Example sentences of "compared [prep] [noun] " 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 | Both mean cost estimates have been compared between treatment groups , and the significance of any difference tested using randomisation test procedures . |
| 4 | In view of the association between the ACE/ID polymorphism and myocardial infarction , different variables potentially related to the disease were compared between ACE/ID genotypes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Results were compared between groups using a χ 2 test . |
| 7 | Probability of relapse curves were computed by the Kaplan-Meier method , and were compared between groups by the long rank test . |
| 8 | The presence and severity of retinopathy was compared between patients living in rural and urban areas . |
| 9 | GDP per head is then compared between regions . |
| 10 | Watch the traffic outside for things that move fast or more slowly ; the cars might be counted and compared for size , shape or colour . |
| 11 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 12 | Survival rates at 30 days were compared for intention-to-treat and efficacy populations . |
| 13 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The strongest , Nicostop , contained about 4 mg ( compared with values ranging between 25 and 100 mg in the licensed patches ) . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | In 1975 average earnings in agriculture were £45–25 for a working week of 46. 1 hours , compared with £59.58 for 43–6 hours in manufacturing industry . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | About £7 million was being spent annually on pushing the claims of washing powders such as Tide , Daz , Omo and Persil , compared with £1.7 million on pushing the performances of music , opera , ballet , theatre and visual arts . |
| 20 | These show that the property portfolio is worth about £1.2 billion at present prices compared with £1.7 billion at the last year end . |
| 21 | As expected , both sets showed a high prevalence of one or other of both HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4 antigens compared with controls . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Compared with controls , patients are three to four times more likely to have a parent who had been enuretic . |
| 26 | Cancer incidence was not increased in patients taking atenolol as compared with controls and with patients taking other forms of treatment ( table III ) . |
| 27 | Total serum IgG , IgA , and IgM concentrations were increased in these patients as compared with controls from the same area . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | The faecal bile acid concentration ( µmol/g dry weight ) was greater in the poly- group when compared with controls . |