The phrase "compared with the former" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to compare two things or situations and suggest that one is better or more preferable than the other. Example: "The new model of the car has a higher fuel efficiency compared with the former version."
Comparatively, it showed a different pattern compared with the former when daily rainfall ≥10 mm and in the subsequent days.
Compared with the former model, the Sports Wagon has grown 3.5 inches in length and almost 2 inches in wheelbase.
Mr. Sharansky's constituency tends to be antagonistic to the idea that Israel, such a small country compared with the former Soviet Union, would make territorial concessions.
Here now is the V8 Vantage S, a different sort of ultimate Vantage road car compared with the former holder of that distinction, the V12 Vantage.
The Bank of Canada said its notes are designed to take temperatures of up to 140C and that far fewer are being returned compared with the former paper-based notes.
"What can I do?" The Forward's offices are in the Workmen's Circle building, on East Thirty-third Street, a flavorless site compared with the former headquarters, down on East Broadway.
"Compared with the former prime ministers, Koizumi is really trying to exercise leadership," said Michiyo Kobayashi, a 29-year-old office worker, interviewed in the Ginza section of Tokyo.
Compared with the former Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, Serbia — a lively city beset by grime, gray architecture and dilapidated infrastructure — Ljubljana seemed a kind of Slavic Copenhagen, a portrait of efficiency and prosperity.
Beckham ranks second only to the US basketball legend in the list of best-remunerated retired athletes, making $75m £48mm) last year compared with the former Chicago Bulls player's $100m.
Yet even the most acrimonious showbusiness partnerships seem to be sweetness and light compared with the former Sunshine Boys, Willie Clark and Al Lewis, a cantankerous pair of old vaudeville stagers who have not exchanged a civilised word for over a decade, but are forced to endure one another's company for one last televised hurrah.
Results of tests of the latter system showed an improved performance compared with the former system.
