Example sentences of "compare with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April Prime Minister Pavlov announced that compared with the first quarter of 1990 there had been in the first quarter of 1991 a 10 per cent fall in national income , a 5 per cent fall in industrial output and a 13 per cent fall in agricultural output . |
| 2 | Conklin ( 1977 : 4 ) estimates that in 1977 these four offences in the USA accounted for between $3–4 billions compared with the annual loss of around $40 billions resulting from various white-collar crime , of which consumer fraud , illegal competition , and deceptive practices account for at least half . |
| 3 | The 1981 census found that compared with the national average of 14% , inner urban areas have particularly heavy concentrations of lone parent families . |
| 4 | Menshevik critics of the regime claimed that compared with the prerevolutionary period Russia in 1922 had 30 per cent fewer schools overall and that 70 per cent of all children between 8 and 11 years of age were illiterates . |
| 5 | Menshevik critics of the regime claimed that compared with the pre-revolutionary period Russia in 1922 had 30 per cent fewer schools overall and that 70 per cent of all children between 8 and 11 years of age were illiterate . |
| 6 | Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June compared with the previous month . |
| 7 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 8 | Skye has no other scenic attractions to compare with the Black Cuillin but deserving of special mention is the capital , Portree , a bonny little town , and further north along the coast the Storr and its Old Man , conspicuous on the skyline . |
| 9 | I consider the most likely candidate for forgery is therefore an unknown cylinder or an unknown acetate disc — in other words , a one-off , which would be difficult to compare with the genuine article , because there would be nothing with which to compare it . |
| 10 | Gorbachev 's address to the 27th Party Congress in February 1986 was relatively short of surprises in terms of foreign policy ; there was nothing , at any rate , to compare with the unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing that had been announced just a few weeks earlier . |
| 11 | Dressing-up crazes and the appearance of huge inflatables suggest the stirrings of a new culture of spectatorship but there is nothing to compare with the Italian spectacle . |
| 12 | As an exercise for the legs , Whernside excels but in immediate interest can not compare with the neighbouring Ingleborough and Penyghent . |
| 13 | First , to what extent are the experiences of women actually represented in the study of these life-areas ; secondly , how does this representation compare with the empirical role of women in social life ; and , lastly , do the subject categorizations themselves make sense from the perspective of women 's particular situation ? |
| 14 | Nothing , however , could compare with the wholesale carnage committed by men among the short-tailed , or sooty , petrel , known to the sealers as the mutton bird . |
| 15 | Nothing , of course , can compare with the haunting experience of visiting Pompeii itself , where the work of bringing the town back to life continues . |
| 16 | However , none of these can compare with the unbearable sense of dread felt by every golfer in the nation as they watched this year 's final Major — the US PGA Championship . |
| 17 | And how does that compare with the same period last year ? ’ |
| 18 | Its extraordinary jurisdiction in civil matters was compared with the extraordinary jurisdiction of the now defunct Star Chamber in criminal matters . |
| 19 | 5 The average height of a man is about 1¾ which is quite short compared with the polar bear of height 2⅝m that was found in Alaska in 1962 . |
| 20 | The NVQ system allowed learning at students ' own speeds compared with the three-year registration period of the Institute , which might have to change to an annual registration period and fee as a consequence . |
| 21 | When compared with the standard reference values accordinly to the patients ' age group , the individual serum total cholesterol values for men and women were seen to have a propensity to fall within or below the lower end of the normal range . |
| 22 | The praise bestowed on the adaptation of literary classics , the films of the foreign directors , and the role of Vidor always stressed the relative realism of these films compared with the standard product and was testimony to the extent to which the feature film had moved away from the era of social preoccupations when it had been felt that social preaching was the obvious subject-matter for Hollywood . |
| 23 | The inevitability of the next step in her relationship with Jack faded into insignificance compared with the sheer terror she was experiencing at the thought of going on his bike . |
| 24 | But in the general debate on privatisation , he illustrated the higher Civil Service 's preference for the first-class generalist with a philosophic overview as compared with the grubby technician . |
| 25 | Osteroporosis is more common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD ) compared with the normal population , and causes significant morbidity when fractures occur . |
| 26 | Several of the major accounts appeared to be excessively overdue when compared with the total ledger aged debt statistics . |
| 27 | The total owed by member states to the organization over the last three years stood at £6,000,000 ( US$11,000,000 ) , compared with the total appropriation for 1990-91 of £25,400,000 . |
| 28 | Compared with the total debt of sub-Saharan Africa ( $183 billion ) , it is minuscule . |
| 29 | One gain might come from the elimination of the discount in Gencor 's share price as compared with the total value of its subsidiaries — a discount that has recently been as high as 4 billion rand . |
| 30 | In one way or another , the representatives will be compared with the total client system . |