Example sentences of "compare with [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Negative feedback may show itself as disappointment at one 's achievement , particularly when compared with other members of the group , or as boredom or frequent teacher disapproval or not enough attention from the teacher ; it could be personal problems to do with one 's family , love life , accommodation or money difficulties . |
| 32 | Compared with other countries in the OECD , this was not an exceptional proportion . |
| 33 | It becomes important , therefore , that any new antihypertensive drug should be compared with other agents in clinical trials that are large enough to detect infrequent adverse morbid events . |
| 34 | The idea of the ‘ marketing concept ’ is taken up in Chapter 31 , and is compared with other approaches to marketing . |
| 35 | What is peculiar , even unique compared with other departments of government , is a special brand of stuffiness . |
| 36 | This comment in a recent ILO/UNCTC study of EPZs in the Caribbean is very typical : ‘ In spite of the small number of jobs generated so far , the rate at which EPZs create employment is , however , so high that they rank as the most dynamic agents for job creation compared with other sources of national employment ’ ( Long , 1986 , p.60 ) . |
| 37 | In the Treaty of Accession specific reference was made to ‘ … the special conditions obtaining to hill farming areas as compared with other areas of the UK … ’ |
| 38 | We carried out a survey to determine how Chester was perceived as a venue for conferences as compared with other towns in the North and Midlands . |
| 39 | First , he must be aware of the overall strength of use of the section being revised , compared with other sections of the library . |
| 40 | Single figures on their own can mean very little but compared with other sets of figures , they can take on greater significance . |
| 41 | Its attraction would seem to lie in the fact that it gives a formalized account of some of the popularly held impressions concerning the character of science , its explanatory and predictive power , its objectivity and its superior reliability compared with other forms of knowledge . |
| 42 | Thus the entire manufacturing process tends to be relatively expensive compared with other forms of production . |
| 43 | Typical of such questions is , ‘ Compared with other people of your age how do you rate your health in the last year ? ’ . |
| 44 | Here , like all nuclear reactors , Hinkley C stood out as unique when compared with other means of generating electricity . |
| 45 | The loans from the Hermitage of the ‘ Penitent Magdalene ’ , ‘ Hebe ’ , and ‘ Standing Cupid and Psyche ’ can all be compared with other versions of the statues from , respectively , Genoa , Forlí and Paris , although this last work , from the Louvre , is of a different composition , showing the two lovers reclining in an embrace . |
| 46 | Few autobiographies have emerged from the City compared with other walks of life . |
| 47 | Compared with other types of organisation the potential advantages of bureaucracy may seem apparent . |
| 48 | The current data are insufficient to establish the suitability of the heater probe compared with other types of endoscopic treatment . |
| 49 | In a robust assessment of the relative merits of joining the exchange rate mechanism , it argues the ERM will not provide a ‘ soft option ’ compared with other methods of slowing down the economy . |
| 50 | In a robust assessment of the relative merits of joining the exchange rate mechanism , it argues the ERM will not provide a ‘ soft option ’ compared with other methods of slowing down the economy . |
| 51 | to determine the liability of the owner of a dog under the animals act 1971 a dog must be compared with other dogs of the same breed and not with dogs generally . |
| 52 | As Galtung puts it , in surveys every individual is " made to appear in the sample as a society of one person to be compared with other societies of one person " . |
| 53 | The school I attend is quite small compared with other schools in the area . |
| 54 | It has ‘ about average ’ socio-economic characteristics compared with other LEAs in the country , but there are stark contrasts between areas of the city . |
| 55 | They can not be ignored , but should always be given low weight compared with other terms in the search . |
| 56 | The validity of the LIT is based upon the existing research which supports imitation as an index of a child 's knowledge of grammar and the high correlations obtained when scores on the LIT were compared with other measures of language production . |
| 57 | Parents make statements of praise about their children ( e.g. ‘ well done ’ ) infrequently compared with other kinds of comment that are critical . |
| 58 | And you 'll see in the report that we do point out , that some of the training that we do , things like woodwork training , and brickwork training , are relatively expensive to deliver , compared with other training of occupations . |
| 59 | Nevertheless , it seems reasonable to assume that the specific nature of the object , and in particular its physical presence , will result in a tendency for it to act in certain distinctive ways , compared with other media of cultural expression . |
| 60 | The numbers involved , not ignoring the personal distress associated with unemployment , seems small compared with other causes of lay-offs . |