Example sentences of "compare with [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 2 | If the record of those who organised and controlled production is anything like complete , they did not begin to compare with their peers in East Anglia . |
| 3 | Compared with her fellow-governors in California and New York , Mrs Richards 's power is limited . |
| 4 | Almost all were conservatives if compared with their contemporaries in most other Western Churches , in secular society or even with their own younger clergy . |
| 5 | And the fact that the height of the stars in medieval astronomy is very small compared with their distance in modern , will turn out not to have the kind of importance you anticipated … |
| 6 | Compared with their experience at home , children at school play a much less active role in conversation . |
| 7 | Although most of the major firms now at the top of the executive search market were present in London before 1980 , their position , structure and influence was relatively small compared with their growth in importance in the 1980s . |
| 8 | By 1983 exports had doubled even compared with their average during the 1960s . |
| 9 | Boys are over-represented and girls under-represented in special schools , as compared with their numbers in the population as a whole ; this is illustrated in Figure 11.22 using the data for England . |
| 10 | At both primary and secondary levels , Afro-Caribbean and English/Scottish/ Welsh/Irish groups were over-represented in special schools as compared with their numbers in ordinary schools ; Asian and ‘ other ’ groups were under-represented . |
| 11 | Databases remain the number one concern for the second year running , whilst Unix standards are listed as the 8th most important issue , compared with their showing at 19th position last year . |
| 12 | In both series , H pylori was associated with chronic active gastritis ( 92.6% for the 1960s and 47.6% for the 1980s ) compared with its presence in the mucosa without active inflammation ( 0% in the 1960s and 19% in the 1980s ) ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 13 | Compared with its problems at home , Britain shed her imperial role between 1947 and 1970 ( Rhodesia excepted ) with much skill and humanity . |
| 14 | ( For example , the frequency of the collocate ’ pay ’ in the context of ’ money ’ would be compared with its frequency outside of that context : this may return a high positive value , indicating a high degree of association , or a low or even negative value indicating non-association or even repulsion . ) |
| 15 | After two years , Christine and Christopher Merlin were forced to sell the property at auction for £35,500 — compared with its valuation of £60,000 — to a worker at the nuclear plant . |
| 16 | Compared with what proportion of our work is Regional Railways ? |
| 17 | The costs shown in Table 6.5 should be compared with our estimate of £220 per week in a psychiatric hospital , and £l65 in residential care . |
| 18 | The range of my sensuous and emotional awareness reveals monstrous gaps when compared with my awareness of fact , and extreme disproportions , as in the distortions of pride , anger and jealousy . |
| 19 | If I had trouble with the health unions on contracting out , it was nothing compared with my problems on manpower numbers . |
| 20 | In general , however , his contribution to the cinema has been disappointing compared with his work for the legitimate theatre and the opera house . |
| 21 | The suspicion must be that for all their draconian nature , Hitler 's comments on the Jews were regarded as stereotype repetition , and of little interest compared with his assessment of the war situation . |
| 22 | The inquiry will investigate the improved form of Thistle Monarch at Carlisle on 26 November , compared with his running at Ayr 13 days earlier . |