Example sentences of "higher than [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was inspired , it is argued , by nothing higher than a desire for self-advertisement and for the applause of Voltaire and his fellow-writers in Western Europe . |
| 2 | Unemployment is higher than the average for Scotland . |
| 3 | Economic indicators show that Cheshire claims to be one of the richest counties in the North of England , with hourly earnings considerably higher than the average for England as a whole . |
| 4 | Unemployment on the estates themselves is much higher than the average for the surrounding areas . |
| 5 | According to the Labour Force Survey , the proportion of agency workers working on a temporary basis because they do not want permanent jobs is considerably higher than the average for all temporary workers and that the proportion of agency secretarial/office workers doing so is still higher ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 6 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |
| 7 | Both of these groups had non-completion rates which were higher than the average for all students . |
| 8 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |
| 9 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 10 | The figure of 22.8% of claims at the low rate in the sample is higher than the rate for Berkshire as a whole ( 14.8% ) in the same period because the largest practice in the sample used a deputy for 53% of its night visits . |