Sentence examples for compared to around from inspiring English sources

This is compared to around 20% of all workers in the country.

Industry only represents 16 percent of GDP in France compared to around 30 percent in Germany.

The congregation had been no more than 20, compared to around 250 before the conflict.

More than 10% of brothers of gay men were gay themselves, compared to around 3% of the general population.

72% of Choice Project participants chose Larc methods as their primary form of birth control – compared to around 5% nationally.

The average household spends around 40p a week on post, compared to around £30 on electricity, telephone and gas services.

By 1816, it had soared to 230 per cent of GDP (compared to around 80 per cent today).

In 1850, only around 20m people lived in Britain, compared to around 1.25 billion around the rest of the world.

The average shopper shelled out around $407 between Thursday and Sunday, compared to around $423 in 2012, the NRF said.

That leaves an electorate of just 24 million, of which less than half votes, compared to around two-thirds of whites and African Americans.

Fee-paying "packaged" current accounts are another product attracting significant levels of complaints – currently around 300 a week, compared to around 50 a week in mid-2014.