Example sentences of "compared with [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience of the Highlands and Islands Development Board ( 23 ) indicates that on those farms using HIDB loans to assist development schemes , full-time labour ( occupiers and workers ) increased by 30% between 1969 and 1972 compared with a regional decline of 8% during the same period . |
| 2 | He said problems in regional aircraft , which include the Jetstream turboprop business , at Prestwick , were largely responsible for an operating loss of £81 million in 1992 , compared with a restated figure of £215 million the previous year . |
| 3 | As the reader will appreciate , the degree of risk varies depending on the nature , size and use of each loan , e.g. a three month trade finance loan compared with a twelve year project loan . |
| 4 | What he was envisaging may even be compared with a modern community centre with craft centres and other amenities . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's a Versace or two compared with a Corosini costume ? ’ he said encouragingly . |
| 6 | Official provisional statistics registered a 7.4 per cent growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1989/90 , compared with a negative growth rate of 11.4 per cent in fiscal 1988/89 . |
| 7 | The Eagles are finding it difficult to take off but were still compared with a high-flying elite — the SAS . |
| 8 | To do this , an ideal model based on the equality paradigm was constructed and then compared with a neutral model reflecting the further education system as it existed before the Act took effect . |
| 9 | Further , the cases in question will be compared with a wide sample of cases disposed of under the 1964 Act . |
| 10 | Mr Owen-Jones said it had been a particularly difficult year in Britain where sales had fallen 12 p.c. compared with a worldwide increase of 10 p.c . |
| 11 | In the past two quarters manufacturing output per man-hour fell by an annual rate of 1.1% , roughly the same as in previous recessions , but non-manufacturing productivity — a good proxy for services — rose by an annualised 1.2% compared with a typical decline of 1.5% in past recessions . |
| 12 | BP reported a first half net loss of £717m compared with a net profit of £834m in the same period last year . |
| 13 | It can be compared with a civil engineer 's piling hammer , when the great weight is hauled to the design height and released by a slip catch . |
| 14 | In calm water there was little difference in the ride compared with a glassfibre boat . |
| 15 | On April 2 share prices fell by almost 2,000 points as the Nikkei Average index plummeted by 1,987.30 points to close at 28,002.07 ( compared with a record high of 38,915.87 on Dec. 29 , 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Since the cash outlay on initial margin is only a small fraction of the value of the futures contract , price movements in the underlying asset have a magnified effect on this investment compared with a straight purchase of the underlying asset . |
| 17 | One interesting study from Edinburgh University , published in The Lancet , found that men with angina had lower levels of vitamins A , C and E in their blood compared with a similar group who did not suffer from heart disease . |
| 18 | This distribution pattern may be compared with a similar brooch type found commonly in the upper Thames valley , the cast saucer brooch . |
| 19 | Allen , Hogg , and Peace undertook empirical research in three authorities where the care experiences of 100 old people living in the community but ‘ at risk ’ of residential care were compared with a similar number of old people living in residential care ( 52 in private homes and 51 in Local Authority homes ) . |
| 20 | Sixty odd years separate this work from The Birth of Tragedy and compared with a similar span of years since Winckelmann 's revolutionary study of Greet art , the later period , viewed as a period of German Hellenism , is anti-climatic . |
| 21 | The big foyer was deserted compared with a normal working day . |
| 22 | The effects of the fluctuation persisted throughout the year and into 1983 , bringing 108 mm of rainfall at Guayaquil in Ecuador in November , compared with a normal figure of 8 mm , and 614 mm ( normally 214 mm ) at the same site in January 1983 , compared with a record of 701 mm in January 1973 , the only higher figure ever recorded there . |
| 23 | In October the calculated ozone loss is 0.9 p.p.b.v. , compared with a measured loss of 1p.p.b.v. , so despite the simplicity of the model this agreement lends considerable credibility to the basic photochemical scheme . |
| 24 | Therefore there is a real tradeoff involved , between the need for any bonus to he relatively generous when compared with a flat salary , and the need for there to be some bonus element . |
| 25 | Some of the source studies used to create the table compared with an alternative of ‘ doing nothing , ’ others compared with a minimum intervention ( which may differ among programmes ) , and yet others considered the incremental cost per QALY of expanding services to other groups of patients . |
| 26 | It is possible that the relative lack of efficacy of fluticasone propionate compared with a standard regimen of prednisolone is because the dose chosen was too low to produce therapeutic concentrations in the colon . |
| 27 | A budget deficit of 45,000 million meticais was projected , compared with a final deficit of 24,000 million meticais in 1989 . |
| 28 | A whack in the face from a plastic ball is a lover 's kiss compared with a teeth-loosening belt from an old-style football . |
| 29 | Well yes , yes in terms it sounds mos most confusing compared with a straightforward business world but if , if , if the campaign are saying that it 's got to be this way for legal reasons they 're not prepared to accept it . |
| 30 | In 1938 Young Communist League membership stood at 4,500 compared with a total Party membership of 16,000 , while at the Birmingham Congress of that year 226 of the 539 delegates were under the YCL age limit of 30 . |