ipswich and Newham , Table 4.4 indicates that in Newham people in poorer home care circumstances ( in both action and control samples ) are remaining at home compared with Ipswich ; in particular they are more likely to suffer from persistent wandering , to live alone , and to have no closely involved informal carer . |
| 11 | Mark Lees , the Cambridge coach , knows the Light Blues face a serious deficit of talent this year , compared with Oxford 's three world bronze medallists and strong supporting cast . |
| 12 | The US has just 6% of the world 's population but consumes 30% of the world 's energy — compared with India where 20% of the global population use only 2% of the energy . |
| 13 | But in the Lake District it was exceeded no less than 17 times , with the top of Great Dun Fell having the most severe recorded incidence with 97 parts per billion , compared with London 's worst at 63 parts per billion . |
| 14 | Compared with Durham , therefore ( and to many other fields as well ) , Nottinghamshire in general and the Dukeries in particular had a particular set of social relations at the workplace established through the early use of the butty system . |
| 15 | Chilperic is compared with Nero and Herod . |
| 16 | Early in the century especially , there was the real danger of being compared with Aphra Behn or Delarivi — re Manley or other writers whose sexual conduct had caused scandal . |
| 17 | George was a small man compared with Lennie 's massive bulk . |
| 18 | Market leader Ford marginally increased its share to 25.08 per cent with 31,184 registrations — a drop of more than 10,000 compared with February 1990 . |
| 19 | The fact that March sales worsened not only year-on-year , but compared with February , suggests the election played a part in the decline , the CBI says . |
| 20 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |
| 21 | Compared with Roger Evans , the frothing masher from Monmouth , he is a very private person . |
| 22 | Her murderer is unreal compared with Elizabeth Bowen 's Prothero in her short story ‘ The Disinherited ’ . |
| 23 | Montreal Central eventually served the CPR express lines as well as the CNR , but , compared with Toronto or Cincinnati Union , there was something half-hearted about it , despite the trumpetings with which it was received during the war . |
| 24 | The profit was down thirty million or so and if we look at the geographic breakdown of profit , er the U S A was up er and yet if er Addison Wesley was about the same Penguin was up ten so where did this thirty million drop in profits at oil services arise , was it in the U K and Singapore as opposed to the U S or , or was there something different about Penguin U S compared with Penguin U K ? |
| 25 | In fact , the reason they had never become anything more serious than fumbles was because , compared with Georg , the boys seemed very young and silly . |
| 26 | The benefits for the local inspector are that by their greater number ( compared with HMIs — see Pearce , 1982 ) they can become more familiar with the schools , and by virtue of their advisory role they will have some responsibility for following up any findings of an inspection — whether it be formal or informal . |
| 27 | Its defence document posted yesterday claims the bid has no industrial logic and undervalues USH whose share price closed at 152p compared with Meggitt 's 134p a share offer and 151p partial cash alternaive . |
| 28 | Compared with Lowell he was an amateur : clumsy and insensitive . |
| 29 | Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen . |
| 30 | She had been too busy looking after people to pay much attention to the way her life was going , but compared with Lottie 's life and his brother and sister-in-law 's , theirs had been very humdrum . |