Example sentences of "compare [pron] with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The champions have tremendous belief in their own ability , and while it 's premature to compare them with the great Kilkenny sides they look well enough equipped to retain their title .
2 The author charts this progress and compares it with the British decision to choose the advanced gas cooled reactor ( AGR ) in 1965 .
3 Compare them with the main reasons supporting the argument .
4 The aim , therefore , is to choose the import restriction that would be consistent with the tariff-induced outcome , i.e. the strategic outcome , and compare it with the actual quota imposed by the UK government .
5 This was an uncached design and it was unable to reach the dizzy heights attained by its rivals — compare it with the Western Systems machine which had an identical Conner drive but was cached .
6 The argument was that if the right hemisphere can store a representation of the auditory set and compare it with the visual probe letter then there should be an advantage in reaction time to letters presented in the LVF compared to the RVF .
7 But this number pales into insignificance when we compare it with the prodigious number of sperm , whose output runs to a hundred million daily !
8 Process control consists of checking items as they progress through the production process , comparing them with the relevant standards , and taking any immediate corrective action to prevent further faults .
9 Right , what what we 'll do is I mean we can confuse the Chow test looking at the residual sum of squares er from each of these sums as the regressions on sub samples , comparing them with the residual sum of squares on a regressionary of the whole sample and the computer will actually do it for us .
10 Their size can be assessed by comparing them with the original spread in the chronic sickness rates ; this will be discussed at length in the next section .
11 Erm , well , I assume you mean out of recent Leeds United players ( you ca n't seriously be comparing him with the real greats of football can you ? ) . he could certainly hit it , and sometimes goal-bound ( and quite often into the wall or behind for a goal kick ) .
12 Yet again , looking at this urbane relaxed figure seated opposite me and comparing him with the romantic figures of Spender and others or with the scruffy Auden , I found it difficult to believe that he was a poet and not rather some worldly and successful company director .
13 The reader may like to reflect on his/her own planning approach and assess its validity by comparing it with the following checklist of factors which facilitate effective planning .
14 By estimating the expected number of each chromosome and comparing it with the observed number , any significant departures can be recorded .
15 As the title implies , it begins with a basic description of action research within the educational context , comparing it with the natural science and historical/sociological research traditions , termed empiricist and interpretive .
16 When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged .
17 Leaving the Chamber now and again to compare it with the live BBC-2 coverage , Mr Brown also looked very telegenic .
18 Its size , and the fact that it was printed on the Pitman Press at Bath , lead one to compare it with the ornithological publications of Poyser which it closely resembles .
  Next page