Example sentences of "compare [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The £78 million fund , managed by Murray Johnstone , achieved a 10.7 per cent return on net assets , compared with a 22.2 per cent rise in the Index over the same six-month period . |
| 2 | The return on assets works out at 1.8 per cent compared with a 3.75 per cent target set by the Government . |
| 3 | Gross national product ( GNP ) had risen by 5.3 per cent , compared with a 2.4 per cent rise in 1991 . |
| 4 | According to figures released by Miti in January 1990 , Japan 's industrial output increased by 5.9 per cent during 1989 , compared with a 9.5 per cent rise in 1988 . |
| 5 | The first volume of the annual GATT trade review , entitled International Trade 1988/89 and published on Sept. 15 , 1989 , reported an 8.5 per cent growth in the volume of global merchandise trade in 1988 , the most rapid increase since 1984 ( and compared with a 5.5 per cent increase in 1987 ) . |
| 6 | The UK has a 7 per cent of this market compared with a 5.5 per cent share of trade in goods . |
| 7 | At the same time the price of leaded petrol was increased by 55 per cent , compared with a 25 per cent rise for unleaded , and electricity prices went up by 15 per cent . |
| 8 | The vice-presidency was won by Senator Tommy Remengesau who polled 51.7 per cent compared with the 48.3 per cent of the vote won by Sandra Pierantozzi . |
| 9 | He pointed out that if the regional companies signed new contracts with National Power and PowerGen , as he had permitted , 41 per cent of their requirements would be met by coal-fired stations , compared compared with the 17 per cent generated by independent gas-fired producers . |
| 10 | Its economists estimate that Scotland 's gross domestic product will rise in 1993 by 3.5 per cent , compared with the 1 per cent predicted for the UK as a whole in the Government 's economic statement last autumn . |
| 11 | The government aimed at reducing the budget deficit to 6.2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992 , compared with the 6.9 per cent originally forecast in 1991 . |
| 12 | However , compared with the 70 per cent of women referred from other sources ( 39 ) who were sectioned , the number of female GP referrals sectioned was significantly lower ( p=0.011 ) . |
| 13 | Clinton polled 43 per cent of the popular vote and won 370 electoral college votes , compared with the 38 per cent and 168 electoral college votes won by Bush . |
| 14 | The use of low-sulphur coal reduces sulphur output by only about 50 per cent , compared with the 90 per cent removal that can be achieved with FGD . |
| 15 | By 1931–32 married women were experiencing 140 per cent more sickness than the insurance commissioners had anticipated , compared with the 25 per cent more sickness experienced by unmarried women and the less-than-expected sickness rates of men . |
| 16 | The Chairman of British Airways , for example , had received a pay increase of 117 per cent compared with the 6 per cent awarded to the company 's lowest paid workers . |
| 17 | Nevertheless InterCity cheerfully reveals that the VIP/first-class/full-dining trains contribute by far the largest share of the special-trains earnings — 50 per cent — compared with the 23 per cent from private charters , 18 per cent by standardclass charters , and 5 per cent by the steam market . |
| 18 | THE council tax will bring administrative savings of 16 per cent , compared with the 60 per cent predicted by the Scottish Office , according to the controller of audit , John Broadfoot . |
| 19 | It has exploited a slack time — the hiatus between the end of tunnelling work on the Channel link and the start of London 's Jubilee Line Underground extension — to demand that contractors work to tighter margins : between 3 and 7 per cent , compared with the 15 per cent allowed by North West Water , for example , on its contracts . |
| 20 | He achieved a double figure percentage of the vote only in Mississippi , and scored a derisory 9 per cent in his home state , compared with the 39 per cent which he had achieved there in the November 1991 gubernatorial contest . |
| 21 | The plan predicted an average annual growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) of 8.2 per cent , compared with the 10.5 per cent achieved under the sixth five-year plan . |
| 22 | By 1974 , on the eve of local government reorganization , rural district councils provided 20 per cent of the rural housing stock , compared with the 31 per cent supplied by local authorities elsewhere . |
| 23 | Violence , dishonesty , fire raising , indecency and drugs offences have risen 17.2 per cent since 1990 , compared with an 11 per cent Scottish average , said HM Chief Inspector Colin Sampson . |
| 24 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 25 | That compares with a 42 per cent increase in the average council house rent in Scotland since 1989 . |
| 26 | This compares with a 22 per cent increase over the same period last year |
| 27 | This compares with the 11 per cent for the population aged 65 + reported by Morgan et al . |
| 28 | In the same period , burglary in dwellings was up by 65 per cent. , compared to a 15 per cent . |
| 29 | Between 1959 and 1977 , the number of female offenders per 100,000 of the population aged 14 to under 17 increased by 379 per cent ( compared to a 148 per cent increase for males of the same age group ) . |
| 30 | The statistics , based on the final season before the Premier League split , show an average turnstile increase of 17 per cent and reveal ticket prices rocketed four fold since 197879 compared to a 2.6 per cent rise in the general retail price index . |