Converse of object

• exceed: Our research income per researcher exceeds the sector average, reaching over £ 104,000 per active researcher in 2002/03.

• calculate: Then we have to resort to trying to calculate the local average in the time sequence.

• spend: Norway spends an average of £ 172 per child.

• outperform: The report also shows that some communities, notably African and those with mixed ethnic origins, significantly outperform the national averages for participation.

Adjective modifier

• national: Labor turnover rates in the Tees Valley are a third of the national average.

• monthly: The three monthly average of sales has fallen to the lowest level since April 2000, with the underlying trend indicating modest volume growth.

• Scottish: This was equivalent to 12.7 cases per 10,000 population in Dundee compared to a Scottish average of only 3.6 per 10,000 population.

• rolling: This was based on either a 20-year rolling average or data for the latest year available.

• annual: The " fixed " annual average will give a lower value.

Modifies a noun

• earning: We work out your rent based on: Average earnings in Kirklees - lower average local earnings will mean lower rents.

• temperature: Forecasts of annual global average temperature Forecasts of global average surface temperature, produced each December.

• speed: The cameras measure drivers ' average speed through a stretch of the motorway that is being resurfaced.

• wage: By contrast, the average Congolese wage is $ 100 a year.

• rainfall: The price of the mildness is a higher than average rainfall.

• salary: Average Salary Report Click a job to see an average salary.

Noun used with modifier

• grade: Physics and Arts Subjects: Physics 2X, 2Y at a grade point average of 14.

• sheet: SCOTT NICHOLLS ( Green sheet average: 8.98 ) Date of birth: 16 May 1978, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Preposition: of

• %: By 2008 total UK health spending will be 9.4 % of GDP, well above the current EU average of 8 %.

• ton: Estimated figure calculated on an average of 13 tons of goods carried per truck.

Preposition: per

• capita: Social well-being and the dynamics of small communities do not automatically improve with rising average per capita GDP.