Sentence examples for background compared from inspiring English sources

Only 4% of our MPs come from an ethnic minority background – compared with 14% of our population.

Only 3.9% of Oxford's professors are from a BME background, compared with 6.4% at Cambridge, 9.1% at Kings College London and 8.1% at Oxford Brookes.

In terms of ethnic diversity, 11% of civil servants are from a minority ethnic background, compared with 9% in 2010 and just 4% in 1988.

Indeed, can the whole power-sharing experiment work this time, even given its more favourable background compared with 1974?

A basic quality measure is the hospital's standardised mortality ratio, which calculates the likelihood of an individual patient dying (allowing for their condition, age and social background) compared with the actual number of deaths in different hospitals.

This tallies with evidence that few ethnic minority families go to the countryside for holidays – for instance, only 1% of visitors to our national parks are from a minority background, compared to 10% of the population.

Only eight of the candidates in the 100 target seats come from a union background, compared to 14 out of the 69 new MPs in 1992.

His counselors at Create have been impressed with Mr. Demain's ability to make friends, despite the obvious differences in his background compared with many of his peers.

"Try to learn something about your competition and then find the advantages and disadvantages with your background compared to others".

The image is well segmented into different material regions and background, compared with the results in Figure 5a, b.

This background compared with local background such as a block corresponds better to our perception of contrast.