Example sentences of "compared with [art] national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Overall , if one aggregates those three things , the level of settlement for the county was down thirty- one per cent on the year , compared with a national total , which was also in distress of fourteen and a half per cent down . |
2 | This indication can then be compared with a national base of 100 to indicate whether a particular area is better or worse than average for finding buyers or owners of any product which is already specifically measured in existing national market research surveys . |
3 | Three in five people plagued by unsightly spots are single , compared with a national average of just one in five , says a survey for the Acne Support Group . |
4 | This revealed that the management were ‘ concerned ’ that the post-60/65 group comprised 18 per cent of the industry compared with a national average of 3.5 per cent , and had offered ‘ solutions ’ . |
5 | It revealed Ulster youngsters were the most likely to have been offered drugs ( 21pc compared with a national average of 10pc ) , were least likely to drink ( 21pc compared with 30pc ) but were most likely to smoke ( 36pc compared with 18pc ) . |
6 | This may be connected to the fact that the youngsters came bottom as far as hugs were concerned , as 57pc said their parents hugged them compared with a national average of 70pc . |
7 | Darlington had a good record on nursery education with 70 per cent of under-fives catered for , compared with a national average of 48 per cent . |
8 | Liverpool in 1981 , for example , had 13 per cent of households in SEGs I and II compared with a national figure of 23 per cent . |
9 | At a regional level it has been demonstrated that , in 1971 , over 30 per cent of the population in North Wales and Sussex was aged over 60 , compared with the national mean of only 19 per cent ( Law and Warnes 1975 ) . |
10 | Partly because , compared with the national picture , as i say , it was a very very small disruption . |
11 | Compared with the national average of about 450 , Dr Simm figured that the top 5% of herds at 650 CGI were expected to achieve an extra £200 a cow a lactation . |
12 | For example , in the notably poverty-stricken textile town of Bailey in Yorkshire , the infant mortality rate was 172.5 per thousand , almost 1 in 6 of live births , compared with the national average of 127.3 . |
13 | However , with a higher age structure , compared with the national average , demand continues to outstrip supply . |