Example sentences of "be compare to [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has singular habit of descending into wells to drink when arrival and departure have been compared to those of wasps at a hole nest . |
| 2 | A RUSTY old gasometer which fed-up local residents want demolished because ‘ it 's a blot on the landscape ’ has been compared to some of Italy 's most beautiful buildings . |
| 3 | The body 's limitations for stress might be compared to all of us having a glass inside our bodies . |
| 4 | In this respect the relationship between society and religion can be compared to that between families and the homes they live in . |
| 5 | His approach can be compared to that of a saint who risks everything when he bares his breast to the unknown . |
| 6 | And although they emphasised purity and traditional observance in religion , their position in other spheres might justifiably be compared to that of , say , the Vichy regime in occupied France during the Second World War . |
| 7 | President Kaunda told delegates that Zambia 's experience could not be compared to that of the Soviet Union or of East European countries which had recently opted for political pluralism . |
| 8 | The role of President can be compared to that of Chariman of the Board . |
| 9 | ( The position can be compared to that in 404 , when the Spartans hoped to make Attica , this time , a docile satellite , Xen . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the LFS data which encompassed such temporary working and which allowed the situation in 1986 to be compared to that in 1983 , also showed no real growth in the proportion of the workforce in temporary employment . |
| 11 | Dr Cunningham 's views can be compared to those of Simon Hughes , delivering a swansong on behalf of the Liberal Party . |
| 12 | Consistent data on the extent of temporary working are not available over time : the results from the mid-1970s worker-directed survey are in no way comparable with those of the 1984 employer-directed survey and also can not really be compared to those of the LFS . |
| 13 | Input feature vectors were compared to those of the dictionary words , and the word with the best match was chosen as the recognised word . |
| 14 | I asked what the Lewis ailments were compared to those in Australia . |
| 15 | Overall , when the children on the course were compared to those in the control groups , it was found that none of them had taken up smoking and some who had been using snuff before the start of the programme had now given up . |
| 16 | God 's constant watch over the created world is compared to that of a female bird caring for its young , or a woman suckling her child ( these images come from the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament ) . |
| 17 | At present the pattern of weathering in small mammals is compared to that of large mammals ( Table 1.3 ) , with stage 1 weathering reached in 18 to 29 months ( plus 24 months in the pellet ) in the prevailing wet climate of central Wales , and stage 2 weathering still progressing after 36 to 48 months ( again with the addition of 24 months in the pellet ) . |
| 18 | The sequence of part of the POU domain of Oct-11a is compared to that of Oct-11b . |
| 19 | Such programs have a dictionary disk and the spelling in the document is compared to that in the dictionary and corrected where necessary . |
| 20 | The ability of the purified Eco K ts-1 endonuclease to cleave pBR322 DNA was compared to that of wild type Eco K. pBR322 has two recognition sites for Eco K in opposite orientation [ 10 ] . |
| 21 | The pattern of recognition results was compared to that from Study 2 . |