Example sentences of "than [art] national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In relation to offences involving personal violence there would appear to be little evidence from the survey to substantiate claims that Merseyside is an exceptionally violent area In relation to household crimes , however , the rate in Merseyside is substantially higher and in the case of burglary three times higher than the national average . |
| 32 | Whereas during the 1980–81 period the unemployment rate in the South East was on average three and a half percentage points lower than the national average , it currently stands close to one percentage point lower , while the unemployment rate in Greater London is equal to the national average of 8.7 per cent . |
| 33 | However parts of Oxford may be valued significantly higher than this because some changes in rental values are significantly greater than the national average . |
| 34 | However , all the evidence concerning mining villages , where fertility rates continued to be high until the 1930s and where the average age at marriage was also significantly lower than the national average , suggests that role relationships within marriage were segregated . |
| 35 | All five LEAs were inner city areas , where the average educational attainment for every ethnic group is lower than the national average . |
| 36 | The Government came to office in 1979 , when my constituency , Ashton-under-Lyne , was a manufacturing area with a level of prosperity higher than the national average . |
| 37 | higher than the national average , and that should be taken into account . |
| 38 | Life expectancy in the valley is 10 years lower than the national average , and the incidence of respiratory disease is abnormally high . |
| 39 | Erm , again we utilize ninety one point nine two percent of the available inspecting officers ' time for inspections , rather than the national average of eighty four point three nine percent . |
| 40 | Conservative support among the over-65s was lower than in 1979 , indeed dropping by more than the national average . |
| 41 | Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average . |
| 42 | According to a book published today , the percentage of Caesarean births at the PMH last year was 3 per cent higher than the national average . |
| 43 | Meanwhile good news in the clear up rate of robberies , about a third of those recorded in the Thames Valley are solved and that is higher than the national average . |
| 44 | The rate of conception in the 11–15 age group was almost 40pc higher than the national average and in the 16–19 age bracket , it was around 34pc higher . |
| 45 | Jeff Duffield , manager of Middlesbrough council 's environmental protection unit , said mortality rates in the district ‘ were 18pc higher than the national average , with heart and respiratory diseases the main factors ’ . |
| 46 | Mr Riley , for Bioplan , said the accident rate on Hollyhurst Road was lower than the national average . |
| 47 | Elliffe said fewer than one in three of the placements were disrupted which is better than the national average , and the project is placing children local authorities can not place . |
| 48 | MERSEYSIDE 'S battle against car crime reaped rewards last night when the region revealed figures almost four times better than the national average . |
| 49 | Meanwhile , Merseyside revealed figures almost four times better than the national average . |
| 50 | This was considerably more than the anecdotal evidence and clinical experience had suggested ( less than one death per year ) , although slightly lower than the national figure . |
| 51 | Moreover , only Wiltshire experienced a cutback in growth rate between the decades that was greater than the national figure , while 15 of the 20 areas saw a positive movement in growth rate against the national trend . |
| 52 | This is a slightly larger rise than the national figure for Mechanical engineering , which recorded a 12% increase on 1989 levels . |
| 53 | This figure accounts for almost 5% of Grampian 's total exports , and is significantly higher than the national figure of 2% . |
| 54 | Which is still substantially higher than the national figure , and substantially higher than the figure being proposed by the Department of the Environment for North Yorkshire . |
| 55 | They 're on a worldwide scale rather than a national scale , but you have to recognise that there are only so many hours in the day in which you can be efficient . |
| 56 | The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character . |
| 57 | It is nothing less than a national scandal that such despicable practices can take place in 1894 ! ’ |
| 58 | Eventually it was announced that he would not run — not in 1990 , at least — and the fuss subsided , but Desert Orchid was clearly more than a national favourite . |
| 59 | is usually available in several languages , official or unofficial , and is therefore more readily accessible than a national law ; |
| 60 | He travelled up to Windermere to view the property and had exploratory discussions with Edgar , who indicated that he wished to retire but preferred to sell his hotel to an individual or small group rather than a national chain . |