Example sentences of "than in the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A negative region in the correlation curve implies that u 1 and u 2 tend to be in opposite directions more than in the same direction . |
2 | In the British Medical Journal a Bristol hospital claimed that 24 car drivers were admitted after accidents in February , 18 less than in the same month in 1982 . |
3 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
4 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
5 | This was much more than in the same period of 1973–75 , slightly more than in 1980 and similar to the decline in the first nine months of the 1981–82 recession . |
6 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
7 | That is a lot less than in the same period in 1990 ( 9m man-days ) , but this year those first three months also saw a startling 8% fall in GNP . |
8 | Turnover was £136.5m , 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year . |
9 | Pfizer reported net profits of $274.7m for the third quarter of 1991 , 13 per cent higher than in the same period in 1990 . |
10 | The Chancellor said in the first nine months of 1992–93 the Employment Service found jobs for 31,000 unemployed disabled people , 25 per cent more than in the same period of 1991–92 . |
11 | Business collapses soared to 46,500 over the past nine months — 40 per cent more than in the same period last year . |
12 | Western German GDP in the first quarter was 3.2% lower than in the same period of 1992 . |
13 | In the first 11 months of 1992 Brazil exported 15m bags of coffee — 14% fewer than in the same period of 1991 . |
14 | Pretax profits of £1.5m were 34% higher than in the same period the previous year , while borrowings amounted to just £156,000 compared with £1.3m in May 1992 . |
15 | Group sales in the first two months of 1993 were ahead of internal forecasts and substantially higher than in the same period of 1992 . |
16 | In August to October sales were 0.25 per cent lower than in the previous three months ( after seasonal adjustment ) and 0.25 per cent lower than in the same period a year earlier . |
17 | ‘ To date this year there have been 172 bomb incidents , 54 fewer than in the same period last year . |
18 | Since the start of August the UDA/UFF has stepped up its campaign , killing four people within four short weeks and since the start of the year the UVF have killed seven — two fewer than in the same period last year . |
19 | But the £117 million operating profit in this sector in the last quarter of 1992 was 27 per cent higher than in the same period of the previous year . |
20 | The brewery , which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year , notched up turnover of £25.7m in the six months to September , £3m more than in the same period last year . |