Example sentences of "[conj] you compare [pron] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you compare it with other departments , if you talk to people who do English and stuff , and they know all their tutors by their first names ; I mean , it 's nothing like that here , it 's all Dr So-and-So — I mean , half the lecturers , I did n't even know what their second names were , let alone their first names — maybe that 's just a result of physics , nothing to do with them . |
| 2 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 3 | Good locks are n't cheap … unless you compare them with the sort of loss and distress even a minor burglary can cause . |
| 4 | He 's far too boring , when you compare him with someone dishy like Miguel ! ’ |
| 5 | All I had to bargain with was my own little bit of skill , which really , when you compare it with a carpenter 's skill , or a plumber 's skill , is intangible . |
| 6 | I raised £18 and I 've since raised £4,000 , but that 's nothing really when you compare it with someone 's life . |
| 7 | But the plan , the ownership of the plan print room , and the way that the plans are not stored safely and they 're not treated like proper documents , just amazes me when you compare it with some of the plan rooms in , in |
| 8 | Not when you compare it with what they might advertise in Golf Monthly or something like that where |