Example sentences of "compare with the [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | During the 15 mmol/l hyperglycaemia gall bladder contraction was significantly reduced ( p<0.05 ) from 30 to 90 minutes compared with normoglycaemia and from 45 to 90 minutes compared with the 8 mmol/l glucose clamp experiment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This compares with the 11 per cent for the population aged 65 + reported by Morgan et al . |