Example sentences of "compare with [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is known is that this last pre-Roman culture had a vitality and civilization that compared with that of the Greeks . |
| 2 | How much greater is the river flow in January compared with that in June ? |
| 3 | The gastrointestinal hormone cholecystokinine has been shown to have an opposite effect on the human sphincter of Oddi compared with that of the rabbit and prairie dog . |
| 4 | I asked about discipline , wondering how it compared with that at the central Scotland school where I taught . |
| 5 | Many men found girls in town with whom they lived without necessarily getting married : there were numerous songs about town women and how they compared with those from the rural areas . |
| 6 | I remembered that Charlie had always wanted to know how prices in Chelsea compared with those in Whitechapel , so I decided to find out for him . |
| 7 | Invesco French Growth which , as the name suggests , invests solely in France , was the top performer over one year and has clearly benefited from more favourable market conditions in France compared with most of the other European countries . |
| 8 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |
| 9 | There is nothing in the black youth 's experience to compare with that of javelin thrower Paul Brice , a white boy , whose father carefully supervised and monitored his training programmes and competitions at considerable financial expense . |
| 10 | There was little election-related violence during the June polling to compare with that of May 20 , when over 100 people were killed throughout the country . |
| 11 | William Congreve 's Love for Love and The Way of the World are highly decorated in language , and sharp in wit ; to compare with these , you could look at William Wycherley 's more ‘ basic ’ comedy , The Country Wife . |
| 12 | not nothing to compare with this . |
| 13 | The rewards from deserts are never going to compare with those from places with abundant water : and most of the world 's deserts are best left to the highly specialized animals and plants that are adapted to live in them . |
| 14 | It has been said that the report was the civil servants ' idea of heaven , with even more figures for the number-crunching mandarins to compare with those that British Rail provided yesterday — to be followed by requests for further reports tomorrow to explain the discrepancies . |
| 15 | But Councils varied enormously in size and strength : the Chew Magna FCC could not compare with that of Leicester , Coventry or Birmingham . |
| 16 | Without it , in my opinion , the profit does not compare with that of dairy cattle . |
| 17 | Few thrills can compare with that . |
| 18 | Does that compare with that ? |
| 19 | What supper preparations could compare with this rare excitement ? |
| 20 | By the end of the war , despite tremendous efforts at expansion , the personnel of the French airforces totalled no more than 13,000 ( to get an idea of the aces ' prospects of survival , one may compare with this total the figures of 3,500 men killed in combat ; 2,000 killed on training alone ; and another 3,000 injured in flying accidents ) . |
| 21 | The composition of the Leo X tiles does not compare with any of these , including those from the postulated source at Genoa , but they are almost identical to the composition of contemporary tiles definitely known to have been made at Seville , such as the example in Figure 6.3b . |
| 22 | Many sales were admittedly quite modest and overall results can not compare with those of the glory days of 1989 , but nobody was complaining . |
| 23 | But even the milkman 's timing ca n't compare with those supremos who have perfected the art of appearing at the door at the most irritating time possible — the Jehovah Witnesses . |
| 24 | The researchers say in some cases the after effects can compare with those suffered by survivors of major tragedies like the Zebrugree disaster . |
| 25 | A possible edge has to be compared with all other primitives before its existence as a viewed model edge can be established . |
| 26 | In other ( non-health ) areas of social policy economic evaluations usually start with the presumption that all current activities are efficient — that is , worthwhile when compared with all alternatives . |
| 27 | Compared with all other invasions — China in Tibet , Indonesia in East Timor , Israel in the Lebanon , etc — it was heartwarming to witness the way in which the world community was taking a stand against an act of gross injustice and imposing unprecedented economic sanctions . |
| 28 | If the site is promising enough compared with all others , then , and only then , would we consider funding an underwater project . |
| 29 | Control subjects showed significantly higher resting lower oesophageal sphincter pressure compared with all degrees of oesophagitis ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 30 | The abdominal portion of the lower oesophageal sphincter was significantly longer in controls compared with all patients ( p<0.01 ) . |