Example sentences of "than [art] [adj] average [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already that morning she had drunk more than the weekly average for women she 'd noticed displayed on a chart in the Summertown Health Centre waiting-room . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | These findings do not confirm fears of an overall increase in the number of old people looked after in institutions , and the proportion of 4.7% remains commendably low by international standards ( and lower than the national average of 5.1% in 1971 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Overall mortality was 23% lower than the national average for all causes of death and 18% lower for cancer . |
| 7 | The South East , the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands were again the regions showing increases less than the national average for unemployment as a percentage of the working population . |
| 8 | Levels around Hinckley Point are nearly twice the national average and , between 1969 and 1973 , cases of cancer were four times higher than the national average in people under the age of 25 living in a radius of 12.5km around Hinckley Point . |