Example sentences of "this compares [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This compares with the total UK electronics industry , which includes instruments , components and consumer electronics . |
| 2 | Normally , to become a permanent resident in the Bahamas under category I , an individual needs to invest a minimum of $500,000 and keep it there for 10 years ; this compares with the five years for an investor in Sandyport Marina . |
| 3 | This compares with the 1987 figure of 3.6 per cent , which rose to 3.9 per cent for both 1989 and 1990 . ’ |
| 4 | This compares with the 1975-76 epidemic which peaked at 350 cases per 100,000 and the 1968 flu epidemic which reached an incredible 918 cases per 100,000 of the population at its worst . |
| 5 | BSAC spokesman Kendal McDonald claims that this compares with the 35 fatalities a year associated with angling , 39 with boating , and 44 with swimming . |
| 6 | Again basically plastic and glass , with painted and sculpted detail , the full ( actually only three-sided ) model was 9 feet ( 2.75m ) at the base and 2 feet ( 75cm ) high , to represent a building some 1.7 miles ( 2.75km ) wide and 2500 feet ( 750m ) high , approaching 200 storeys in the middle ( this compares with the 110-storey twin blocks of the World Trade Centre in lower Manhattan ) — the Tyrell HQ is also doubled but only optically . |
| 7 | This compares with the 1990 figures of 26% in Grampian and 29% in Tayside . |