Example sentences of "[det] than [art] [adj] average " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Boundary Commission is unwilling to pre-empt the results of its county-wide review , it is understood that the focus will be on Colchester where both constituencies have far more than the ideal average of 69,000 voters . |
| 2 | Conservative support among the over-65s was lower than in 1979 , indeed dropping by more than the national average . |
| 3 | Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average . |
| 4 | A comparison of social product per head in the 1950s with that in 1986 ( in current dinars , unadjusted for regional differences in the cost of living ) shows a significant improvement for Montenegro ( from less than 60 per cent of the average to 77 per cent ) and , at the other end of the scale , for Vojvodina ( from less than the Yugoslav average to 21 per cent above it ) . |
| 5 | Their life expectancy may be less than the national average , and they may be more susceptible to illness and disease . |
| 6 | Cumberland , which claims its mortgage arrears are 45% less than the national average and made no mortgage loss whatsoever , provided £528,540 ( v £56,400 ) against loans , advances and guarantees in the year ended 31 March 1992 . |
| 7 | For 1974–79 and 1979–84 which regions lose more and which lose less than the national average ? |