Example sentences of "compared with the [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shorter men were more at risk because they had less efficient lung function compared with the taller men , according to the researchers at The Royal Free Hospital , north London . |
| 2 | Pahl ( 1984 ) asserts that it is the last hundred years that have been the aberration compared with the greater flexibility of both earlier periods and the present time . |
| 3 | The wet weight of caecal contents was significantly less in the low fibre compared with the higher fibre diet rats ( Table I , p=0.001 ) . |
| 4 | Equation 7.7 can be compared with the earlier expression for geodesic deviation : taking account of the sign change in the spatial components of the metric when passing from Euclidean to Minkowski space . |
| 5 | The resultant financial provisions of the 1947 Act need not detain us too much , save to summarize the radically different position plan making experienced compared with the earlier situation . |
| 6 | In the UK , large information technology companies are over-valued by the market compared with the smaller concerns that are outperforming them , a survey by information technology financial advisers Broadview Associates suggests . |
| 7 | Oakenshott ( 1979 ) found a preference for small towns among employers because of their more pleasant physical environments and easier access to the countryside , compared with the larger cities , while Spooner ( 1972 ) found that the attractiveness of the area was the most important factor influencing firms moving into the South West . |
| 8 | There is a much greater homogeneity and community of interest and value systems about the Western European states which are parties to the convention than is the case with the world community generally ; it is possible to prescribe with much greater precision and consistency the standards sought to be attained and , once attained , their observance is rendered much more likely , even without special enforcement procedures , by the social and economic interdependence and intercourse with prevails in Western European society as compared with the larger world community . |
| 9 | ( This can be compared with the later debate between the anti-discriminatory lesbian and gay policy and that of homosexuality as an equally valid form of sexuality . ) |
| 10 | From the earliest weeks , euphoria about military success was quickly dissipated by the economic restrictions and the material impact on daily life , even though , compared with the later years of the war , these appear in retrospect to have been minor forms of interference . |
| 11 | Compared with the older production system , this new process , in which workers owned no machinery but were paid wages , was able to produce more and at a cheaper price . |