Example sentences of "can [be] compared with [art] " in BNC.

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1 It can be compared with a civil engineer 's piling hammer , when the great weight is hauled to the design height and released by a slip catch .
2 Candidate letter strings can be compared with a list of words instead of n-grams , and this method guarantees lexical output .
3 The appearance which sense-spectra present can be compared with a so-called ‘ dialect continuum ’ : speakers from village A can communicate with those from village B , who are able to converse with speakers from C ; these , in turn , can communicate with speakers from village D. However , speakers from A can not hold a conversation with speakers from D , and without the evidence of the intervening stages , one would be tempted to say that they spoke different languages .
4 A computer terminal , these days usually a Visual Display Unit , can be compared with a window through which you can scan your data or information .
5 Finally , we can ask how an index-linked gilt can be compared with a conventional gilt .
6 2.24 This type of person can be compared with a younger man in a less promising position , or perhaps someone in a hazardous occupation such as a steel erector or a steeplejack .
7 This can be compared with the gold content of the undated coins in the Sutton Hoo burial , and it is apparent that none of them could be later than AD 630 .
8 A longitudinal section shows that the vertical distance between an horizon containing two of the VP 's and eye level can be compared with the distance of the third VP below eye level .
9 To decide whether 0.237 of working class children attending selective secondary schools is high or low , it can be compared with the 0.397 of intermediate class children and 0.719 of service class children who attend those schools .
10 First , they can be compared with the actual distribution of population as reported on a grid square basis by the 1971 Census of Population ( Fig. 5.11 ) .
11 Although no porosity logs are available for the Z1 Carbonate of the Aabenraa-l , the porosity profile can be compared with the neutron log of Ørslev-1 ( where no core was taken ) .
12 The rationale underpinning Procedure Audit , therefore , is that a conceptual model of a chosen procedure can be constructed on similar lines to that of the SSM , which , after checking with the formal systems model , can be compared with the real situation to determine where changes are appropriate , taking account of defined measures of performance .
13 In brief , the amount can be compared with the rate of natural radiation and so establish the date of a specimen .
14 ( This can be compared with the later debate between the anti-discriminatory lesbian and gay policy and that of homosexuality as an equally valid form of sexuality . )
15 The popular revolution of August to December 1991 can be compared with the February Revolution in 1917 .
16 Once the new analogy is recognized , it can be compared with the old and shown to be more adequate , in that it dissipates previously insoluble problems .
17 The geophysical observations provided data on aquifer inhomogeneity , which can be compared with the pattern of solvent dispersal ( a fuller description of this work appears earlier in this section under the heading The legacy of industry ) A further six boreholes were logged for Anglian Water plc to determine the thickness of the confined Lower Greensand aquifer of north-west Norfolk , and lateral variation within it .
18 They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined .
19 The Hermitage 's marble version of ‘ Orpheus ’ can be compared with the stone version in Venice and the ‘ Venus ’ from Palazzo Pitti in Florence can be seen with the second version from Munich .
20 Since a rate of exchange measures the price of one currency in terms of another , its determination can be compared with the price of any other item .
21 The Beeching proposals for the railways ( figure 6.2 ) can be compared with the 1982–83 rail network ( figure 6.3 ) although , as with bus services , the network itself may not be as crucial as the frequency and cost of train journeys .
22 ( 10 ) The estimate in ( 9 ) can be compared with the 614000 children aged 1–15 classified as unoccupied in the childhood supplement occupational mortality .
23 These data can be compared with the outcome in ears treated with a ventilation tube or adenoidectomy or both .
24 This shows the three basic primary colours ; cyan , magenta and yellow , together with their mixed combinations and can be compared with the colours displayed on the monitor .
25 The crucial column is the derived total of offers made which can be compared with the maximum number to be made as a measure of the field 's fullness .
26 By integrating this last equation from r to infinity the time interval measured at a remote point where the gravitational potential is negligible can be compared with the same time interval measured at r : Re-expressing this result in terms of the gravitational potential gives .
27 Equation 7.7 can be compared with the earlier expression for geodesic deviation : taking account of the sign change in the spatial components of the metric when passing from Euclidean to Minkowski space .
28 This result can be compared with the Newtonian equation for orbits in the gravitation potential of a mass M : .
29 This result can be compared with the exact expression obtained by Hawking .
30 The primary outcome of the project will be a descriptive account of the employment characteristics of establishments in British industry , which can be compared with the situation recorded by the 1980 survey , but it is also hoped to consider the findings in the context of current debates about labour market segmentation .
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